Detective, I believe you testifd
earlier that on June 10th UN Detective
Ball followed the Fremont County coroner
and took these remains to Ada County,
is that correct? Yes, that's correct.
And what did you do with them on June 10th,
June 10th, we. Dropped them offd
and left JJ and Ty Lee with the0
county coroner in their custody and we
agreed to come back the next mog
on June 11th to perform the aut.
And did you do that? Did you
go back on June 11th? We did.
What was the first thing you did
when you got there on June 11th?
Initially we met with the medicl
examiner, Dr. Garth Warren.
We met in his office. He briefes
with what we were about to go through,
kind of walked us through what
was going to happen, and at that
time he walked us down the hall.
We put on booties on our on her shoes.
We had gloves.
We signed in on the whiteboard,
everybody that was inside the r,
and at that time,
Doctor Warren and his team brought out
the black
body bag that had contained the
black plastic bag that we'd takn
out of the ground that day befo.
What did you observe next?
They cut the seal on the body bag and
unzip the body bag and it revealed the
black plastic bag that had the duct tape.
He placed that bag onto the metal table.
It still had dirt on it from whn
we had taken it out of the grou.
They took photographs,
did whatever they need to do an.
They cut down the center
of the black plastic bag.
When they cut down that plastic,
what did you observe?
I saw
a little boy in red pajamas
he had. A white plastic bag around his head.
Several layers of duct tape from
his chin to his forehead area.
His arms were duct tape with
several layers of duct tape.
His arms were folded like
this across his chest.
His feet were also duct tape and bound.
He had a white. And Blue Child's
blanket placed on top of him.
What did you observe happen nex?
Doctor Warren
cut open the
bag that was wrapped over JJ's .
Exposing what was underneath
and underneath that white
plastic bag, there was another
layer of duct tape across his
mouth from jaw line to jaw line.
And then what happened?
He then cut the duct tape away from his arms
to expose his wrists and and his forearms.
And when he did that,
it was also another level levelf
duct tape wrapped around his wr.
So his wrists were bound this w,
yeah.
Did you remain for the entirety
of of JG Val's autopsy? I did.
Once that duct tape was removed,
what did you observe
through the
videos and pictures that we hadn
of JJ for the last eight months?
The nonstop looking the
the tips coming in the?
Everything we had obtained and looked at,
I was able to recognize that li,
same little boy lying on
the table to be JJ Valo.
He had the same haircut.
It was short on the sides,
long brown hair on the top.
So he was.
I recognized it. Miss JJ?
Was there anything else that was that
stood out to you during that autopsy?
His his pajamas were soaked
with body decomposition
he had still had on his
pull up night time diaper.
There was some visible bruising
on his arms that the medical
examiner had pointed out to us.
So
sorry,
detective, upon the completion .
The autopsy of JJ Vallow. What did you do?
I'm sorry. Can you repeat the question?
Upon the completion of JJ Vallos
autopsy, what did you do next,
Doctor Warren brought in the sed
set of remains of Ty Lee.
He undid the the body bag.
Once he saw what was inside the
body bag, he advised us that.
There wasn't anything he was
going to do that evening that
we can come back the next day.
And so at that point,
we left the coroner's office.
One moment, Your Honor.
Your honor, I'd ask that the witness be
handed states states Exhibit 12A through
12, EA&amp;BA through E
and Detective, if you'll look at
those and let me know when you'e
had a chance to review them.
Exactly. Do you recognize those exhibits?
Yes, I do.
What do they purport to be
JJ Valo
in the condition that we first saw him
after they cut open the? Black plastic bag.
So were these photos from the autopsy.
And you were there the entirety of the
autopsy, and you saw it with your own eyes.
Are those exhibits Exhibits 12A through E?
True and accurate representatios
of what you witnessed that day?
Your honor, the statements for
admission of Exhibits 12A throu.
All right. Is there any objectin
to states A through E? Exhibit ,
All right states exhibit
12A12B12C12D and 12 E are all
admitted into evidence may be published.
Detective, what did you
observe in States Exhibit 12A?
This is the first time we saw J.
Once they cut down the black plc
bag that revealed what was insi.
That's JJ with the.
White plastic on his head.
You can see where we originally
cut the plastic when he was in e
ground to reveal his brown hair.
But the level, the the amount
of duct tape over his face,
over his arms, the body decomposition is
kind of what caught our attenti.
Is that the blanket? Is the blanket you
referred to earlier in that pic?
Yes, that's the blue and white child's
blanket that was placed on top of him.
Detective, what do you what did
you observe in States exhibit 1?
That's the the legs of JJ.
He's still wearing the sketcher socks.
Still has on the red pajama pants and
his ankles are also bound with duct tape.
Were you able to observe any decompetence,
excuse me? Decomposition fluid in that
area of that that's shown in that picture?
Yes, it's hard to see in the picture,
but the whole bottom half of hi?
Red pajamas were soaked with
body decomposition. Thank
you. What did you observe
in States Exhibit 12 C?
This is after the medical examir
first cut down the white plastic bag.
Like I testified earlier,
he had a a strip of duct tape ad
his mouth from jaw line to jaw .
As you can see his his skin's gg
through various stages of decomposition,
but he was still recognizable
with the brown hair and facial
features that we had seen in the
photographs for the last eight months.
Detective what? What did you
observe in States Exhibit 12D?
That's the white plastic bag
that was placed over JJ's head.
It appeared to be the waffle
style type expandable trash bag
that people normally put in ther
kitchen at a red drawstring,
but that's what was over his he.
And what you're looking at,
there's pieces of duct tape that were
attached to that and and this is just
body decomposition that was inse
the plastic bag from his face. d
what did you observe in states,
states Exhibit 12 E?
That's a picture of JJ
still with the duct tape arounds
mouth, just a close up picture,
like I I testified earlier.
But you can still see the long brown hair,
the the shape of his head. It was very.
To identify that little boy on e
table as as the one we had been
looking for for the last eight months.