Criminal Defense 
Homicide: Was forensic entomology effective to determine post-mortem interval?
A young girl kidnapped from her home was found dead 26 days later. David Westerfield was under round-the-clock surveillance for 23 of those days. Entomological evidence suggested a post-mortem interval of only 10-19 days. Was the jury in his capital case influenced by this discrepancy?
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