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State v. Henderson3/7/2001
another resident of the area, corroborated his testimony.
William Dewitt was called by the defense as a fire-investigation expert and was qualified as such by the court. Dewitt testified that new scientific evidence revealed that irregular burn patterns were not always indicative that an accelerant had been used. Dewitt stated that if the presence of ignited liquids is suspected, samples should always be taken. He further stated that the type and quantity of combustible materials found in automobiles today, when burned, can produce a degree of damage much like that caused by an accelerant. After being provided information about the fires of the trailer and the vehicle, Dewitt opined that the cause of the fires should have been listed as "undetermined."
Robert Webb, Chief Operations Manager for Tennessee for the EMS Division, testified that he received a call in February of 1992 to investigate a dead body that had been found on the banks of the Little River in Blount County. Webb testified that he assisted in loading the body, and it was his opinion that rigor mortis had set in at that time. Neal Stone, a medic for the Rural Metro Ambulance Corporation, testified that he also assisted in the recovery of the body of the victim and that it was his opinion that rigor mortis was present.
Martha Blair testified that in February of 1992, she lived with her ex-husband, Eddie Blair. Ms. Blair stated that shortly after Griffin's body was found, officers came to her home to speak with Mr. Blair. She stated that the officers searched Mr. Blair's car thoroughly and also found shell casings from a 12-gauge shotgun in her yard. Ms. Blair stated that in February of 1992, Mr. Blair owned a 12-gauge shotgun and he took the gun with him everywhere that he went. She stated, however, that the shotgun had mysteriously disappeared before the officers visited her home.
Ms. Blair testified that two unusual incidents occurred about the time that Griffin was killed that caused her concern. First, Mr. Blair came home and threw his clothes in the trash and told her that he was throwing them away because they were muddy. She stated that in the twenty years that she and Mr. Blair had lived together, she had never known him to throw away any muddy clothes. The second incident that concerned Ms. Blair was that the next morning Mr. Blair took the trash out to his car, something he had never done before.
Robert Whiteman, park ranger with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, testified that he checked into the records of the park service at the request of defense counsel, and in February of 1992, the park owned four white Dodge pickups. He further testified that rangers who drove two of the pickups might have had occasion during that time to be in the area where the body of Connie Branam had been found.
Jack Sutton testified that in February of 1992, an individual by the name of Bill Cogdill told him two or three days before Connie Branam's body was found that her body would either be found in water or a burned vehicle.
Dr. Larry Wolfe, a physician employed by Mountain People's Health Council, testified that he had been provided with autopsy photographs of Griffin and he had opined that Griffin died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the back of the neck. From the photographs, he estimated that the time of death was twenty-four to thirty-six hours prior to the time the body was discovered. After reciting a list of factors he had considered in determining the time of death, he testified that the victim appeared to have been in a state of rigor mortis and rigor mortis is complete at twenty to twenty-two hours after death and dissipates at about that same r
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