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Equivocal Death Analysis To: Shari Greenberger, Sara Zalkin Tony Serra, Attorneys, San Francisco, CA; Ph# 415-986-5591; Fax: 415-421-1331; Cell: 415-215-6612 From: Brent E. Turvey, MS – Forensic Science, Sitka, AK; Ph# 907-747-5121; Cell: 831-254-5446 Date: January 4, 2006 Re: Equivocal Death Analysis – Ying “Ruby” Deng, 30 year old Asian Female The purpose of this report is to provide an equivocal forensic analysis of the death of Ying “Ruby” Deng. An equivocal forensic analysis involves the forensic examination of the evidence related to a death where the circumstances are questioned and the available evidence may be open to more than one interpretation. As provided in Turvey (2002; p.53): The word equivocal refers to anything that can be interpreted in more than one way or anything for which the interpretation is questioned. An equivocal forensic analysis refers to a review of the entire body of physical evidence in a given case, questioning all related assumptions and conclusions. The purpose of an equivocal forensic analysis is to provide an objective review of the physical evidence such that supportable conclusions may be drawn and separated from theories or speculations. Materials ExaminedOn November 10, 2005, this examiner was provided with case material related to the death of Ying Deng by the attorneys named above, including, but not limited to: Related Investigative Reports from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Related Incident Reports from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Related Property Reports from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Related Crime scene videos Crime scene photographs Crime scene photograph log Crime scene diagrams Crime scene security log Photographs of Jason Y. Cai unclothed Related transcripts and summaries of various interviews conducted by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Ying Deng, Report of Autopsy and related worksheets and trauma-grams, County of Santa Clara, Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner