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~[ J3ody exposed for two hours Vbefore burial: murder trial By LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion The maggot larvae found around the remains of Stephen Andreopoulos had nothing to do with the vic- tim at ait, defense lawyer Robert Nuttail told a Crown witness Friday during a first-degree murder trial. You are asaumîng those mag- gots are associated wîth Stephen Andoeopoulos body," Mr. Nuttail told Dr. Neal Haskell, an expert forenaic entomologiat fron Indiana in Superior Court in Milton. "If the body rolled on someshing it could have picked anything Up," he atated. Not true, said Dr. Haskell, who'a an entomologiat conaultant for the chief coronera' office in Ontarjo. Court heard Dr. Haakell bas teati- fied at many high-profile triala both in Canada and the United Statea including the Paul Bernardo and Guy Paul Morin casea. Mr. Nuttaîl asked the doctor whether he knew how the police found and preaerved the hurlai aite. Mr. Nuttaîl aaked whether the doctor knew officera placed a pole about three feet down into the ground to allow the ground to breath. Dr. Haskell aaid be didn't. Since the beginning of the trial, Mr. Nuttaîl haa said doing that would pusb debris, or buga, to the body. He also asked whetber the doctor knew the officera discovered a sole of a shor late in the aftemoon of February 13, 1998. The jury bas beard ibe officers covered the site wiUs a tarp snd Ieft it until the next day. Dr. Haskell agrerd Usat be did. But that would show buga, including maggots and minute pirate flics, to wasb to the remains, contaminating the site, be said. Dr. Haskell was fsrm in bis opin- ion that the body was exposed for a couple of boura prior to burial. On Tbursday, the doctor told Crown attomey Brian OMarra tbat OPP detectives sent bim tbe dried remains of several maggot larvae that werc found in the mud near the upper back ares as well as attacbed to the shirt the dcceased was wcar- ing. "These were larva of a blowfly," be said. In Mi-. Nuttall's ail-day cross examination Friday, Dr. Haskell, wbo spoke directly to the jury, explained the life cycle of the blowfly. The female blowfly will lay ber eggs on s dead animal. Dcpending on the species and the temperature, the eggs will batcb in a few boura or a couple of days. This is called tbe firat stage, or m-star larvac. In the firat stage, Use maggot will eat until it growa and stretchea in aize to tIse second stage. During tIse third atage Use maggot goea into a ravenous feeding fren- zy, raldng in as much energy as it can. It's then that Use maggot entera its migration faze, crawling off Use remaina and burying itself in the sou. Afterward, the maggot abrinka and hardens, hatching a few days later into a fly. A pirate bug was also found on the remains, but Dr. Haskell said Usas it didn't represent any forensic evîdence. The bug is consistent with summer-time temperatures. The small number of bugs found on the remains shows the body wasn't exposed for long, Dr. Haskell told tbe jury. Mr. Nuttaîl asked the doctor whcther he Usougbt tbat because of evidence or wbetber the OPP detectives told hlm Usat. During re-examination, Mr. 0'Mazza asked wbeUser the doctor would support police tbeories even if entomologiat evidence didn't support Usem. "I often shoot police theories down," be said. David Fiorino, 27, is cbarged wîtb the destb of Mr. Andreopoulos, 36, of Barrie. The victim was last seen witb the accused July 2, 1996. His body was discovcred 18 montha later on a Derry Road property. The trial will contenue June 26. The Canadien Champion Tuesday June 20 2000 -5 ~C4j 6'~e-~ & £9dPAra/,r ~ses~a4~1~ Cali Ail These Countries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week~ IIETHEOS 90 SW~DE~I DENMARK USA FRANCE OERMANy IRELAND pe, minute anytimel TeIehop~ (905) 876-3918 225 Main St. E., Suite #3, Milto