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Red Solo cups — blood evidence from Fairview Road (physical)
Six red Solo cups of blood-and-snow samples carried in a grocery bag. Gallagher acknowledged alternative methods while citing storm urgency, scene demands and equipment constraints.
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A central chain-of-custody challenge across both trials: Hartnett did not believe the cups were individually labeled but was not 100% sure, and she did not label them herself. Only one cup was swabbed. Lank and Gallagher said they did not document which collection went into which cup, and Hartnett left the remaining cups with Canton PD.
Six red Solo cups holding blood-and-snow samples collected at Fairview Road and transported in a Stop & Shop grocery bag. On cross, Gallagher agreed alternate collection methods could have been used, while explaining storm urgency, scene-security demands, and equipment-access constraints; he testified the cups were refrigerated but had not seen the evidence log.