The other thing I would like to know is if they canvassed houses on both sides of the streets for witnesses.  The evidence they released said they did tag checks.  Did they do home checks all the way  down each street or did they just stop at the first set of homes within earshot based on Zimmerman's story?

Thus the truck is facing in the wrong direction.  IMO!   He would have had to make a u-turn or use a driveway on Twin Trees to turn around to get his truck facing north.

IF he turned right at the clubhouse to keep TM in sight his truck would have been facing south.

BTW, I am North/South directionally challenged.

I believe Trayvon's dad was going in for an update on the investigation around 10:30 and it seems to fit with the time stamp.

When the ME describes the direction as "directly front to back" it is rather misleading.

I believe Galbreath described the larger flashlight as a "tactical" flashlight, implying(?) that it was Z's and suitable for use as a weapon (i.e., MagLite type). And the fact that the keychain one was on (page#?) may imply that it was not reliably on. How big was it (D's C's?)? If it was brought along as a weapon it seems unlikely that if Z chased M without first being punched that he would have dropped it. (Unlikely that he would have caught him as well.)

I truly feel sorry for that family.  No parent should have to bury their teen son.

But, I don't think that they can prove Murder 2.  The only part that caught my attention was the age of the victim in relation to the charge.  

In order for GZ to be of depraved mind,it would seem to me that they would have pushed the racial profiling.  They didn't do it.  The FBI took that away from them through the voice analysis.  IMO.  There is the aspect of criminally profiling someone, would that constitute a depraved mind?

So Not a Lawyer!

I found it interesting that other than you no one else seems to have noticed the descrepancy between ME-8 and ME-12 in the DNA tests.  I thought I was having a "A-Ha" moment until I read something you had posted later.

What did you think about the fact that GZs DNA was on the cuff of that sleeve.  IIRC, it was DNA other than blood.  I thought it might be saliva since he claimed that TM had put his and over his mouth.

Did she indicate clearly that Martin sheltered from the rain at the clubhouse mail area?

A hearing is set for Friday, June 1 at 1:30 p.m. on the State's Motion for Protective Order.

First, is it typical for the prosecution to characterize the event as "the murder" before trial?

So, for murder 2, Zimmerman would have to admit he killed Martin in cold blood - with a depraved heart, indifferent as to whether Martin lived or died.  I don't believe any of Zimmerman's statements have that quality.

Perhaps, by doing an NBC style edit, one could compose what looks like a confession.  Say, for example, that "I shot him because he was grabbing for my gun, and said he was going to kill me.  I could feel the cold of the grass as I grabbed the gun out of its holster, and there was blood coming out of my nose."  Apply the NBC style edit, and you get "I shot him [in] cold blood."

Zimmerman was driving north on the western leg of Retreat View Circle when he first saw Martin.

Serino's March 13 report (p. 42) says  that Zimmerman saw Martin 'entering the gated community of the Reserve [sic] at Twin Lakes on foot, walking between the residences from the northwest.' (Why wasn't this redacted?)

Martin came in by the shortcut. He crossed RVC, and walked between two houses toward the area south of the clubhouse. There is a sidewalk leading to that area, but Martin avoided it, walking close to one or more houses.

George Zimmerman's father, Robert Zimmerman Sr., said his son was suspicious 'that someone would not be walking on the street or the sidewalk, that they'd be walking right behind the townhomes.'

Zimmerman did not call the police at this point. He would do that after parking.

Zimmerman followed Retreat View Circle until it intersected Twin Trees Lane. He turned right, and parked at the bend, J8 on the grid.

Martin had stopped walking east. He was 'walking around' in the rain, between the clubhouse and the pond. He was about 150 feet from Zimmerman's car, somewhere in rows L-N, columns 3-5.

Zimmerman called the police, connecting at 7:09:34. About 7:10:32 (0:58 on the call) Zimmerman told the dispatcher Martin was 'coming towards me'. Martin passed Zimmerman's car between 7:11:02 and 7:11:10 (1:28-36).

At 7:11:11 (1:37) Zimmerman said 'These a*holes, they always get away.' He put the car in gear, possibly audible on the tape at 7:11:14 and 7:11:17 (1:40 and 1:43).

Frank Taaffe screenshot from TV report
http://tinyurl.com/cmc83uv

map illustration
http://tinyurl.com/89t63q5

The thing that struck me about the west facing truck is that it can be told in a manner where GZ never moved his vehicle.  I'm not sure the legal significance of that, but there you go.  If FT is pushing a false narrative he's thought it out to that level.  If GZ is pushing a false narrative, he's used his friend to do so.  If GZ is telling the truth then we just have to take his word for it, since there isn't any evidence.  

If however he first spotted TM when TM was near the 1300 block of RVC, near Frank Taaffe's house, then he was already "following" TM just by heading for the front gate, whether that was his intention or not.  Then, if he pulled even or past the mailboxes, TM passed him on his way home, but maybe that was semi-threatening to GZ.  Some second hand accounts make something out of GZ rolling up his window at this time.  

It takes TM 34 seconds to get from

"Yeah, now he's coming towards me."

to

"These axxholes they always get away."

Seems more likely, given the position, that the owner of the keys was standing on the sidewalk right where his path to(wards) his vehicle intersects with the path to TM's home, and that the two met there for an initial exchange of some kind.  

But it could also be that GZ was called out to by a figure (TM, why are you following me?)  from near where the tan bag was found, causing him to drop his keys and grab for his phone/gun/larger flashlight.  

here is what I took notes as:

ONE honda keys w small flashlight that was on
TWO tan bag (7Eleven color) - found on sidewalk
THREE white bag w blood
FOUR first aid kid
FIVE black flashlight in grass

SEVEN TMs Cell phone
EIGHT Iced tea can

SIX is the body??? or the shell, mis-marked as 8

That's roughly north to south, and allows for some delay regarding the body and cell phone's special handling.  The delay/dispute about eight is that the Ice tea seems to have been in the hoodie pocket first but fell out when the body was moved for rescue efforts, and noted as such by one officer.  

The flashlight was turned on (or so I read)

My thoughts:

There are other witnesses who seem to have the general impression the two moved from north to south.  If you re-examine what they are saying mostly leaving out what they think they SAW and just go by what they heard, it seems there is a small consensus about this direction of migration. It would be quite hard to prove anything by this in court however,  but it makes sense to me as a way the "debris field" can be explained.  

There is what happened, and there is what can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to consider here.  

The problem with GZ's surrogate's stories is that none of them include any move from "place where he is sucker punched" to "place where the body is found" that I can tell.  It's part and parcel of why his self defense tale seems plausible  - he never chased after or tried to detain the teen in these versions.  And yet here we have evidence that suggests the fight possibly started in one spot and ended in another.

So there has to be more to the story if only GZ saying "I can't remember" why his keys are there.  

Then we have riddles such as Frank Taaffe, who claims to at minimum have spoken to GZ post-shooting and before he made this appearance on local tv pinpointing what HE says is where GZ fell to the ground.  FT seems quite certain he knows where the car was parked and what way it faced, and where GZ was beaten to the ground.  What we don't know is whether or not GZ walked the scene with him or if he just spoke on the phone with GZ and FT is making his own assumptions.  FT is also telling the story of GZ's path differently than the father, who we know walked the scene with GZ and investigators prior to GZ's final questioning.

Frank Taaffe points to his idea of GZ's grounding spot
http://tinyurl.com/734wa6o

best photo I can find that places location of body and keys
http://tinyurl.com/7vwoccw

google earth plotting distance, keys to body (aprox)
http://tinyurl.com/c7685fy

close up photo of Evidence marker one and keys and a leaf that links placement of keys to wider photo
http://tinyurl.com/car3krj

But what we know about this place where FT is standing is that the body was some 40 feet away, and the keychain flashlight was here.

I'm not sure what the explanation is for any of this.

Jeralyn doesn't want my posting longer that this, but what's left to discuss is FT's idea of where GZ walked vs RZ's very clear description of GZ's path east, then back west on ONLY the cut thru path, ending again seemingly at the T, more or less the location of the keys.

Also some discussion needs to be had about the exact distance of the body from landmarks like utility covers and evidence markers, etc.  

Without any major new evidence I think GZ may have to take the stand in his own defense. Because all those thing are irrelevant if he can convince the jury that he was, in fact, in fear for his life or great bodily harm.

In any case, I was actually looking for some type of written statement documenting the incident in greater detail.  Thanks for letting me know it was a GZ-citizen-vehicular-pursuit (at least for a certain amount of time at which it turned into a police pursuit).  

It is stated in the article, the details of which I'd like to know:

Mr. Zimmerman chased after and assisted in the capture of a man

For example, where did this take place, how long did GZ pursue before the police took over, what was GZ's speed, traffic description, how exactly did GZ assist in the capture, i.e., after a chase ends the suspect still has to be apprehended -- how exactly was that effected, did GZ actually participate, at least witness it, etc., etc.

I was surprised to come across this little tidbit from 2003 after seeing numerous assertions GZ had no history of chasing after anyone (and therefore, it would be impossible he'd pursue/ stalk TM). I would like to have it added to the list of items missing from discovery.

Please feel free to critique my work here, or on my flickr site were I have made an honest and open-minded attempt to plot the position of the evidence "debris field," as I have been calling it.  

http://tinyurl.com/8xjxm4y