ORLANDO, Fla. ? Defense attorneys called an FBI expert on hair and fiber to the stand Thursday as they continued trying to poke holes in the prosecution's case against Casey Anthony, who is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter.
Stephen Shaw, who had testified earlier for the state, took the witness stand on the 26th day of Anthony's trial.
The body of Anthony's daughter, Caylee, was found in December 2008, almost six months after she disappeared in Orlando. Anthony is charged with first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty. She faces the death penalty if convicted.
Shaw was the latest forensics expert called by the defense. On Wednesday, forensic chemist Michael Sigman testified that he had collected and tested air samples from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car in July 2008. He said that based on his analysis he couldn't say for sure there was a body inside of it, as prosecutors contend.
Sigman was one of five forensic witnesses who testified Wednesday as defense attorneys challenged prosecutors' contentions that Caylee Anthony was suffocated with duct tape and left in her mother's trunk.
Separately, an attorney for Casey Anthony's parents on Thursday sought to clarify statements to a CNN reporter in which he implied George and Cindy Anthony no longer think their daughter is innocent.
Attorney Mark Lippman said in a statement that he wanted to "clear any misunderstanding" that came from his conversation with CNN reporter Gary Tuchman, but the statement didn't deny the claim in Tuchman's report Wednesday evening.
Lippman's statement said Cindy and George Anthony "simply want justice in this case."
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