We haven't discussed Grime's dogs for a few days and I stumbled across the case below whilst searching for something else.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/09/cadaver-dogs-alerted-at-home-of-man-whose-wife-disappeared-8-years-ago-fbi-consultant-says.htmlUpdated: Sep. 01, 2020, 5:44 p.m. | Published: Sep. 01, 2020, 4:37 p.m.
Two cadaver dogs alerted on suspected traces of human decomposition and blood during a search eight years ago at the Cumberland County home of a man whose wife disappeared, a consultant to the FBI testified Tuesday afternoon.
Martin Grimes, who testified via video feed from his home in Oxford, England, said one of his dogs, Morse, alerted on an ax in the basement of Hap Seiders’ house on Willow Mill Park Road in Silver Spring Township during the search in July 2012.
Grimes said Morse, who was trained to detect latent odors of the decomposition of human remains, also alerted in the center of the basement, first and second-floor bathrooms, plumbing access panels and on a wool mask beneath a safe in an office.
His other dog, Keela, trained in the detection of minute traces of human blood, alerted on a stainless-steel knife in the drawer of a cabinet in the master bedroom, Grimes said.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Courtney Hair LaRue is claiming Seiders, 66, who is on trial for homicide, killed his wife, Rabihan, 53, in late March 2012 and burned her body in the home’s fireplace.
Defense attorney George Matangos is countering that Rabihan might not be dead but could instead have fled the U.S. with $3 million worth of her husband’s property, including a cache of gold coins.
Under Matangos’s questioning, Grimes said the dogs did not alert on the fireplace where LaRue claims Rabihan Seiders’ corpse was incinerated. Matangos also raised the idea that the dogs’ alerts were “false positives.” Grimes said both dogs, which have since died, had track records of accuracy.
Dr. Susan Marvin, an FBI metallurgist, testified under questioning by Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Robinson that three rivets found in box of ashes seized from the Seiders home in April 2012 came from clothing produced by the firm Brittania.
A metal zipper found in the same box couldn’t be tied to any specific clothing line, Marvin said.
On cross-examination, Marvin said she could not tell whether the rivets, which had been in a fire, came from male or female clothing since Brittania produces both. She said it appeared the rivets had been attached to a thick material, perhaps denim or leather.
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Neither a living Rabihan nor her corpse has ever been located. Her daughter lied to the original investigation team. The prosecution's murder case was not consistent the dogs' alerts.
Hap Seiders was acquitted of all charges.https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/09/jury-acquits-cumberland-county-man-accused-of-killing-wife-who-disappeared-in-2012.html