The prosecution believed that Anthony made chloroform to render her child unconscious. This was based on the evidence that chloroform was found in the trunk and a chloroform making site was visited 3 months prior to the child’s disappearance. According to an article (Grinberg, 2011), Dr. Arpad Vass inventor of the odor analysis that was presented in the trial was brought in by the prosecution to back up this theory. Dr. Arpad Vass of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory sometimes referred to as “the body farm,” explained to the jury how human decomposition works on a cellular level and what chemicals are produced during the process. Vass identified chloroform as one of the chemical compounds that they have found to be produced during human decomposition.
