Daniel's father Bruce Morcombe speaks to media outside the Brisbane Magistrates Court on the second day of committal hearing against Brett Peter Cowan. Source: The Courier-Mail
PHOTO after photo, hour after hour, Bruce Morcombe watched as the court was shown images of his dead son's bones.
Seated in a specially reserved section of Brisbane Magistrates Court Room 20, Mr Morcombe stared at the screen on which a scientific officer laboriously analysed images showing the remains of his 13-year-old boy.
It was the second day of what is expected to be a two-week committal hearing for the murder of Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe.
Brett Peter Cowan, 43, faces five charges, including luring Daniel to his murder and hiding his body in the Glass House Mountains between December 7 and 25, 2003.
Follow rolling coverage here when day three of the Daniel Morcombe committal hearing continues.
Daniel's remains were found last year after an enormous search effort, in which police and volunteers sifted through mud, sand, creeks and dense foliage, shoulder-to-shoulder on hands and knees.
The court was told police recovered 17 "skeletal elements" in searches that involved dozens of hydrology, forensic, geomorphology and even archeology experts in August and September, 2011. Sergeant Donna MacGregor, a scientific officer, was one of many experts called to the Glass House Mountains to assist police in the search.
As State Emergency Services volunteers and police cadets sifted through the mud, it was up to Sgt MacGregor to "come down the line" and examine anything suspicious to determine whether it was bone, the court was told.
Yesterday, she was asked to examine about 50 images of bones as they were displayed on a screen in Court 20, explaining what they were and how they were identified.
It was only one element in a confronting day of evidence for the Morcombes, who listened as experts gave graphic evidence of animal activity and the state of their son's remains.
DAY 1: COVERAGE OF COURT PROCEEDINGS, MONDAY, NOV 26
LOOKING BACK: Bruce and Denise Morcombe at the Daniel Morcombe Foundation office in Maroochydore. Picture: Glenn Barnes
DAY 2: COVERAGE OF COURT PROCEEDINGS, TUESDAY, NOV 27
The court also heard from New Zealand DNA expert Catherine McGovern, who matched DNA from Daniel's toothbrush to the bones, and various scientific officers.
Forensic officer Senior Constable Ashley Huth was asked about examining a mulcher and a Mitsubishi Pajero in 2011 - neither of which contained any traces of DNA eight years after the murder.
Denise Morcombe left the room as what was believed to be her son's tibia, fibula, rib, vertebrae, part of his hip and other fragments were shown on screen.
"The evidence was very clinical and difficult to sit through but we're committed to the process so we do our best to manage all of that," Mr Morcombe said outside court yesterday.
Daniel Morcombe went missing while waiting for a bus at the Kiel Mountain overpass bridge Woombye. Picture: John Wilson
"None of us were really expecting to see the number and volume of photos - maybe that's just naivety on our part."
He said the photos and a child's replica skeleton - used by Sgt MacGregor to point to particular bones - had been confronting.
"I think just seeing the mannequin skeleton and the images made it all that very much real and raw for her," Mr Morcombe said. "As it did for all of us."
Cowan is yet to enter a plea but is expected to plead not guilty to all charges.
Follow rolling coverage here when day three of the Daniel Morcombe committal hearing continues.
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