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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A report on Jessica Alinsky&#8217;s homicide case presented in a 2014 police workshop was &#8220;flawed on all levels,&#8221; according to a motion for mistrial filed Wednesday in Luzerne County Court.</p><p>Mark Reynolds, a bloodstain pattern expert and former police officer residing in Australia, is expected to testify in an afternoon hearing that could result in a mistrial for accused killer Jessica Lynn Alinsky.</p><p>Alinsky, 32, is accused of shooting 34-year-old Matthew Gailie in the face on Sept. 2, 2011, in the Hazle Township home the couple shared. <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/508616/prosecutors-story-of-alleged-killer-jessica-alinsky-one-of-manipulation-lost-control" target="_blank">Prosecutors allege</a> the Shenandoah woman then altered the crime scene and lied to investigators when confronted with conflicting details.</p><p>Defense attorney Demetrius Fannick, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/511026/alinskys-lawyer-calls-for-mistrial" target="_blank">in a surprising motion Tuesday</a>, called for a mistrial, based on allegations by Reynolds that Trooper John Corrigan presented the Alinsky case as part of a 2014 police seminar in Bethlehem, which Reynolds attended as an instructor.</p><p>Reynolds advised Corrigan that &#8220;his findings, conclusions and opinions &#8230; were flawed, not supported by scientific principles and/or there were reasonable alternative conclusions supported by the evidence,&#8221; the document says.</p><p>The unaltered report was later admitted into evidence, the document says.</p><p>In an email to Fannick included in the court filing, Reynolds states that he disagreed with &#8220;almost everything&#8221; Corrigan stated with regard to his conclusions and opinion.</p><p>&#8220;In my opinion his reconstructive rationales were flawed on all levels,&#8221; Reynolds says in the email.</p><p>Reynolds goes on to state Corrigan possessed &#8220;a level or arrogance above many that I have met,&#8221; he says in the email. After confronting Corrigan what what Reynolds believed were the flaws in his report, he stated Corrigan allegedly rebuffed his advice.</p><p>&#8220;I still think she did it,&#8221; Corrigan allegedly said.</p><p>Corrigan <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/508921/expert-witness-testifies-on-forensic-evidence-blood-splatter-in-jessica-alinsky-homicide-trial" target="_blank">testified a week ago</a> that the crime scene was unlike any he&#8217;d seen in 17 years as a police officer. After 13 hours at the scene, the forensic investigator testified that Alinsky &#8220;deliberately manipulated physical evidence in an attempt to make it appear that a financially related suicide had taken place.&#8221;</p><p>A bloody bank statement left next to Gailie&#8217;s body &#8212; as well as the gun found in his left hand &#8212; could have only come from Alinsky, he testified.</p><p>Reynolds is expected to testify later this afternoon before Luzerne County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley.</p><p><strong>Check back to <a href="https://www.timesleader.com" target="_blank">timesleader.com</a> for further updates as this story develops.</strong></p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Mark Reynolds expected to testify Wednesday</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Court document: Prosecution’s witness in 2014 presented Alinsky crime report ‘flawed on all levels’