The Syringe Went Missing in the Ramira's Lawsuit - But the County Did Not Have a Chain of Custody Indicating Who Was in Charge of the Needle.

The blood taken from ramira's at the hospital before she died also disappeared, according to notes obtained by new times. Other materials, ivy tubing towels, bedding and clothing worn by the e r staff were packed into barrels and sent to a desert waste facility where they baked in the sun for several months. Despite the high profile nature of the case, the county did not have a chain of custody indicating who was in charge of what evidence.