Aug 13, 2014

Vincent Sanchez confessed and provided description of gun he used to Det. Harpham

No media present for Vincent Sanchez's preliminary hearing this morning. Detective Todd Wilcox and Detective Ron Harpham testified for the People.

On March 26, a Ms. Donovan, friend of Rick Storre's went to visit him and found him deceased and called EPD. The front door was unlocked, according to law enforcement. Law enforcement found out the identity of the second victim from suspect Vincent Sanchez.

Richard Storre's body was discovered slumped in an armchair and Lance Henry's body was in the hallway. Sanchez told Det. Harpham after killing two people he left the sawed off 12 gauge shotgun at the National Guard Armory. That gun was recovered on the 25th at that location on March 25. The bodies were discovered on March 26. Law enforcement concluded from their investigation of the crime scene and confession from Sanchez that the murders occurred the night of March 24.

Det. Wilcox testified that when he first arrived at the crime scene, he saw the two bodies in the two different locations and observed blood spatter, blood stains and body fluids and it was apparent to him that they were at the scene where the homicide occurred and that this was not the case where bodies were dumped later at the scene.

Storre whose body was found in a seated position in an armchair, slumped with his hands stretched out, head resting on one shoulder. At the upper back of the chair, there was red spatter all the way "up the wall." Det. Wilcox said there was "profuse bleeding" and the blood was  "running down the chair" and had formed into a pool on the floor. Deputy Coroner Roy Horton found a piece of skull and a material that appeared to be brain matter by the chair.

Near the second body in the hallway were fragments of glass from a coffee table with "large droplets of blood" with "lividity on the right hand." The head had a large hole near the left ear with a large amount of blood.

In the living room on the floor, there were remnants of ammunition and an "expended 12 gauge shotgun shell." In the bathroom there was a claendar hanging with two check marks on each day. "it was marked up to the 24th," said Det. Wilcox. Looking at the medication bottles in Storre's bathroom, detectives inferred the murders took place on the 24th. They also found two newspapers dated March 25th and 26th still wrapped and outside between the sidewalk and the porch.

Ms. Jennifer Dixon who represents Sanchez is very compassionate and both Ms. Dixon and Visiting Judge Cerena Wong explained to Sanchez what was going on, Ms. Dixon even spoke with him after her cross of Detective Wilcox making sure before Det. Wilcox stepped down from the stand.


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