EPD Detective Peter Cress starts off testimony today in Bodhi Tree trial

Currently a civil attorney in Sacramento but on May 15 he was a detective with EPD, this morning Peter Cress was the first witness to testify in the Bodhi Tree trial. He said crime scene had been set, showed on exihibit where. Then he said after talking with officers on the scene, he made a decision to expand crime scene. Two city blocks from Huntoon to Del Norte were secured and blocked off. Sgt. Watson who was at hospital said someone was still in the apartment. Not knowing if it was a suspect or another victim, they checked the apartment.

They eventually had a conversation and hecwas identified by Cress as John Buhne. Testimony is him telling what hapoened since he arrived, how they entered apartment, about how the secure the scene.

Inside after they had checked apartment to make sure it was safe,  he noticed was two clusters of blood, one near kitchen closer to living room area, the other further into kitchen. Said only rings, outline. He while ascending stairs, there was a bullet in plain view on first ster.

Said it was significant once he learned what happened where the bullet was, where the shooting occurred, the location of the bullet was a" through and through" wound.

Cress is describing who they talked to, how they learned what happebed, how evidence was collected.

Today is the first time we learned why Melvin Matthews, another African-American male was a person of interest in this case. The address he lived at was 2122 Spring Street. It is after break and Ms. Firpo is still questioning Cress. At the end of today, Ms. Firpo was still questioning Cress.

In today's testimony, Cress explained why they eliminated Matthews as a suspect and focused on Bodhi Tree.