Jun 26, 2014

"Pretty quiet, he never said much. Didn't communicate much with anybody."

Yesterday and today, Dale Coultier, a senior criminalist with the CA DOJ, who works at the Eureka lab and is primarily a firearms examiner testified in detail about the process of examining bullets from the Eureka and Arcata crime scenes.

There has been no firearm recovered and he testified that there were similarities in the bullet markings and that it is possible that the same firearm was used but he could not say that definitively because he did not have a firearm to compare and examine.

For two days, Mr. Russo questioned him on cross to no avail.

Testimony in the Bodhi Tree case continued with the resident manager of the 1833 I Street clean and sober house today. Milton Bulau testified that Tree who lived at clean and sober house from April 8, 2013 to May 17, 2013 was "pretty quiet. He never said much. Didn't communicate much with anybody." Tree was a "no show" on May 17, the night before the early a.m. double homicide in Arcata and the manager last saw him on May 14, 2013, a day before the attempting shooting of Rhett August in Eureka.

Tree may have had an pass or an overnight pass but Bulau could not recall. He said Tree's stuff consisting "of, "real nice clothing, shoes and material things" was donated to the Rescue Mission.

Bulau said at that time he was in training, learning what records to keep and does not remember any disciplinary actions or Tree testing positive for alcohol and drugs.

APD evidence technician Leah Christian started her testimony today and Ms. Firpo went through detailed questioning of the photographs she took of the Arcata crime scene and Christina and Sunshine's bodies. She will continue her testimony tomorrow.


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