No weapons, no drugs, just "user quantity of marijuana" found in victim's room

APD Officer Eric Losey wrapped up his testimony this morning in the Juan Ferrer jury trial in which Ferrer is charged with the death of Arcata chef Douglas Anderson-Jordet.

 Officer Losey opened an evidence bag containing the black t shirt Douglas Anderson-Jordet was wearing that had to be cut off so law enforcement could administer CPR in attempt to revive him. Officer Losey was one of the first officers to arrive on the scene after the 911 call of a "man being down on H Street."

You could see dried stains on the shirt. Later in his testimony, Officer Losey said when the shirt had been completely removed, they saw the puncture wound. After DDA Roger Rees finished direct, Public Defender Marek Reavis questioned him on cross, briefly. He asked if there was a gap between the body and pocket knife when Officer Finney, who was the other officer assisting Officer Losey, cut the shirt. Officer Losey said there was and explained the way Officer Finney cut the shirt.

The majority of the morning was taken with detailed questioning of APD Detective Chris Ortega who arrived on scene later and described how the crime scene was processed, what they discovered at the hospital and how they identified the victim and suspects.

I will post within an hour or so with details of Detective Ortega's testimony. The
quote above is from him.

Here is a previous post I did from the preliminary hearing where Sophie Rocheleau's attorney brought up the heroin allegation.

May 29, 2014

Possibility of other assailants and more heroin connections raised in Ferrer prelim day 2

On cross, Mr. Okin reminded Detective Dockweiler of a conversation Deputy Horton relayed to him in which Horton said he spoke with the Jordet family, and he learned from Daniel Jordet that the reason Douglas Anderson-Jordet moved to Arcata was because of several heroin deals gone bad.

Mr. Okin brought up the several layers of clothing Jordet was wearing that would have to be cut to get to the stab wound, the angle of the knife that was difficult to determine at the autopsy. He brought up the fact that Jordet was a chef at Abruzzi's and asked if the detective knew whether he was left or right handed.

Ms. Dixon on cross mentioned several knives were found but none was determined to be the weapon and none of those associated with her client.

Mr. Reavis brought up 3 areas of blood, one near 11th street which was mentioned for the first time and the fact that Jordet crossed over to where the three defendants and that when he was staggering on the video, it could be because he had been injured, not drunk and this could have happened before he encountered the three defendants.