Mar 24, 2016

Fr. Freed's blood found on Bullock shirt, DNA analysis further links Bullock to crime scene





DOJ analyst Ms. Kay Belschner, EPD Detectives Ron Harpham and John Gordon testified about collection of evidence  this morning in the Gary Lee Bullock trial. The entire morning session was less than an hour and a half, the major testimony came from Ms. Amy Rojas. DOJ Senior Criminalist who does DNA analysis at the Jan Bashinski lab in Richmond, California.

Ms. Belschner works for the DOJ office in Eureka. Ms. Rojas testified about DNA from crime scene which matched or "was consistent" with Fr. Eric Freed or Gary Lee Bullock and some items which includied a mixture of DNA, with Fr. Freed being the major contributor and Bullock, a minor contributor. Only in the watch, did Ms. Rojas say, "Gary Bullock cannot be excluded as a minor contibutor."

The DNA analysis was done on the glass vessel (Pilsner glass), clippings from the blue polo shirt Bullock was wearing that night, cigar on the burner, fingernail clippings from Fr. Freed and the watch found on the crime scene.

"Fr. Freed's blood on the shirt," was the most definitive statement Ms. Rojas made this morning linking Bullock to Fr. Freed's murder and the crime scene.

Bullock's DNA was on the cigar, which was left burning on the stove. Blood on other items was identified as Fr. Freed's and DNA on the same items implicated Bullock.

In previous testimony, Bullock's fingerprints were matched to an empty Scotch bottle and a glass placed on a desk in the room where Fr. Freed's body was found.

Testimony will resume tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. with Dr. Mark Super testifying about Fr. Freed's autopsies, injuries and cause of death,


Previous posts (regarding charges and evidence hearings):

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/02/jury-selection-and-evidentiary-hearings.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/02/i-will-not-lose-my-house-over-your-drug.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/03/photos-of-fr-erics-car-bloodied-and.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/03/photos-of-broken-window-drain-pipe.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/03/first-photos-of-blood-soaked-t-shirt.html

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