Update from late yesterday afternoon:
3:25 p.m.:
Defense attorneys began showing pictures of a suitcase found in Natalie Keepers’ dorm. Czernicki said they were not ones he took. Prosecutors objected to the pictures being shown and there was a brief recess. When court returned, the defense showed a picture of a piece of evidence that was the suitcase wrapped in brown paper. Following pictures showed a navy blue suitcase. Blood was spotted on the zipper of the suitcase. Inside is a minions blanket with blood stains. Nicole Lovell’s mother said earlier in testimony that that blanket was missing from her daughter’s room. A stick fragment and women’s underwear as well as a towel with a strong cleaning agent smell were in the bag Czernicki said. A picture of a sock is shown with what Czernicki says also has a blood stain on it.
A stack of 48 used cleaning wipes were photographed after being removed from this duffle/gym bag. Czernicki pointed out blood stains throughout the bag. A closer image of the stick from the bag also had blood stains on it and a hair fragment, the detective says.
Discussion went back to the shovel, at this point it’s laying on the witness stand in front of Czernicki. He points out a bloody palm print on the shovel handle. He says the shovel was sent for forensic testing. Tony Anderson lists
multiple items that weren’t examined, like hair and fiber from the Eisenhauer’s Lexus.
Czernicki says he was with the Assistant Medical Examiner Gayle Suzuki when she performed the autopsy on Nicole Lovell.
4:00 p.m.:
Michael Via from the Blacksburg police takes the stand. He was assigned to go to a crime scene on Craig Creek Road on January 31st 2016. He testifies that he went to the road with an evidence collection team with the FBI to take possession of evidence that was collected at that scene.
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