A B.C. Supreme Court judge heard Wednesday how police investigators stripped a Langley home of plumbing, wall molding, and flooring as they searched for possible evidence in the homicide of Naomi Onotera.
The trial began Monday with a voluminous listing of agreed facts and evidence that was presented during a pair of lengthy pre-trial voir dire hearings last fall and earlier this spring. Burwell noted that by mid-December, when police came with a search warrant, the home was in a messy, unkempt state, with food containers and packages everywhere.
The linoleum floor in one bathroom was sliced off around the edges of the room in one-foot-wide strips by Burwell, examined, and removed. Items such as toilet plungers, a curtain, a mop head, and a pair of pruning shears found in a laundry room sink were seized. Defence lawyer Gloria Ng began cross-examining Burwell on Wednesday morning. She asked the officer about the presumptive tests that are used to first determine whether an object might have blood residue on it.Burwell acknowledged that there are possible false positives for several of the commonly used tests, including bleach, rust, tomatoes, potatoes, and other items.
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