The trial continued on Tuesday morning, moving to the testimony of the forensics unit charged with investigating the scenes where the bodies were found. Notably, the forensics police officers testified that it was clear that the locations where the victims were found were not where they were killed. Added to that, the loaded weapon was in the car where the first victim had been killed.
According to a police officer in charge of examining all matters concerning ballistics, the first victim was shot from the back of the car at a distance of less than five centimetres. The perpetrator also used a gun with a silencer.
The second victim was shot by the car driver at a distance of less than ten centimetres. The officer confirmed that the gun calibre was identical for both the prostitute and the drug dealer.
Police officers with a search warrant for the main defendant's home also found two guns and three silencers. Later forensic examinations revealed that blood was found on one of the guns and one of the silencers. In terms of DNA, forensics found traces of the defendant's DNA, as well as that of both victims.
The police officer who examined the car of the main defendant confirmed in court that the passenger window had been broken and that blood traces had been found in the vehicle, despite an attempt to clean the car and hide evidence. Notably, the police found blood traces on the seatbelt of the passenger seat and the back seats.
Another officer, who led the search of the main defendant's house, told the court how they found the DNA traces of both victims as well as the dealer's passport. According to another member of the forensics unit who had been present both times that the bodies had been found, the police found DNA traces of the main defendant at the discovery scenes.
The forensic police testimonies helped piece the puzzle of the involvement of both men, suggesting that the most plausible scenario for the first murder is that the second defendant had been driving, the victim was in the passenger seat, and the main defendant was sitting in the back of the car.
The trial continues on Wednesday, possibly with the second defendant returning to court after having been absent a second time on Tuesday due to illness.
