Judge calls it a day. Prosecution of out of witnesses for the day. 

Trial continues 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Thanks for following today. See you Wednesday!

  

Scott is excused. 

Stiefel: Hairs on shoes - two were dark and curly, one dark and straight, one translucent (blonde or gray) hair and straight?

Scott: Yes. No DNA profile could be developed. She couldn't say if it was Donahue's or not. 

   

Scott: Developed Christianson (employee of Casey's) profile  from bucal swab. Blood drops on floor matched Christianson. 

Disposable face mask found in van - mixture of two people. Due to complexity, no match was made. She determined there was some male and female DNA. 

Area below steering column - Not blood. No profile could be developed. 

 

 

Scott: Blood drops profile didn't belong to Halverson or Donahue. Those were found across the store from where the shooting happened. 

Timberland boots - no blood on left boot. No DNA profile could be developed from hair found on boot. It probably didn't have enough skins cells attached to hair.   

Hooded sweatshirt - No blood. Took swabs from inside collar - no profile could be developed. 

Sig Sauer grip swab - 2 individuals determined but both too weak to develop a profile. Slide and trigger swabs also too weak for interpretation. 

 

 

Tara Scott, criminalist with DCI crime lab, takes the stand. She will testify about DNA evidence.  

No cross. Murillo is excused. 

Murillo: He tested Sig Sauer gun - found in Donahue's van, and magazine and the test fired bullets were used to compare to shell casings found at Casey's.

10 fired shell casings all had same type of unique markings - meaning the were probably fired from same gun but had to compare to Sig Sauer. 

He physically compared to test fired ones that came from the gun. Look at those under a microscope. Four were tested and determined they came from the same gun - Sig Sauer.

He did the same with the test fired bullets and compared to three that came from scene, including one from Halverson's body. They were all fired from Sig Sauer. 

     

Victor Murillo, criminalist with DCI state crime lab, takes the stand. 

He tested shell casings, bullets and firearms in this case.  

We are back 

Judge calls for break. Be back in 15 min. 

Ireland is excused. 

Ireland under re-direct: Crime lab uses its discretion in testing items. No matter how many items they send. Officers are limited to about 10 items for testing. 

All prints he thought would be identifiable were sent to CRPD. 

Not all prints turn out to be good enough to identify. 

Ireland under cross: He didn't obtain any fingerprints from cooler handle, men's bathroom door handle or beverage coolers handles.  

 

Ireland under cross: Halverson's weapon had bullet in chamber but was never fired after suspect took it. 

Ireland: Cash and change found in Donahue's possesion is just around $300.  

 

 

Ireland identifying photos of evidence collected:

Disposable face mask hanging from van's gearshift was tested for DNA

They took a swab of area under steering column of van for testing. It appeared to be blood.   

Swab taken from Jacob Christianson - Casey's employee - for testing.

Ireland observed suspicious person that was seen at Casey's earlier in the morning before robbery. Person appeared to have same clothing as robbery suspect. He had a lanyard hanging out of his pocket, which is the same one Donahue had his keys and key fob attached.   

Showing video of suspect walking into Casey's. He is wearing brown boots that look like ones of Donahue's found in ditch. 

 

We are back. Ireland resumes his testimony.

Judge calls for lunch break. Be back at 1:30  p.m.

Ireland: Donahue's hoodie and boots sent to crime lab for testing.

Drops of blood on floor of Casey's on other side of store by bathroom. It was odd to have blood in this area, away from where shooting happened in store, so they decided to submit for testing.  

  

Ireland: Those shell casings were submitted to crime lab, as well as test fires with suspect's gun. Bullet from Halverson's body also submitted. 

Photo of slug found in Halverson's vest; deformed slug and belts used on gun belt; slug found on protective vest; slug found in store rubber mat; deformed slug on floor by broken potato chips - near front counter; and slug on top of front counter. 

 

Photos of 10 shell casings found at store.  

Ireland: Fingerprints are easy to wipe off. Metal magazine when loaded in firearm is more protected from wiping or smearing fingerprints and good place to find prints. 

 

Ireland: Insert magazine into gun, until it clicks. Pull slide to rear to bring bullet into chamber and then pull the trigger to fire. 

There isn't any ammo in gun or magazine.  

Ireland will demostrate how gun works. 

Photos

Other gun and magazine found in suspect's van. Sig Sauer .40 caliber. No ammo found in gun.

Ireland: He swabbed gun for DNA and tried to get latent fingerprints off weapon. He also test fired pistol in sealed canister. Collected bullet and shell casings for comparison with ones found at Casey's.

Gun was working properly. Sent those to crime lab. 

No fingerprints found on gun. There were fingerprints on magazine.   

Ireland: He processed clothing taken from Donahue. 

Photos: Pants with dirt and mud on them. Hooded sweatshirt found in ditch near cornfield.

Brown boots with mud and dirt on them - also found in ditch.

Black t-shirt with dirt or mud that Donahue was wearing when arrested. 

 

  

Halverson's pants with blood on left leg where he was shot.

Magazine of Glock pistol, which is fully loaded.  

Photos: 

Halverson's duty belt and holster, which is torn from suspect taking weapon off Halverson during shooting.

Halverson's shirt with bullet holes and blood. 

Halverson's taser, which has blood on it.

Halverson's uniform shirt with bullet holes and blood.

Cover of protective vest with bullet holes. Also slug embedded in vest. Vest also has another hole on left side.   

Photos of cash, change, cigarettes and lighter taken from Donahue when he was arrested. 

Photos of dollar bills taped together with piece of cigarette carton taped to it - used as safe drops at Casey's - which are inserted in register and if pulled, it triggers silent alarm in  an event of a robbery.     

 

Photo of purse, Apple watch, UNI lanyard of Stepanek, one of the employees.  

Photos of items taken from suspect's vehicle. Several cartons of cigarettes. Fingerprints found on carton. Stepanek's items and other items found at a convenience store. 

Photo of Halverson's service pistol found in suspect's vehicle. 

 Trash bag with items taken from Caseys, including gift cards.

Photos of evidence found in cornfield, near location of where Donahue was found. Change and ersonal items from Casey's employees. 

Ireland: He assisted others with the investigations. He focuses on collecting the evidence, processing those items.

He took evidence to sheriff's office for processing.   

Detective Sgt. Shawn Ireland with sheriff's office, takes the stand.  

Judge calls for break. Be back in 15 min.

Omar is excused

Sgt. Omar under cross: Identifies passenger side airbag in van had deployed in crash. 

 

Showing photos of the scene at the bridge where suspect crashed van. 

The van backed into the concrete barrier. Damage on passenger and driver's side and front of van.   

Photo of Illinois license plate. 

Photo or airbag deployed.

Photos of two handgun and plastic bag with items. 

Photo of garbage bag with items in it. 

Sgt. Omar: He went to bridge area where suspect's van had crashed near Buffalo Creek. The van had Illinois license plates. 

There were two handguns on driver's side floorboard. One of gun's looked like a service Glock. Suspect had taken Halverson's Glock. Other gun was smaller. 

The airbag also had been deployed.   

 

Sgt. Omar: He knew Halverson had hit code 1 - officer in need of assistance. He also knew they were searching for the suspect. 

He went to the robbery scene - Casey's in Coggon. He met with Oltmann to secure scene. He got some other officers to help with crime scene from CRPD and also sheriff's office investigators.     

Linn Co Sheriff's Sgt. David Omar takes the stand. Dep. Heath Omar is his cousin. 

 

Steines is excused. 

Steines: When Donahue was reported by KCRG on Aldridge Road it was the first he had been seen. 

 

Steines under cross: Donahue was located just south of where Bingo lost the track. The grassy patch was on the other side of the road. 

 

Peter Stiefel, Donahue's lawyer: Wasn't it a KCRG news crew that reported the suspect (matching the description) was walking on Aldridge Road.

Steines: Yes.   

Steines: Bingo didn't track suspect from van that he abandoned. The track started at Omar's location where he last saw Donahue.  

None of the area searches led to Donahue. 

There were other K-9 officers that searched.   

Steines under cross: Suspect had about a 10 min. head start before Steines came to Dep. Omar's location - where suspect had fled.

Bingo's (police dog) went north and then east to Aldridge Road, where patch of grass was that had indentation of what appeared to be a human body. 

Bingo lost scent after patch of grass. Tougher track on gravel or pavement. ,

 

  

Dep. Derek Steines, a K-9 officer, will resume his testimony.  

Good morning all!