An image of a weapon allegedly found by police in Cody Alan Legebokoff's apartment were among the photos presented Tuesday during the trial for the man accused of murdering a teenage girl and three women.
Taken by Cpl. Kimberly Tremblay, the photo shows a pickaroon, a tool similar to a pickaxe, leaning against a wall next to a nightstand in the master bedroom of Legebokoff's 1400-block Liard Drive apartment. Crown prosecution is alleging it was used to strike Cynthia Frances Maas, 35, whose body was found in L.C. Gunn Park on Oct. 9, 2010.
The photo was taken during a Dec. 1, 2010 search of the apartment, conducted four days after Legebokoff, now 24, was arrested and the body of 15-year-old Loren Donn Leslie's body was found near a gravel pit off Highway 27 between Vanderhoof and Fort St. James.
During the search, police also found a couch with a blood stain that photos showed was large enough to have soaked through the padding and leave a solid droplet of blood hanging out the bottom side.
The Crown is alleging the blood is from Jill Stacy Stuchenko, 35, whose body was found Oct. 26, 2009 in a gravel pit near the corner of Foothills Boulevard and Otway Road in Prince George.
In addition to Leslie, Maas and Stuchenko, Legebokoff is also accused of first-degree murder in the death of Natasha Lynn Montgomery, 23, who went missing in September 2010 and whose body has never been found.
Several items were seized from the apartment, the court heard Tuesday, including a cutout from the couch where the blood stain was found and a cutout from the carpet at the entrance to the master bedroom where another large blood stain was found.
Photos showing where the blood on the carpet soaked through the underlay and onto the floor underneath were also shown to the jury.
Other items seized included a pillow case, a bed sheet and a sweatshirt with stains believed to be blood on all of them.
Tremblay also took the jury through photos of where suspected blood stains were found around the apartment, including the kitchen and dining room, master bedroom, hallway and bathroom. In all, she collected 21 swabs from drapes, door frames, walls, chairs and mouldings.
Accompanied by two blood stain pattern analysts from the RCMP's national support services, Tremblay returned to the apartment on Jan. 9, 2011 where she applied Amido Black, a staining agent that helps bring out fingerprints and footprints in blood, to a location on the kitchen floor.
Two footprints that Tremblay subsequently concluded were from Legebokoff's right heel were uncovered. She also said the blood and prints were placed there before the last time the floor had been washed.
Tremblay said she also analyzed a pair of shoes seized from the apartment and, using a forensic laser, found several areas where there were possible signs of blood. She then used a "hemostick" to confirm the results but also conceded the device can create a misleading result because it reacts to iron found in a substance.
"It reacts to other types of iron, so if there is a high quantity of iron in soil or rust, you can get false positives from them," Tremblay said.
The trial continues today at the Prince George courthouse, starting at 9:30 a.m.
