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By
Izabella Apodaca
– November 18, 2023
Each day Tales
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Homicides
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stabbing
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Suspects
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Victims
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On Nov. 16, witnesses testified earlier than DC Superior Court docket Choose Rainey Brandt {that a} defendant accused of a deadly stabbing was allegedly discovered with bloody clothes when he was stopped by police.
Marquette Jordan, 32, is charged with first-degree homicide whereas armed, assault, and carrying a harmful weapon outdoors of a house or enterprise with a previous felony for his alleged involvement within the deadly stabbing of 40-year-old Ivan Lynch that occurred on April 30, 2018, on the 900 block of Fifth Avenue, SE.
The prosecution known as an investigator from the Division of Forensic Science (DFS) who allegedly noticed blood on Jordan’s pants and tank prime and picked up it for proof. The T-shirt that Jordan was sporting that evening was ripped within the collar.
The witness additionally photographed two different people however didn’t discover any blood.
Protection counsel, Michael Bruckheim, requested why Jordan’s had been the one garments collected for proof, regardless of two different people being there. The witness responded since no blood was discovered on their clothes, she wasn’t requested to guage it.
Moreover, the prosecution known as the lead scientist from DFS who displayed Lynch’s hoodie, T-shirt, and tank prime to the jury, and acknowledged that there was blood and a number of cuts discovered on the back and front of every garment. She defined the clothes needed to be positioned in a drying cupboard as a way to be processed as a result of they had been moist with blood and there was additionally an unidentified bloody shoe print discovered on the scene.
The prosecution additionally known as the in a single day safety officer from the condo complicated who testified sooner or later three males, two ladies, and two youngsters entered the constructing. In accordance with the officer a person sporting a hood accompanied by two youngsters later left the constructing.
Lastly, prosecutors known as a Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) detective who discovered Lynch mendacity on his again started administering CPR. Lynch was later pronounced lifeless at MedStar Hospital.
Throughout cross examination, Bruckheim requested the detective why he by no means questioned any witnesses in the event that they cleaned up the scene earlier than police arrived since there have been bloody paper towels and water discovered subsequent to Lynch’s physique.
The witness responded his priorities had been serving to Lynch and securing the crime scene.
Events are set to return Nov. 17 to proceed witness testimony.
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