The trial of Steve Lévesque continued on the 10th day at the Rimouski courthouse with the testimony of a forensic identification specialist from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). He attended a search of a warehouse in Saint-Lin – Laurentides where police obtained the evidence. Steve Lévesque was charged with 2nd degree murder on Maxime Dugas-Lepage.
Police officer Sophie Fortin showed the court a photo album of snapshots taken in a search conducted on January 26, 2020 at this warehouse located in the Lanaudière region.
The officer explained that several dozen items were seized by police, including bloody paper towels and a quilt, gloves, shoes with reddish stains, garbage bags, tie-wraps. tie wraptarpaulin wraps and a kind of Russian dumbbell kettle bell as well as what bone fragments look like.
Some of the photos shown seemed difficult to watch for some of the victim’s family members to attend the trial. The defendant, Steve Lévesque, meanwhile maintains neutral air at the dock.
The forensic identification specialist also noticed the presence of liquid rings on the warehouse floor. Part of the floor appeared to have been cleaned, he also told the court.
Registration documents of four guns were also found at the police station, according to agent Sophie Fortin’s account.
The witness also showed examination reports of fingerprints taken from some of the items taken from the warehouse. Fingerprints were taken from plastic bags.
These tests revealed the presence of Steve Lévesque’s left middle finger imprint.
Other fingerprints were also detected, those of Carl Lévesque and Maxime Labrie, who were arrested along with Steve Lévesque on January 25, 2020 in Rimouski.
On Tuesday afternoon, the court heard the testimony of investigator Philippe Savard.
He explained that he went on January 25, 2020 to large box stores located in the Lanaudière region to see if some of the items searched in the Saint-Lin-Laurentides warehouse had been purchased there recently.
His research allowed him to determine that actually a purchase was made on January 23, 2020 in Terrebonne.
Notably the transaction includes type attachments tie wraplatex coated work gloves, ratchet tie down strap, blue bin and brown tarp.
The murder allegedly took place in January 2020 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
The trial is set to continue on Wednesday with other Crown witnesses.
Source: Radio-Canada
