The jury at the second-degree murder trial of Adam Mann has heard a kitchen knife located in the area of the crime scene tested positive for blood. The testimony in New Westminster Supreme Court came from a technician who works at the RCMP National Forensics Laboratory. Mann is accused of killing Tori Dunn during an alleged home invasion in June of 2024. He has pleaded not guilty. Dunn’s boyfriend, Trafford Wace, previously testified that after the attack he noticed a large kitchen knife missing from the home he shared with Dunn. In addition to the bloody knife, RCMP officers with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team testified about other items sent for DNA testing. They include Dunn’s cellphone, which was missing after the attack but later found in a grassy area not far from her Port Kells home. Cpl. Bethany Williams, who served as the crime scene manager during the investigation, told the jury about collecting a DNA sample from Mann while he was in custody. The Crown asked her if she recognized anyone in the courtroom as the person she took the DNA sample from. “I do see him sitting in the courtroom today,” Williams said, while pointing at Mann. So far, the Crown has called witnesses who have testified about collecting DNA evidence from a number of locations, items and people. It has not yet called anyone to testify about the results of DNA testing—and whether or not they link Mann to the crime scene.
