It was another day of intense testimony at the Oliver Karafa and Lucy Li murder trial, as a forensic detective walked the court through what he found at the scene of the double shooting.
A $5 bill, a plane ticket, vehicle parts and a woman’s boot, those are just some of the items Hamilton Police Det. Mark Miller said he found on the ground at the scene of a Stoney Creek murder that’s now on trial.
The forensic detective was called out to the industrial lot on Arvin Avenue around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2021 for reports a double-shooting had taken place five hours earlier.
The body of 39-year-old Tyler Pratt was found on the scene, and Pratt’s pregnant girlfriend Jordyn Romano had been taken to hospital with a gunshot wound.
A young couple — Li and Karafa — are on trial for first-degree murder and attempted murder in the incident. Both have pleaded not guilty.
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Over the past week of trial, the court has heard how the two couples became close and started a business venture together selling medical protective equipment in Europe.
The crown says issues arose when Romano and Pratt started asking for their money back.
In court on Wednesday, Det. Miller says his team found two bullets and seven casings from a pistol at the scene.
Two more bullets were later found shot into the driver’s side of a white Range Rover, where Romano was sitting when she was hit.
Miller told the court that the bullets came from the passenger side window.
The Range Rover was also damaged on the driver’s side, though Romano testified earlier this week that she had no recollection of where the dents and scratches came from.
Miller said the driver’s side door was almost falling off.
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Romano’s Range Rover was found by police in Toronto a few days after the Feb. 28 shooting.
Miller told the court he examined both Romano’s Ranger Rover, and a white Audi that Karafa had purchased from a friend’s mom earlier that morning, and drove it to the scene.
Miller said the Audi was found in a nearby parking lot hours after he arrived at the scene – the tire rims were spray painted black and license plates removed.
Miller testified that both vehicles were damaged and had blood stains that someone had tried to clean with hydrogen peroxide.
When asked to take a guess at what took place, Miller told the court “it looks like some bumper cars going on, and I believe those vehicles collided with the green wall,” as both vehicles had green paint transferred on them.
Li’s black Mercedes was found in a Bracebridge parking lot, days after she and Karafa fled to Europe.
Miller says among the contents of her car, they found bolt cutters and work gloves.
The trial continues on Thursday.
