Overview
- An MPD crime scene investigator walked jurors through more than 50 photos of Aniah Blanchard’s Honda CR‑V and a red Dodge Caravan linked to Ibraheem Yazeed.
- Jurors heard that investigators recovered a shell casing, an unfired round, and a bullet from the SUV’s door, with the trajectory suggesting a possible struggle involving a gun.
- The investigator testified to pools of blood in multiple areas of the vehicle, while defense questioning highlighted additional tested items including two condoms, a Dollar Tree receipt, and a photographed pair of underwear.
- A grandfather and granddaughter testified Yazeed arrived at their home early the next morning without shoes, looking dirty, asked for a ride despite arriving in an SUV, and left in a borrowed truck.
- Earlier testimony included surveillance placing Yazeed near Blanchard’s vehicle, accounts from a gas station cashier and a woman who was with him beforehand, and emotional remarks from Blanchard’s brother, as prosecutors pursue three capital counts and the death penalty.