Overview
- Retired investigators testified they did not wear gloves at the 1977 crime scene and described exhibits later kept in a non-refrigerated storage area with some items recorded as missing or confusing.
- A knife found in Kouroumblis’s car the day after the bodies were discovered was initially ruled out by a pathologist as too big and too rusty, and later testing found no blood on it.
- Defense questioning targeted potential contamination and packaging of decades-old samples, challenging the reliability and admissibility of the DNA evidence.
- Former officers outlined alternative suspects considered over the years, including a crime reporter and acquaintances of the victims, many of whom were later ruled out.
- The committal continues on Tuesday with further witnesses expected, as Kouroumblis—extradited from Italy in 2024—denies involvement in the murders.