Klansman Gang Trial: Police Officers Trace Bullet Evidence From Richard Gray Post-Mortem

Prosecution testimony in the Klansman Gang trial on Tuesday focused on how physical evidence linked to Richard Gray was collected, documented, and moved through official channels.

A detective sergeant told the court that on 14 December 2017 he went to Archer’s funeral home in Spanish Town after a post-mortem on Gray’s body. He said a family friend who was present helped confirm who the deceased was.

According to the officer, the pathologist took a blood sample and removed four bullets plus a bullet fragment from the remains. The witness said those items were passed to him, and he placed them in a brown paper bag, labelled the package, and secured it.

He testified that he then returned to the St Catherine Scenes of Crime Office, where the required paperwork was finished and the material was held in storage until it could be sent to the forensic laboratory.

Separately, a detective constable said that on 18 December 2017 she carried evidence connected to the case to the forensic science lab. She told the court that once the items were accepted, she received a receipt and later gave it to the investigating officer.

The material forms part of the prosecution’s case on count eight of the indictment, which alleges that Travis Drummond facilitated the murder of Richard Gray.