Forensic scientists testify against Pring-Wilson

The prosecution continued to present its case today in the trial of Alexander Pring-Wilson. Paul Melaragni finished his testimony from yesterday. He said that he helped the police make a DVD of security camera footage of Pring-Wilson at the police station, and part of the footage was shown in court. Then, Eugene Hagan, a former chemist at the Mass. State Police Crime Lab, testified about how he examined evidence at the scene of the crime as well as at Pring-Wilson's apartment. Pring-Wilson's clothing and knife tested positive for blood, said Hagan, and the knife was hidden in what he described as a "crawl space" in Pring-Wilson's room. However, on cross examination Hagan admitted that he moved items around in the crawl space before taking pictures of the evidence. The next witness was George Behonick, a forensic toxicologist who examined Michael Colono's body and found that he had been drinking before the altercation with Pring-Wilson, but had not consumed any other drugs. Finally, John Soares, who examined evidence with Hagan, began his testimony today. He testified that Pring-Wilson's hands tested positive for blood, as did his raincoat and knife. Also, prosecutor Adrienne Lynch showed Colono's bloodstained clothing to the jury while Soares pointed out the stab marks in the clothes and described how he thinks they could have been inflicted. The trial will resume Monday.