Bloodstain expert back on the stand at Erick Buhr’s second-degree murder trial [Video]

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The Crown has wrapped up its case at the second-degree murder trial of Erick Buhr.

Buhr is charged in the death of his grandmother, Viola Erb. The 88-year-old was found injured in her home, just outside of Baden, on Sept. 24, 2022. She was pronounced deceased minutes after first responders arrived on scene.

On Wednesday morning, an expert in bloodstain pattern analysis from Peel Regional Police completed his testimony at Buhr’s trial.

Detective Robert Hofstetter examined Erb’s home after her death and came to several conclusions based on the blood stains he found there.

Among them, Hofstetter told the jury there was evidence of at least three separate areas of impact: one in the front hallway, one other in a space between the hallway and kitchen, and one in the kitchen where Erb’s body was located. The blood was tested and identified as Erb’s.

Hofstetter also determined that, in …