PICTOU, N.S. – An expert has testified that fibres on a bloody tank top were also found in the camper where the Crown alleges Amber Kirwan was confined before she was murdered.
The testimony from RCMP forensic chemist Steven Pitts was heard Tuesday during the first-degree murder trial of Christopher Falconer in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Pictou.
Kirwan went missing in New Glasgow after midnight on Oct. 9, 2011, and her body was found about a month later near a logging road.
Pitts also testified a piece of torn black cloth found on the camper floor matched the sweater Kirwan was wearing the night she disappeared.
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The jury has viewed a text message that placed Falconer in the camper where police say traces of Kirwan’s DNA were found.
In a text message to his stepsister, Falconer said he was at the camper the night Kirwan disappeared, and that he dropped off some items there.
The defence has not yet said if it will call any witnesses.
The trial is expected to conclude at the end of January.
*with files from Global News’ Natasha Pace
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