Jury hears Sudbury police never found murder weapon in Skylar Dalyk trial
Police never found knife that killed Tim Lamothe — or his cell phone
A jury at a second-degree murder trial underway in Sudbury heard testimony from police officers about the search for certain evidence coming up empty.
Skylar Dalyk, 25, is on trial in the stabbing death of Tim Lamothe near the Algoma Hotel in Chelmsford on Dec. 12, 2013.
A few hours after the stabbing, Dalyk gave himself up to police.
Sergeant Richard Clark told the court that police conducted two organized searches of a crime scene that spanned several streets and properties in Chelmsford.
Clark said the morning after the stabbing, he and two other officers started looking for the weapon used. They followed tracks in the snow they suspected to be Skylar Dalyk's after the stabbing. They found nothing related to the crime.
Almost a week later, on Dec. 19, a larger group of officers traced the track a canine officer had made. Clark described how they spent the whole day standing shoulder to shoulder as they sifted through snow and leaves with walking sticks.
A metal detector was used in the search. Still no evidence was found.
Previous testimony has pointed out that two key items have never been found: police never recovered the victim's cell phone, or the knife used in the stabbing.
The trial is in its seventh day and is expected to wrap up sometime next week.