Jury hears kitchen knife found near Surrey murder scene tested positive for blood

A jury at Adam Mann’s second-degree murder trial heard that a kitchen knife found near the crime scene tested positive for blood. The testimony in New Westminster Supreme Court came from a technician who works at the RCMP National Forensics Laboratory.

Mann is accused of killing Tori Dunn during an alleged home invasion in June 2024. He has pleaded not guilty. Dunn’s boyfriend, Trafford Wace, previously testified that after the attack he noticed a large kitchen knife was missing from the home he shared with Dunn.

RCMP officers with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team also testified about other items sent for DNA testing. They include Dunn’s cellphone, which went missing after the attack and was later found in a grassy area not far from her Port Kells home.

Cpl. Bethany Williams, the crime scene manager during the investigation, told the jury she collected a DNA sample from Mann while he was in custody. The Crown asked whether she recognized anyone in the courtroom as the person from whom she took the sample. “I do see him sitting in the courtroom today,” Williams said, pointing to Mann.

So far, Crown witnesses have described collecting DNA evidence from several locations, items and people. The Crown has not yet called anyone to testify about the test results or whether they link Mann to the crime scene.