and ended in a pool of blood at the side door of the house. He stated that there were bloody handprints on the door. Detective Wischan testified that the lighting was poor at the time he arrived on the scene and that he had Ms. Mehrtens' car towed. He testified that he interviewed a neighbor who lived across the street and that she told him she heard the gunshot and the car alarm just before she saw a white car with a missing taillight leave from the front of the victim's house and speed down the street toward Marconi Avenue.
Detective Wischan testified that he and other officers returned to the scene the next day with metal detectors, but they were unable to find any ballistics evidence. He statedthat they returned a few days later with a police dog that found the spent casing in the shrubbery and the pellet in the planter box that stood to the left of where the car had been parked. He testified that the victim's missing purse and cell phone were not found inside her house or in her car. Detective Wischan testified that on March 10, 2005, he obtained arrest warrants for the defendant and Bailey, as well as search warrants for their houses and that the warrants were executed the next morning. He testified that Bailey tried to escape through a hole in the wall at his house, but was apprehended. Detective Wischan testified that the police also seized the defendant's mother's car. He stated that both defendants