Defense lawyers for the bouncer accused of murdering grad student Imette St. Guillen rested their case today after grilling two detectives about an extensive search of Darryl Littlejohn’s home.
NYPD crime scene investigators spent 25 hours combing through Littlejohn’s basement apartment in Queens and collected everything from bedding and carpet samples to baby oil and a pair of ladies underwear, Det. Thomas Forte said.
But none of the more than 50 items seized in the March 2006 search were ever linked to St. Guillen and DNA testing failed to yield a match.
A second detective, Maria Quinones, acknowledged that only a handful of items were removed from the SoHo bar where St. Guillen had been drinking on the night of her death on Feb. 25, 2006.
Lawyers for Littlejohn, 44, have argued that cops overlooked potential evidence against bar manager Danny Dorrian.
Quinones said Dorrian was investigated “as much as anyone else was,”
but could not pinpoint the date that cops ruled him out as a suspect – a decision that defense attorney Joyce David suggested happened one week after the murder.
Jurors are set to hear closing arguments tomorrow in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
Despite the lack of physical evidence in Littlejohn’s home, prosecutors have presented proof that Littlejohn’s blood, tissue and DNA were found on the plastic ties that were used to bind St. Guillen’s hands.
A blanket that was found with her body had a pubic hair belonging to Littlejohn’s mother and semen from his long-deceased brother.