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Detective testifies on untested swabs, phones and surveillance as State rests in McIntyre capital-murder case
Summary
In testimony at the 187th District Court, a lead investigator described the physical evidence collected in the 2017 killing of Mark Salvador, including surveillance video, a 9mm shell casing and an unprocessed set of DNA swabs; the State introduced jail-call recordings and the court denied the defense's motion for a directed verdict.
A lead detective for the San Antonio Police Department told jurors the investigation into the April 2017 death of Mark Salvador included surveillance video, a 9mm shell casing found at the scene and multiple pieces of evidence collected from a damaged four‑door Kia, but that some forensic samples were never submitted for laboratory testing.
The testimony came during the State's presentation at the 187th District Court before Judge Stephanie Boyd in a case filed as 2019 CR 12/1995, State v. (T)am(ar) McIntyre. Sergeant Lou Juarez, the primary investigative witness, described a sequence of interviews, storage and lab requests spanning several jurisdictions and years and said prosecutors later filed capital murder charges against Tamor (Tamar) McIntyre after the case file was assembled.
Why it matters: Jurors heard both the physical evidence chain and the investigative choices that preceded charging decisions. Defense attorneys argued those choices left…
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