An LA cop yesterday described the crime scene that he and his colleagues found when called to Phil Spector's mansion back in 2003 after the death of actress Lana Clarkson, as the legendary producer's high profile murder trial continued.
Detective Mark Lillienfeld firstly presented the court room with the gun that killed Clarkson, still covered in dried blood. The Colt Cobra revolver was not registered and never definitively linked to Spector, but Lillienfeld said that a holster that fit the gun was in an open drawer of a desk in the room where Clarkson died. The revolver wasn't the only gun in Spector's home. Lillienfeld testified that officers also found two fully loaded blue steel handguns, an unloaded 12-gauge pump shotgun and lots of other ammunition, much of it the same as the type that was in the gun that killed Clarkson.
Lillienfeld added that there was a briefcase belonging to Spector near Clarkson which contained some over-the-counter medications and some tinfoil with one Viagra pill and empty spaces for two more. There was also a DVD player in the room which had the old black-and-white film 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye' in it.
Quite how all this information is relevant to the case I'm not sure, except that it confirms Spector's previously known obsession with guns. Lillienfeld did also confirm, through testimony and photo evidence, that Clarkson had a bag on her shoulder at the time she was shot. That was something coroner Louis Pena referenced last week as being a sign that Clarkson had not committed suicide.
The case continues.