Chapter 48
Two days later at 10:00 A.M. Prosecutor Walter Colvins received a phone call from a forensic scientist named Jeffery S. Stevens at the Washington State Patrol Firearms Forensic Unit located in Cheney, Wa.
“I’m contacting you because there had been a rush order placed on the spent 45 caliber shell casings delivered by the Wheatland Police Officer, regarding the connection to the John Adams case,” he said.
“Yes, I have been waiting to hear the results,” Prosecutor Walter Colvins responded.
“I can tell you that the extractor markings and the firing pin impressions on the base of the shell casings found in the victim’s jacket pocket all originate from one firearm. That includes all of the 45 semi auto shell casings recovered along I-90 in that shooting, the shell casings found i
