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An FBI proof specialist testified Monday that Ryan Routh’s black Nissan Xterra was cluttered with clothes, instruments and handwritten notes — and appeared as if somebody had been residing in it — when she searched it the day after his arrest.
FBI Particular Agent Cindy Barrois, an Proof Response Staff chief within the Miami Subject Workplace, stated the Xterra’s again seats have been folded down with what appeared like a mattress.
“It appeared the automobile was lived in,” she stated.
In courtroom Monday, she displayed six cellphones collected from the SUV, Routh’s expired Hawaii driver’s license, a sound U.S. passport and handwritten notes — together with an inventory with “pipe,” “C-clamp,” “blanket,” “pillow,” “tape,” “paint,” “inexperienced poncho” and cellphone numbers.
One other notice listed flight choices to Mexico and Colombia underneath the identify “Bryan Wilson.” A separate Financial institution of Hawaii paper learn, “Make tourniquet.”
PROSECUTION PRESSES FORWARD AS RYAN ROUTH TRIAL RESUMES ON DAY 6
A sketch depicting authorities witnesses in courtroom in the course of the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida, Sept. 15, 2025. Routh is accused of an tried assassination on President Donald Trump at his West Palm Seashore golf membership in 2024. (Lothar Speer)
Barrois testified the automobile was “not organized,” and included meals, instruments, gloves, a disposable tablecloth and a .45-caliber cartridge casing within the glove field. Photographs proven to jurors included the passport within the driver’s space, a number of telephones and the place they have been discovered, and a close-up of the .45 casing.
She additionally pointed to alleged stickers on the Xterra that appeared to have been blacked out with spray paint, displaying drip marks. Objects introduced in courtroom from the SUV included a crimson Harbor Freight flashlight, an Akaso digicam battery, a black steel rod like these utilized in chain-link fences, a number of pairs of labor gloves, a black masks, poncho and zip tie in a Ziploc and a big amount of orange earplugs.
Prosecutors additionally walked jurors by receipts they are saying place Routh in Palm Seashore County, Florida, for weeks: money overnight-parking slips from a Marathon fuel station in South Bay, Florida, dated Aug. 14 (eight nights), Aug. 21 (six nights), Aug. 29 (six nights), Sept. 5 (six nights) and Sept. 12 (4 nights), plus native receipts from Greenback Tree, Household Greenback and McDonald’s.
Jurors additionally noticed two unopened cans of Vienna sausages and a 56-ounce SunnyD bottle allegedly discovered within the automobile, together with a SunnyD receipt. Barrois stated North Carolina and Ohio license plates have been recovered underneath the motive force’s seat; a North Carolina registration within the glove field listed Routh’s daughter, Sara Ellen Routh.
RYAN ROUTH TRIAL: JURY SELECTION BEGINS IN TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CASE
A sketch depicting authorities witnesses in courtroom in the course of the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida, Sept. 15, 2025. (Lothar Speer)
Routh, representing himself, requested whether or not some gadgets “might have been in there for years” and why one picture confirmed the .45-caliber casing within the glove field and one other didn’t. For the primary time within the trial, the prosecution got here up after Routh’s cross-examination to “re-direct” the witness with additional questioning.
Routh additionally stated there have been gown garments within the SUV and referenced a notice that learn, “When you want this automobile moved textual content,” itemizing numbers for “Sarah” and “Oran.”
Later, FBI Proof Evaluation Request Coordinator Erin Farais testified about gadgets faraway from the SKS rifle. She stated a fingerprint was discovered on tape from the gun however didn’t establish whose it was.
When Routh requested whether or not eradicating tape affected scope accuracy testing, Choose Aileen Cannon instructed jurors, “This case isn’t about how correct the gun shoots.”
RYAN ROUTH TRIAL OPENS WITH BIZARRE JURY QUESTIONS AND WITNESS DRAMA
A sketch depicting authorities witnesses in courtroom in the course of the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida, Sept. 15, 2025. (Lothar Speer)
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Court docket workers instructed media that trial reveals will probably be made public solely after the proceedings conclude.
Routh additionally instructed the decide he hadn’t determined whether or not to name his son, Oran, to the witness stand. Choose Cannon famous “a whole lot of work” had gone into arranging his transport.
Prosecutors stated extra FBI forensic witnesses — together with a firearms/toolmark examiner — have been slated to comply with.
Routh is on trial representing himself for federal expenses filed towards him for allegedly making an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump precisely one yr in the past on Sept. 15, 2024.
