Plastic and Glass Fragments Recovered February 10

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Jackson argued that the unidentified handwriting on the evidence bag and the interval before the March 14 crime-lab receipt exposed a custody-documentation gap. Bukhenik responded that the bag documented the February 10 collection, that the items remained in the Norfolk District Attorney's Office's possession, and that the absence of a lab booking entry did not mean they were improperly handled or outside investigators' control.

Two bags containing plastic pieces and glass or plastic fragments were recovered from 34 Fairview Road on February 10, 2022. Bukhenik testified that the bag documented his February 10 collection and that the items were in the Norfolk District Attorney's Office's possession; he could not identify who wrote on the bag, but said it was a trusted Massachusetts State Police member assigned to the office and investigative team. He acknowledged that some items were booked at the crime lab before March 14, then identified this discussed item's first lab receipt for processing as March 14 and concluded it was booked at the lab on March 14. Jackson argued that no custody documentation existed for the intervening period, while Bukhenik disputed that the absence of a booking entry meant the item was not properly handled or under their control.