What this means for Donyell
Donyell was indicted before a single gun or the bullet had gone to the state crime lab. The guns sat 28 months, the bullet went to federal agents instead, and by the time the lab saw it the marks were gone.
When things reached a lab
- May 29, 2020Brown’s Smith & Wesson and a towel collected by a patrol officer.
- June 9 to 14, 2020Guns, phones and items collected at Teakwood and Stockton; submissions to the police property room.
- June 11, 2020Ballistics-database (NIBIN) lead on the Smith & Wesson .40. It was not in the case file until September 29, 2022.
- July 20 and Aug. 3, 2020Crime-scene unit submissions to the TBI (biology). The bullet stays at the medical examiner until August 3.
- Oct. 30, 2020First TBI DNA report: unknown men on the car items.
- Jan. 12, 2021ATF takes Brown’s Smith & Wesson and the bullet from Randall’s body.
- March 2021Donyell indicted. No gun has been to the state lab.
- Oct. 4, 2022The Stockton guns and DNA standards reach the TBI, 28 months after they were seized.
- Oct. 10, 2022The bullet, Brown’s Smith & Wesson and his Lorcin reach the TBI.
- May 2023TBI firearms report: bullet too damaged for more than a brand match.