Prosecution: Race had weapons and live ammunition during escape

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September 13, 2008

Prosecution: Race had weapons, live ammunition, maps

By ANDREA VanVALKENBURG The Press Republican Sat Sep 13, 2008, 12:15 AM EDT

PLATTSBURGH -- Glen Race allegedly made his attempted escape to Mexico carrying weapons, maps, makeup, live ammunition, a first-aid kit and a ski mask.

According to the testimony of State Police Investigator Ray Planty, the 27-year-old Canadian man was nabbed at the border with the .44-caliber rifle that was stolen from the Churubusco Lodge after Darcy Manor was shot to death in May 2007.

Testifying during the fifth day of Race's murder trial Friday morning, Planty said Border Patrol officials also caught him with live ammunition, personal identification, Canadian currency, a blood-speckled box cutter, gloves and six jars of skin-tone-altering makeup.

Planty said he was also found with Darcy Manor's credit card and one belonging to Trevor Brewster, one of the two Canadian men who authorities believe Race killed in the days before Manor's murder.

A research specialist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement later testified before Judge Kevin Ryan and said Race has never been legally permitted into the country.

According to Mark Flick, Race has requested entry into the United States only one time, back in 2004 when he asked to stay in the country for six months.

At the time, Flick said, Race was turned away at a Maine border because he didn't have enough money to survive in the United States for an extended period of time.

State Police Investigator Allan Wright later described processing Manor's truck once it was brought back to New York and impounded at the Ray Brook barracks.

He said "there was a lot of items" found in the truck, including clothing and juice containers, which were later sent to the Albany crime lab for testing, though the results of those examinations have not been revealed in court.

Wright said officials also found a pair of dark-blue pants, which local witnesses have testified about seeing Race wearing the day of Manor's murder, and a Steak and Stein button-up shirt.

Brewster, Race's second alleged murder victim, was reported missing after he failed to show up for work at a Steak and Stein restaurant in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The qualified latent-print examiner also described lifting prints off the interior windows of Manor's truck.

Those prints were later matched to Race, both prosecution and defense attorneys said Friday afternoon.

During the proceeding, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie introduced more than a dozen pieces of evidence, including the rifle, fingerprints and several photos documenting the items Race was allegedly arrested with.

So far, 33 prosecution witnesses have taken the stand.

Defense attorney Mark McCormick said Friday that he anticipates the prosecution's case will wind down sometime next week and expects his case will take at least three days.

The former Franklin County public defender said he will likely call witnesses to dispute portions of the prosecution's theory into the murder, at least one psychologist and members of Race's immediate family.

He plans to argue that Race is not criminally responsible for Manor's death for reasons of mental disease or defect.

McCormick said there's a chance Race may take the stand.

It was unclear Friday who will testify next when the trial resumes at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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