Three vials of blood were taken from suspect Stanford Glenfield Archibald, but only two have been entered in evidence, the jury in the Supreme Court Aaron Glen Easton murder trial heard yesterday.

Archibald, who denies murdering Mr. Easton in 1985, had blood extracted three times, according to statements signed by pathologist Dr. Keith Cunningham, said defence lawyer Mark Pettingill.

Dr. Cunningham told the court earlier that he extracted the blood from Archibald on July 20, 1996 and presented them to the Government analyst on August 7, 1996.

Archibald, 39, formerly of Sandys, is accused of the murder of Mr. Easton on May 4, 1985. Mr. Easton was found dead in a pool of blood after receiving 49 stab wounds and a fractured skull.

Dr. Cunningham told the court that he had also taken blood from other suspects in the murder investigation when it was re-opened in 1996.

He said from some of the suspects, he took only one vial of blood, and from others he took two.

In cases where he took two vials of blood, one of the vials would have been prepared for DNA analysis and would have been mixed with a formula so that the blood would not clot. the first vial was used for identifying the blood type of the suspect.

19-year-old Mr. Easton.

He said the knife would have been a maximum length of six inches and both sides would have been serrated.

Mr. Pettingill asked Dr. Cunningham if he had also examined the late Albert Jerome (Poochy) Smith on May 9, 1985, and the doctor said he had.

The report stated that Mr. Smith had a cut on his right thumb, which was healing, but he could not ascertain how the thumb was cut. Dr. Cunningham also said that Mr. Smith also had other abrasions on the his knuckle and the first joint of his third finger.

Mr. Smith was initially one of the murder suspects and Police found a blood stained shirt which was soaking in Clorox, blood stains on his bathroom mat and towel, and blood stained shoes and socks were also found in his apartment after the murder.

The toxicology reports on Mr. Easton showed that he had opiates and cannanoids in his blood.

Mr. Pettingill asked if this meant that Mr. Easton had used either cocaine, heroin or cannabis before he died.