4/9/2008
SHARON MONTAGUE

ABILENE — The amount and type of blood stains on James McMillan’s clothing led blood-spatter expert Holly Wasinger to conclude that McMillan was present when Milton Jamison, 58, “was alive and bloodshed occurred.”

Wasinger, of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, was the primary witness Wednesday in the second-degree murder trial of McMillan in Dickinson County District Court.

The prosecution, led by County Attorney Keith Hoffman, is expected to conclude its case this morning with testimony by the physician who performed the autopsy on Jamison’s body.

Jamison was found dead in his mobile home in Abilene on July 1. Authorities said he suffered 56 separate stab wounds.

Law enforcement officers testified previously that McMillan told them that he drank whiskey and played dominoes with Jamison the night before his death. McMillan returned to Jamison’s trailer the morning of July 1 and found Jamison dead, lying in a pool of blood in his kitchen.

Reporter Sharon Montague can be reached at 822-1411 or by e-mail at smontague@salina.com.

For more on the development of this trial, read reporter Sharon Montague's story in Thursday's Salina Journal.