Prosecutors introduced recordings of a domestic homicide defendant and victim arguing on the phone in a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on July 28.
Rayvon Slye, 34, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of Andrea Bond, 30. The incident occurred on March 7, 2023, on the 1000 block of D Street, NE. Bond sustained one stab wound to her left upper chest.
According to court documents, Slye and Bond were in a romantic relationship and had a child together at the time of her death. The couple was reportedly physically violent with each other on multiple occasions.
Prosecutors played several clips of phone calls between Slye and Bond from April 2022 to June 2022, when Slye was in jail on unrelated charges. The conversations included arguments about when Bond would visit Slye, which resulted in the couple breaking up.
“You just gone leave me like this? Don’t leave me like this,” said Slye in a call after Bond stated she no longer wanted to be with him and would not come to see him in jail.
In another recording, Slye accused Bond of being a “snitch” and asked, “Why the f*ck did you do this to me?” Bond said Slye needed to be in jail to “learn how to grow up” and told him, “There’s no hope for you.”
The prosecution also called the DC Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) forensic investigator who responded to the scene to the stand. The OCME investigator said that when she arrived at Bond’s residence, her body was lying supine in the living room.
The investigator said she noted an injury on Bond’s left upper chest, which was covered by a bandage, and a laceration on her left wrist. According to charging documents, after Slye called 911 to report that Bond was not responding, he told officers that Bond was allegedly stabbed the night before and that he had tried to bandage the wound.
According to the investigator, Bond’s body showed livor mortis, or dark purple discoloration of the skin used as an indicator of the amount of time that passed since a victim died. As the discoloration did not change when the investigator pressed the skin, she estimated that Bond died more than eight-to-12 hours before she examined the body in the evening of March 7, 2023.
Kevin Mosley, Slye’s attorney, emphasized that this time of death estimate could be impacted by many unknown factors, including the room’s temperature and any medications or illegal substances the victim had consumed.
A forensic DNA analyst, the prosecution’s witness, found blood on a pair of boxers, tank top, jackets, shoes, shirt, pants, napkins, and fitted sheet found in Bond’s residence. The DNA profile developed from a bloodstain on a pair of gray pants closely matched Bond’s DNA, according to the analyst.
To identify if any other individual’s DNA was on the collected evidence, items were tested excluding Bond’s DNA. The expert explained that their testing revealed that it was more likely than not that the DNA belonged to Slye more than another male.
The expert also tested blood from a swab of the floor near the living room couch, which did not match Bond’s genetic profile. In cross-examination, Slye’s other attorney, Kayla Wyatt, confirmed that the analyst did not test any DNA samples from the walls, doors, bathroom, hallway, or kitchen of Bond’s residence.
A forensic scientist who processed evidence from and investigated the crime scene testified to securely packing and sending the evidence for DNA testing. She informed the court that she had arrived at the incident location on March 9, 2023, two days after Bond was found.
In cross-examination, Mosley argued that because of this time gap and another team processing the crime scene before this witness did, she reasonably had “no idea where the items were before the ninth.” The witness agreed.
Parties are scheduled to reconvene on July 29.
