Prince George, B.C.-  The degree of violence in the murder of 15 year  old  Loren Donn Leslie was spelled out in court yesterday by a forensic anthropologist.

Dr. Steven Symes is a Forensic Anthropologist from Pennsylvania.  He attended the autopsy on 15 year old Loren Donn Leslie, and performed detailed study of  fractures.

In testimony given at the murder trial of Cody Alan Legebokoff, Dr. Symes said she had been stuck on the head at least  three times  and that  it would take "notable force and bordering on  a tremendous amount of force" to create the  fractures he  studied.

He pointed out noticeable patterns the weapon left behind on her skin, small striations about 1.5 to 2mm apart.

The Crown has already entered into evidence a bloody pipe wrench which  was  seized from  Legebokoff’s truck the night  Loren Leslie’s body was found off highway 27.

When  asked if  the patterns  could have been caused by the pipe wrench, Dr. Symes  said  the easiest thing for him to do is rule something out,  but  “I can’t really rule this out because I think these teeth can  reproduce  this pattern on skin.“  He testified the features of the patterns “are similar to patterns of teeth on a wrench.”

Dr. Symes says fractured bones  in the young girl’s right hand showed signs of what he termed “entrapment”.  By that, he means the hand was caught between two hard surfaces, compressing the bones.  He likened it to the type of injury one might suffer if a hand is caught in a car door, or, if someone placed their hand on their head to protect the head from a blow.  He supported that opinion by drawing attention to the ring Loren was wearing on her right hand “ the  ring is to me, the best evidence of entrapment as it’s flattened on both sides.”

Dr. Symes testified Loren Leslie had suffered several blows from an object, but said she had also been stabbed in the throat, not once, but twice.  He told the court the wounds were caused by a sharp single edged blade.

This morning, Dr. Symes will testify about his findings in the examination of the remains of Cynthia Maas.  Her body was found in October of 2010 in L.C. Gunn Park.

Legebokoff is accused of murdering Loren Leslie, Cynthia Maas, Natasha Montgomery and Jill Stuchenko.