22 perform a planimetric study and a bullet trajectory reconstruction on the main highway in Valle Lindo, La 115 Julia Sector, opposite the slaughterhouse; and, iii) send a memorandum to the Criminalistics Laboratory requesting that it perform a legal examination and hematology test on a singlet, a pair of 116 jeans, a pair of gray socks, and a fragment of blood-impregnated gauze removed from the corpse. 104. On January 5, 1997, the CTPJ decided to send a memorandum to the CTPJ Vehicle Room requesting an appraisal and expert examination of the vehicle used to transport Eduardo José 117 Landaeta. These procedures were carried out on the same day. 105. On January 6, 1997, “Antonio José de Sucre” Central Precinct of the CSOP Police Investigations Division issued an official report in which it reiterated in greater detail the above-mentioned 118 version contained in the day book. That same day, officer Freddy Antonio Blanco appeared at the 119 CTPJ to describe his version of the events and reiterated the account provided by his colleagues. 106. That same day the CTPJ decided to carry out a medico-legal examination of Freddy 120 Antonio Blanco and sent a memorandum to the General Division of Police Forensics to carry out gunshot residue tests on citizens Carlos Andrés Requena Mendoza and Carlos Alexander Rojas 121 122 Alvarado. This test, carried out on both officers on January 24, 1997, was positive for both hands. 107. On January 28, March 10, July 12, and October 22, 1997, the Criminalistics Laboratory issued reports on some of the tests requested on a singlet, a pair of socks, two gauzes, a pair of jeans, 123 and some projectiles. 108. On March 10, 1997, the Criminalistics Laboratory issued a report on the special activation 124 test carried out on the vehicle used to transfer Eduardo José Landaeta Mejías. 109. On July 4, 1997, the CTPJ sent official letters to the Director of the Metropolitan Cemetery, the Prefect of Mariño Municipality, and the duty medical examiner requesting them to forward, 115 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 75 and 76. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 116 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 77, 78, 79, 80, and 81 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 117 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 85. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). The results were an approximate value of 4,500,000 bolívares and the serial numbers of the chassis and the engine. 118 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 193 and 194. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 119 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 86 and 87. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 120 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 89. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 121 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, page 93. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 122 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 95 and 96 (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). 123 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 97-103; 106 and 107; 124 and 125; and 134 and 135. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). It was concluded that the substance that had impregnated the first four items was blood: the first two being blood group O and the other two, indeterminable. As to the projectiles, it was concluded that they were of no criminalistic interest in terms of possible hematology tests. 124 Appendix 9. Exhibit 1. Domestic proceeding. Case 4C-4822/04, pages 104 and 105. (Appendix 2 to the petitioners’ brief with observations on merits of July 18, 2007). It was concluded that there were multiple holes in the vehicle and stains, presumed to be blood, in different parts of it. It was also possible to “visualize, collect, and lift four (04) fingerprints which were transferred to this office together with two (2) partially deformed projectiles, as well as to collect samples of the reddish-brown stains present in the vehicle.”