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Spector jury sees death weapon, handguns, shotgun, holsters and ammo in his houseLOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Spector had two revolvers, a shotgun and a small arsenal of ammunition tucked away in his home, the lead detective in the murder case testified Tuesday as a prosecutor tried to show that another gun that killed actress Lana Clarkson also belonged to the record producer.The snub-nosed Colt Cobra revolver that killed Clarkson was not registered and has never been positively linked to Spector. The defense is likely to suggest that the gun could have belonged to Clarkson.Detective Mark Lillienfeld of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Homicide Bureau put on gloves before removing the gun from an envelope because, there was still blood on it. Jurors had just seen photographs of the brown-handled revolver lying at Clarkson’s feet as she slumped in a chair in the ornate foyer of Spector’s castlelike mansion.Lillienfeld said he spent30 hours at the crime scene and assigned six to eight detectives to scour various portions of the 8,000-square-foot home with its 10 bedrooms and nine bathrooms.He said detectives quickly found evidence in Spector’s bedroom closet. A photo showed hats, coats and a fan in the closet, but at the back was a small closed cupboard which they opened to reveal two fully loaded blue steel handguns. Propped against the closet wall was an orange case containing a 12-gauge pump shotgun, he said. It was not loaded. He displayed the guns to jurors.In another bedroom, converted into Spector’s office, Lillienfeld said they found two holsters for handguns and dozens of rounds of ammunition of the same types that were found in the gun that killed Clarkson.Jurors were shown the weapon that killed Clarkson as well as a leather holster foundin a bureau next to her body.Deputy District Attorney Pat Dixon showed numerous photos of bullets that were loaded in the death weapon and com-, parisons of them with the ammunition found upstairs. They were the same brands.Lillienfeld also identified Spector’s briefcase on a chair next to Clarkson’s body. He said it contained some over-the-counter medications and a tinfoil with one Viagra pill and empty spaces for two more. There was also a DVD play-, er with a movie in it, an old black-and-white called, “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.”Clarkson, 40, died about 5 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2003, from a single shot fired with the gun in her mouth. She had accompanied Spector on a chauf-feured ride to his Alhambra mansion after meeting him at her job as a hostess at the House of Blues just hours earlier. The defense claims that Clarkson killed herself.
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