Pittsylvania County sheriff’s lieutenant testifies in capital murder case

A lieutenant for the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office testified Thursday in the capital murder case of Dennis Lee Daniel.

The prosecution focused some of its questions on what personal items were found on the victim and in her car after she went missing Dec. 19.

To find Daniel guilty of capital murder, the jury must find that he killed 30-year-old Courtney Marie Servais during the commission of another violent felony - in this case, robbery. 

Lieutenant Todd Barrett investigated Servais’ Honda after police found it. He said that a trash bag in the Honda had some of Servais’ clothes.

“I found a pair of lady’s boots,“ Barrett said. “I found a pair of lady’s pants, a lady’s blouse.“

He said that he did not find any jewelry in the car.

Barrett also responded to the abandoned house where cadaver dogs found the victim’s body.

He said that no jewelry was found on her body or at the crime scene.

Servais’ babysitter testified Monday that Servais dropped her kids off at her house on Dec. 19.

The babysitter said that Servais had on a gold necklace and gold rings.