Testimony in the retrial of the man accused of killing Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar is expected to start Tuesday. LaMar disappeared on her way to her bus stop before school in 2012. Five years later, Antolin Garcia-Torres was found guilty in her murder, but that decision was later overturned by an appellate court because the district attorney’s office introduced three unrelated kidnapping accusations against him. During opening statements Monday, the Santa Clara County prosecutor tried to paint a picture of the day LaMar disappeared in March 2012. He explained that even though LaMar has not been found, there is evidence connecting LaMar and Garcia-Torres. He said carpet fibers from Garcia-Torres’ car were found on LaMar’s clothing and her DNA and a strand of her hair her found in the trunk. “Sierra’s body has never been found, yet traces of Sierra were found in the car driven by that man right there,” prosecutor O’Bryan Kenney said, pointing at Garcia-Torres. “Traces of that man were found on Sierra‘s clothes. Traces of that man’s car were found on Sierra’s clothes.” Garcia-Torres’ attorney said it was all evidence that was mishandled. “You want to carefully handle the items so that you don’t cross-contaminate or contaminate these items because you’re mishandling the evidence,” defense attorney Al Lopez said. “There’s protocols for this, and you’re going to see they weren’t followed.” Lopez also told the jury that they would be hearing about someone else who could’ve been involved. The trial is expected to resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday and stretch into next year. Morgan Hill Nov 2 Opening statements begin in long-awaited retrial for Antolin Garcia-Torres in Sierra LaMar murder case Morgan Hill Oct 2 Sierra LaMar murder case: Judge will not recuse himself, jury selection next week ...read more read less