The mother of a woman currently standing trial for murder was originally a person of interest in the case, the court heard Wednesday.

Christina Asp, 34, is currently on trial in Yukon Supreme Court. She is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of Gordon Seybold.

The 63-year-old's body was found after his Ibex Valley cabin burned to the ground on March 26, 2008.

Whitehorse RCMP Const. Derek Turner told the jury of 12 women and two men that until April 8, the case was classified as a suspicious death.

That was until blood found on a baseball bat and two rifles was matched to Seybold, Turner said.

The bat and rifles were found in a dumpster 11.6 km from the destroyed cabin.

Asp's mother, Jessie, had been in a relationship with a man who lived on Seybold's property, the court heard.

Police were told Seybold did not get along with the older Asp and did not like having her or her friends on the property, Turner said.

The jury has already seen a secretly-taped video of Christina Asp describing Seybold's death to an undercover police officer who she believes is the leader of a powerful crime family.

In the video, she says that she struck Seybold multiple times with a bat while fighting with him alongside her boyfriend Norman Larue.

Larue is also charged with murder and is expected to go to trial later this year.

Christina Asp describes Seybold as a marijuana-grower who had angered her mother.

Her defence lawyer has suggested his client had been wooed by the "crime family” with food, lodging, money and gifts.

Turner took the jury through some of the early days of the homicide investigation which included seizing Jessie Asp's GMC Jimmy.

The vehicle had been reported for erratic driving the day Seybold's body was found, Turner testified.

When police took the Jimmy on April 12, Jessie Asp was angry and intoxicated, the officer said.

She gave a statement that mentioned her daughter and Larue, Turner testified.

Later in the investigation the officer also spoke to Jessie Asp to get permission to search her home, where the couple had been staying in the basement, and her cabin about 20 minutes south of Whitehorse, he said.

Police were looking for a missing pistol that Larue may have left behind, Turner testified.

They spoke again after Christina Asp called home to speak to her mother.

At the cabin, officers seized a pistol — which turned out to be a replica —towels with what appeared to be blood, photos of Christina Asp and Larue together, a notebook and other possible evidence, Turner said.

The officer also travelled to Swift River to speak with people who have already testified to interacting with the pair on the day Seybold's body was found.

While there he seized a box which the court has heard was left behind after the couple spent the night.

The box contained women's clothes as well as drug paraphernalia — a needle, burned spoon and vials, Turner said.

By April 22, RCMP were able to obtain a Canada-wide warrant to arrest both Larue and Christina Asp for parole violations.

Turner testified that when he arrived in Edmonton to find and arrest the pair, police there told him that the couple had already been located and were in custody.

The officer had begun describing items seized from the couple's hotel room when his testimony ended for the day.

He will be back on the stand today.

The trial is scheduled to last at least three months.

The case is being heard before Justice Leigh Gower.