EAST BREMERTON — Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office detectives said investigating the murder of Heather Kelso and Kaden Lum was like putting the many pieces of a puzzle together. They were trying to use all those bits and pieces to – as Lt. Det. Earl Smith put it – “paint a picture.”

The picture the sheriff’s office painted was released Aug. 20 in the form of a nine-page statement of probable cause against Geraldo “Jerry” Castro De Jesus, 30, of Port Orchard, whom investigators allege committed the murders.

There were four people in mobile home No. 21 at Kariotis Mobile Estates, 3060 NE McWilliams Road in Central Kitsap, the early hours of March 28: Kelso, her roommate Jalisa Lum, Lum’s 2-year-old son, Kaden, and Kelso’s friend, Mathew Dean.

According to the statement of probable cause:

Lum and her son fell asleep around midnight. Dean said Kelso went outside to smoke. Two gunshots rang out and Kelso came back inside with bullet wounds in each leg. Dean helped her into the bathroom. Dean was then shot in the buttocks and yelled for Lum to call 911. He went into the room where Lum and Kaden were sleeping and jumped out the window. The shooter came into the room and Kaden was shot in the head.

Minutes later, at 2:18 a.m., sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene. Kelso was found dead at the scene with four bullet wounds, including two to the head. Kaden was transported to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale where he died. Dean survived.

Lum said that because of the dim lighting and the fact that she wasn’t wearing her contact lenses, she couldn’t see who the shooter was.

Bloody shoe prints and 11 9mm shell casings were found at the scene. Lum and Dean were not wearing shoes that night.

Authorities say De Jesus was aware that the daughter he and Kelso shared was staying at a friend’s house and wouldn’t be in Kelso’s home that night.

At 5 a.m. — about 2 hours 42 minutes after the shooting — police located De Jesus’ black Honda Accord parked near his Port Orchard residence. The engine was still warm. Officers kept the apartment under surveillance and then made contact with De Jesus at 8:15 a.m. He was the sole occupant of the apartment, as his ex-wife and children were staying at friend’s houses. After police brought De Jesus out, his ex-wife arrived. De Jesus and his ex-wife allowed police to search the Honda and the apartment. De Jesus told his ex-wife that his gun was missing.

Detectives found a case for a 9mm gun and one magazine in the apartment. There was no gun in the case, but the case did contain a “test fire” round. An ammunition box that was missing 10 rounds was also found.

The Washington State Patrol crime lab later found “the test fire round (from De Jesus’ pistol box) was fired from the same pistol as all shell casings recovered from the homicide scene.” That’s positive identification of the weapon, the sheriff’s office stated.

But the sheriff’s office cannot say with certainty who was holding that gun when it was used to kill Kelso and Lum.

“We don’t have the weapon,” said sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Scott Wilson, who said markings on fired rounds are like “fingerprints” that could identify a particular gun it was fired from. The gun could be at the bottom of Puget Sound or who knows where.

Wilson said there are no eyewitnesses nor DNA samples that link De Jesus to the shooting. That’s why the sheriff’s office is trying to “paint a picture.”

De Jesus told detectives he bought a 9mm handgun and two magazines from a friend two years ago and later gave it to Kelso for protection. He said he last saw the gun in its case in January 2015 at Kelso’s home. But investigators found no gun at Kelso’s home and other people whom detectives interviewed gave differing accounts of the gun’s whereabouts.

A muddy pair of Van’s shoes were found in the apartment. The tread pattern was similar to prints found at the crime scene.

De Jesus had small cuts and dried blood on his left leg and the injury appeared to be caused by something sharp and pointed. De Jesus said it was a work injury. Detectives interviewed co-workers but they could not verify the injury.

De Jesus said he worked until 10:40 p.m on March 27 and then went to a friend’s house that was located less than a mile from Kariotis Mobile Estates. Then he went to the 76 gas station on South Kitsap Boulevard in Port Orchard to buy beer and chips. He told detectives he then went back to his ex-wife’s apartment and sat in his car and smoked cigarettes, “stewing” about his situation with his children. Then he went inside, he said, watched Netflix and went to sleep.

Investigators, however, found no record of his Netflix account being accessed on March 28.

Kelso obtained a protection order against De Jesus on March 5. In it, Kelso stated, “I am fearful that the violent behavior I have described in this petition will continue or escalate now that I have ended our relationship … I don’t feel safe with him having guns. He is going to be very angry at me for getting this order.” Kelso described De Jesus yelling and spitting in her face, hitting his own daughter and punching holes in walls near Kelso.

Below is a timeline of events as described in the sheriff’s office’s certificate of probable cause.

TIMELINE

2011-13: Geraldo Castro De Jesus purchases a 9mm Smith and Wesson handgun and two ammunition magazines from a friend sometime around 2011 and 2013.

September 2014: Kelso’s phone records show her asking De Jesus to pawn his gun. De Jesus tells her it’s not registered.

January 2015: De Jesus told detectives he last saw his gun January 2015. (He later said he gave it to Kelso for protection. “I’m thinking it’s still in the case,” De Jesus told detectives.)

Feb. 24: Kelso obtains a temporary protection order. De Jesus moves out of Kelso’s residence and moves in with his ex-wife.

March 5: Kelso is granted a one-year protection order. De Jesus is ordered to not possess firearms.

March 10: De Jesus provides a list of items he wants from Kelso’s residence. There is no mention of a gun.

March 17: In a Facebook message, Kelso tells a friend that De Jesus “has been harassing me and I have a no-contact order.”

March 18: Kelso activates a new phone with a different phone number.

March 18: Phone records show De Jesus used his iPhone to visit websites such as www.advancedbackgroundchecks.com, used to search for persons and phone numbers. It appears he didn’t find Kelso’s new number.

March 18: De Jesus sends a text message to a friend: “Just waitin man waitin on this damn lawyer to call me and this bullshit to be right. It’s killing me to see my daughter lexi crying every night and writing letters to her sissy. F**k man I’m stewing in frustration everyday.”

March 21: De Jesus uses his third phone (of three phones he owned) to call Port Orchard police. He said a friend of Kelso’s had called his phone and harassed him.

March 21: Kelso’s Facebook account is deleted. The Internet protocol address logged with the deletion is associated with the residence of De Jesus’ ex-wife. A password for Kelso’s account is also changed twice from the same IP address.

March 22: De Jesus calls 911 using his third phone to report a vehicle prowl to Bremerton Police. De Jesus said his iPhone 4 was missing and there was a cigarette burn mark on the roof.

March 23: Kelso’s current Facebook page is created using an IP associated with De Jesus.

March 26: Phone records show De Jesus called Kariotis Mobile Estates – where Kelso lived – twice. A manager said De Jesus told him to watch for “shady characters” at Kelso’s home.

March 27: Phone records show De Jesus watched Netflix on his iPhone at 9:57 a.m., not the night prior to the homicides at De Jesus had stated. There was no Netflix activity logged on March 28.

March 27: Around 1 p.m., De Jesus visits his daughter at the home of one of Kelso’s friends. He knows his daughter will be there overnight and not at Kelso’s home.

March 27: De Jesus’ financial records show a purchase was made at McDonald’s at 6755 Highway 303 at 1:05 p.m.

March 27: Around midday, Kelso borrows Jalisa Lum’s car to go to Jack-in-the-Box, 0.6 miles from the McDonald’s that De Jesus was at. Kelso called her grandmother around 1:34 p.m. The conversation lasts more than 20 minutes. Kelso tells her grandmother she saw De Jesus and had to go.

March 27: Around 10:40 p.m., De Jesus leaves his place of work, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He then visits a friend’s house on Clover Blossom Lane in Bremerton, not far from Kariotis Mobile Estates. Neighborhood surveillance video shows De Jesus’ vehicle was at the friend’s house from 11:07 p.m. until 12:24 a.m. March 28.

March 28: Around 12:30 a.m. an unidentified man with a Halloween mask, black gloves, long-sleeved Van’s sweatshirt and black jogging pants is seen jumping a fence near Helena Drive near Kariotis Mobile Estates.

March 28: Surveillance video shows De Jesus visits the 76 gas station in Port Orchard to buy beer and chips at 12:49 a.m. (This is the last time De Jesus’s location is confirmed until after the shootings.)

March 28: De Jesus sends a text to his friend at 1:24 a.m. and another to his ex-wife at 1:45 a.m.

March 28: At 2:18 a.m., 911 is called regarding shots fired at Kariotis Mobile Estates. Kelso is dead; Kaden is transported to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, where he dies. Crime scene investigators find no guns nor ammunition in Kelso’s home. Ten 9mm Federal brand shell casings are found.

March 28: At 5 a.m., Port Orchard police locate De Jesus’s Honda Accord on Sydney Avenue in Port Orchard The hood is warm to the touch. They monitor the residence.

March 28: At 8:15 a.m., Port Orchard police contact De Jesus at the home and search the apartment and vehicle. They find the beer and chips De Jesus had purchased at the 76 station earlier are still in the bag, unopened. Muddy Van’s brand shoes are found with a tread pattern that matches prints found at the crime scene.

March 30: Detectives serve a search warrant on De Jesus’ residence. A case for a 9mm gun is found, but no gun is in the case. A “test fire” round, and one ammunition magazine with 15 rounds of ammunition are found. A box of 9mm Federal Hydra-Shok ammunition is also found with 10 rounds missing. The type of ammunition appeared to be the same make and model as those found at the crime scene.

March 30: De Jesus’ ex-wife is interviewed. She says De Jesus had earlier got the gun case back from Kelso. De Jesus told his ex-wife to put the gun case in the garage. The box felt heavy, as if a gun were inside. De Jesus said Kelso put tools in the box to make it feel heavy, and said there wasn’t actually a gun in the box, and he said the gun was actually missing.

March 30: De Jesus tells investigators he bought the ammunition found in the box. He said he last saw the gun at Kelso’s house. De Jesus asks to speak to an attorney.

April 7: All Internet history on De Jesus’ phone prior to this date had been erased.

April 8: Detectives tell De Jesus they want to return his car, as they were done searching it. They give him a ride to the office and release the car to him. Detectives serve a warrant on his cell phone and ask De Jesus why there was no activity logged the night of the homicides. De Jesus said he watched Netflix before going to sleep that night.

April 15: De Jesus reports being kidnapped in Port Orchard, giving a description of a male who wore a Van’s sweatshirt and ski mask. He said it started when he saw the dome light was on in the Jeep he had borrowed. He went to investigate and was forced into the Jeep and was forced to withdraw cash from an ATM. He said the suspect burned his face with a cigarette.

April 17: Port Orchard police interview De Jesus. De Jesus reportedly sobs without tears during the interview and changes details of his story several times, eventually stating that a skinny white male his age with blonde hair, his bangs up, wearing a Van’s sweatshirt, blue jeans and skate shoes, came to his ex-wife’s apartment two weeks ago and demanded $1,000. The suspect bummed a cigarette and asked De Jesus what police knew about the “murder” and said he would be back. De Jesus said the man was the same man who kidnapped him on April 15.

April 30: The Washington State Patrol crime lab states that photographs of bloody shoe prints at the crime scene match shoes as Ipath Ras or Ipath O’ Connor skate shoes. The probable cause states, “Nearly all of Geraldo’s shoes are skateboard shoes.”

May 6: Investigators ask De Jesus where his third phone is located. De Jesus says it was stolen on March 28.

May 6: De Jesus’ ex wife tells investigators she put the gun in the garage (see March 30 interview above) 1 1/2 weeks prior to the homicides. She says De Jesus never owned Ipath shoes. She thought it unusual that his vehicle had been prowled twice within weeks.

June 4: A deputy finds an 11th 9mm shell casing not far from Kelso’s residence.

June 4: Investigators receive the results of a Netflix search warrant. There was no activity on the account on March 28.

June 11: A coworker of Kelso tells investigators that one week before Kelso was killed, she told him she had to block her Facebook account because De Jesus was becoming possessive, controlling and deleting her Facebook friends. Kelso told her De Jesus beat her and had weapons and she was afraid for her life.

July 27: The WSP crime lab reports “the test fire round (from Geraldo’s pistol box) was fired from the same pistol as all shell casings recovered from the homicide scene.”

Aug. 20: De Jesus is arrested at work and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault.