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Diena Thompson in Court for Jarred Harrell Hearing in Green Cove Springs
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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- The mother of the 7-year-old girl who was murdered last fall was in the same room as the accused killer today for the first time.
Diena Thompson was in the courtroom as Jarred Harrell stood before the judge in the Somer Thompson murder trial.
Harrell was arrested in Mississippi on child *advertiser censored* charges in February and extradited to Clay County a week later to stand trial on those charges.
At the time of the arrest, Sheriff Rick Beseler said Harrell was a person of interest in the Somer Thompson murder.
In March, he was formally charged with murder.
Diena Thompson has been very vocal since her daughter's death, calling her killer a "monster."
She said she would attend every court hearing, and was present today as Harrell's defense attorney presented three motions to the court.
The first was a motion to preserve evidence. The defense said there is a recording of the extradition process, but believes there may have been text messages as well.
The second motion was to preserve officers' notes, also from the extradition. The defense argued that the reports were written well after the extradition, and the notes could have more information.
The third motion was for a protective order.
Judge John H. Skinner denied all three.
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