Wow! That is an EXCELLENT recap, jstkiddn. So glad you went and reported back to us. Thank you, girl!!Last night I made a last minute decision to get up and go to the trail....so I went! I just got home and ate the first food I've had all day other than a candy bar at the lunch break, so I'm just going to post random things as they come to my brain. Sorry they aren't better organized, but this is the best I can do right now. LOL
* CL was a prostitute!!!! James (defense) referenced it in his opening statement and it was brought up again when one of the investigators was on the stand. James also said during opening statements that Lewis would pretty much have sex with anything that moves. Eww!
* I have to say that for the defense attorney to supposed to be some big whoop-de-doo hot shot lawyer, I was left with a complete sense of "meh". So far, I'm not impressed. He comes across as a bully most of the time.
* I saw that AL had something under his shirt. At first I thought it might be some type of back brace? But turns out it was the zappy thing. It would have made my year had they made it go off.
* Dear Defense Team - It's not nice to blame to victim blame.
* I could not see all the jurors as there was a screen put up for the attorney's to show items from a projector. We in the audience could not see what was being projected, btw. Anyway, the screen blocked my view of all of them but about 4 or 5. They seemed very interested and were taking notes.....one in particular was taking copious notes! They did tend to have the typical afternoon slump around 3:00 (as did I) and it wasn't long after that the judge took a short recess. Everyone seemed much perkier after they came back.
* The defense is definitely going with AL's FB story. Accidental death by suffocation via CL's vagina. OMG, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed.
* In opening statements, the prosecution finally said the cause of death. Suffocation, which they stated was from AL wrapping her head in duct tape. I cannot begin to imagine.......ugh. This did not really surprise me much because it's pretty obvious that the FB affidavit was written in such a way as to explain away any evidence that he knew they had. He came up with his crazy suffocation story, so I figured that had have been the cause of death.
* Quick summary of what prosecution said happened in their opening statement...I have a feeling much of this info came from CL. Following is what the prosecution stated to the best of my memory:
CL and AL conspired to kidnap a female real estate agent. They decided on BC. AL met her for the appointment and as she was walking up the stairs to show him the upstairs, he was behind her and told her she was about to have a very bad day. She turned around and was sort of like "What did you say?" and he pulled out a taser and zapped it.
I don't *think* that he actually touched her with it, but it sounded to me like he just made it zap so she could see what it was. He told her she was being kidnapped, forced her back downstairs and secured her with tape.
I *think* this is when he made her record the "ransom message" that he played for investigators on his phone?? When they played it back (twice) it sounded to me like she was standing in a place with some echo.....like an empty house. JMO Something I picked up on when I heard it. It was not mentioned in court.
He left her in living room, went outside and backed his car up to the door. He then forced her into the trunk of the car and drove some distance. At some point, he supposedly stopped, opened up the trunk and took a picture of her in the trunk. He then closed her back up and continued driving.
Next stop was AL/CL house on Randall Drive where she was kept in a back bedroom. (!!!!) He made her give him PIN numbers, etc. They said that CL had zero contact with BC and they said as a matter of fact CL made huge efforts to NOT be around BC.
He went back to the Old River Dr. house to retrieve her purse from the car (to get the debit/credit cards), but the police were already there by the time he got back. At this point CL and AL made a conscious decision that they had to kill her.
At some point in the early morning hours of the next day, he reloaded her back into the trunk of the car, drove her to the Argo concrete plant, wrapped her entire face in duck/duct tape which caused her to die the most horrifying and horrible type of death via suffocation.He then took her body and dumped it out in the woods.
He and CL returned a night or two later (can't remember specifics) after making a trip to Walmart to purchase a shovel and a bag of topsoil. They have security film footage of them doing so from WM. They returned to Argo and CL's job was to hold the flashlight while AL dug the hole and buried her.
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Last night I made a last minute decision to get up and go to the trail....so I went! I just got home and ate the first food I've had all day other than a candy bar at the lunch break, so I'm just going to post random things as they come to my brain. Sorry they aren't better organized, but this is the best I can do right now. LOL
* CL was a prostitute!!!! James (defense) referenced it in his opening statement and it was brought up again when one of the investigators was on the stand. James also said during opening statements that Lewis would pretty much have sex with anything that moves. Eww!
* I have to say that for the defense attorney to supposed to be some big whoop-de-doo hot shot lawyer, I was left with a complete sense of "meh". So far, I'm not impressed. He comes across as a bully most of the time.
* I saw that AL had something under his shirt. At first I thought it might be some type of back brace? But turns out it was the zappy thing. It would have made my year had they made it go off.
* Dear Defense Team - It's not nice to blame to victim blame.
* I could not see all the jurors as there was a screen put up for the attorney's to show items from a projector. We in the audience could not see what was being projected, btw. Anyway, the screen blocked my view of all of them but about 4 or 5. They seemed very interested and were taking notes.....one in particular was taking copious notes! They did tend to have the typical afternoon slump around 3:00 (as did I) and it wasn't long after that the judge took a short recess. Everyone seemed much perkier after they came back.
* The defense is definitely going with AL's FB story. Accidental death by suffocation via CL's vagina. OMG, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed.
* In opening statements, the prosecution finally said the cause of death. Suffocation, which they stated was from AL wrapping her head in duct tape. I cannot begin to imagine.......ugh. This did not really surprise me much because it's pretty obvious that the FB affidavit was written in such a way as to explain away any evidence that he knew they had. He came up with his crazy suffocation story, so I figured that had have been the cause of death.
* Quick summary of what prosecution said happened in their opening statement...I have a feeling much of this info came from CL. Following is what the prosecution stated to the best of my memory:
CL and AL conspired to kidnap a female real estate agent. They decided on BC. AL met her for the appointment and as she was walking up the stairs to show him the upstairs, he was behind her and told her she was about to have a very bad day. She turned around and was sort of like "What did you say?" and he pulled out a taser and zapped it.
I don't *think* that he actually touched her with it, but it sounded to me like he just made it zap so she could see what it was. He told her she was being kidnapped, forced her back downstairs and secured her with tape.
I *think* this is when he made her record the "ransom message" that he played for investigators on his phone?? When they played it back (twice) it sounded to me like she was standing in a place with some echo.....like an empty house. JMO Something I picked up on when I heard it. It was not mentioned in court.
He left her in living room, went outside and backed his car up to the door. He then forced her into the trunk of the car and drove some distance. At some point, he supposedly stopped, opened up the trunk and took a picture of her in the trunk. He then closed her back up and continued driving.
Next stop was AL/CL house on Randall Drive where she was kept in a back bedroom. (!!!!) He made her give him PIN numbers, etc. They said that CL had zero contact with BC and they said as a matter of fact CL made huge efforts to NOT be around BC.
He went back to the Old River Dr. house to retrieve her purse from the car (to get the debit/credit cards), but the police were already there by the time he got back. At this point CL and AL made a conscious decision that they had to kill her.
At some point in the early morning hours of the next day, he reloaded her back into the trunk of the car, drove her to the Argo concrete plant, wrapped her entire face in duck/duct tape which caused her to die the most horrifying and horrible type of death via suffocation.
He and CL returned a night or two later (can't remember specifics) after making a trip to Walmart to purchase a shovel and a bag of topsoil. They have security film footage of them doing so from WM. They returned to Argo and CL's job was to hold the flashlight while AL dug the hole and buried her.
(end of this post...more in a minute)
Last night I made a last minute decision to get up and go to the trail....so I went! I just got home and ate the first food I've had all day other than a candy bar at the lunch break, so I'm just going to post random things as they come to my brain. Sorry they aren't better organized, but this is the best I can do right now. LOL
* CL was a prostitute!!!! James (defense) referenced it in his opening statement and it was brought up again when one of the investigators was on the stand. James also said during opening statements that Lewis would pretty much have sex with anything that moves. Eww!
* I have to say that for the defense attorney to supposed to be some big whoop-de-doo hot shot lawyer, I was left with a complete sense of "meh". So far, I'm not impressed. He comes across as a bully most of the time.
* I saw that AL had something under his shirt. At first I thought it might be some type of back brace? But turns out it was the zappy thing. It would have made my year had they made it go off.
* Dear Defense Team - It's not nice to blame to victim blame.
* I could not see all the jurors as there was a screen put up for the attorney's to show items from a projector. We in the audience could not see what was being projected, btw. Anyway, the screen blocked my view of all of them but about 4 or 5. They seemed very interested and were taking notes.....one in particular was taking copious notes! They did tend to have the typical afternoon slump around 3:00 (as did I) and it wasn't long after that the judge took a short recess. Everyone seemed much perkier after they came back.
* The defense is definitely going with AL's FB story. Accidental death by suffocation via CL's vagina. OMG, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed.
* In opening statements, the prosecution finally said the cause of death. Suffocation, which they stated was from AL wrapping her head in duct tape. I cannot begin to imagine.......ugh. This did not really surprise me much because it's pretty obvious that the FB affidavit was written in such a way as to explain away any evidence that he knew they had. He came up with his crazy suffocation story, so I figured that had have been the cause of death.
* Quick summary of what prosecution said happened in their opening statement...I have a feeling much of this info came from CL. Following is what the prosecution stated to the best of my memory:
CL and AL conspired to kidnap a female real estate agent. They decided on BC. AL met her for the appointment and as she was walking up the stairs to show him the upstairs, he was behind her and told her she was about to have a very bad day. She turned around and was sort of like "What did you say?" and he pulled out a taser and zapped it.
I don't *think* that he actually touched her with it, but it sounded to me like he just made it zap so she could see what it was. He told her she was being kidnapped, forced her back downstairs and secured her with tape.
I *think* this is when he made her record the "ransom message" that he played for investigators on his phone?? When they played it back (twice) it sounded to me like she was standing in a place with some echo.....like an empty house. JMO Something I picked up on when I heard it. It was not mentioned in court.
He left her in living room, went outside and backed his car up to the door. He then forced her into the trunk of the car and drove some distance. At some point, he supposedly stopped, opened up the trunk and took a picture of her in the trunk. He then closed her back up and continued driving.
Next stop was AL/CL house on Randall Drive where she was kept in a back bedroom. (!!!!) He made her give him PIN numbers, etc. They said that CL had zero contact with BC and they said as a matter of fact CL made huge efforts to NOT be around BC.
He went back to the Old River Dr. house to retrieve her purse from the car (to get the debit/credit cards), but the police were already there by the time he got back. At this point CL and AL made a conscious decision that they had to kill her.
At some point in the early morning hours of the next day, he reloaded her back into the trunk of the car, drove her to the Argo concrete plant, wrapped her entire face in duck/duct tape which caused her to die the most horrifying and horrible type of death via suffocation.
He and CL returned a night or two later (can't remember specifics) after making a trip to Walmart to purchase a shovel and a bag of topsoil. They have security film footage of them doing so from WM. They returned to Argo and CL's job was to hold the flashlight while AL dug the hole and buried her.
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I think the prosecution did a decent job of pointing out to the jurors and just texting the simple word "Yes" or even just "K" counts as 1 message, therefore 50 text messages could actually be a very simple, short conversation.
Last night I made a last minute decision to get up and go to the trail....so I went! I just got home and ate the first food I've had all day other than a candy bar at the lunch break, so I'm just going to post random things as they come to my brain. Sorry they aren't better organized, but this is the best I can do right now. LOL
* CL was a prostitute!!!! James (defense) referenced it in his opening statement and it was brought up again when one of the investigators was on the stand. James also said during opening statements that Lewis would pretty much have sex with anything that moves. Eww!
* I have to say that for the defense attorney to supposed to be some big whoop-de-doo hot shot lawyer, I was left with a complete sense of "meh". So far, I'm not impressed. He comes across as a bully most of the time.
* I saw that AL had something under his shirt. At first I thought it might be some type of back brace? But turns out it was the zappy thing. It would have made my year had they made it go off.
* Dear Defense Team - It's not nice to blame to victim blame.
* I could not see all the jurors as there was a screen put up for the attorney's to show items from a projector. We in the audience could not see what was being projected, btw. Anyway, the screen blocked my view of all of them but about 4 or 5. They seemed very interested and were taking notes.....one in particular was taking copious notes! They did tend to have the typical afternoon slump around 3:00 (as did I) and it wasn't long after that the judge took a short recess. Everyone seemed much perkier after they came back.
* The defense is definitely going with AL's FB story. Accidental death by suffocation via CL's vagina. OMG, I can't believe that was a sentence I just typed.
* In opening statements, the prosecution finally said the cause of death. Suffocation, which they stated was from AL wrapping her head in duct tape. I cannot begin to imagine.......ugh. This did not really surprise me much because it's pretty obvious that the FB affidavit was written in such a way as to explain away any evidence that he knew they had. He came up with his crazy suffocation story, so I figured that had have been the cause of death.
* Quick summary of what prosecution said happened in their opening statement...I have a feeling much of this info came from CL. Following is what the prosecution stated to the best of my memory:
CL and AL conspired to kidnap a female real estate agent. They decided on BC. AL met her for the appointment and as she was walking up the stairs to show him the upstairs, he was behind her and told her she was about to have a very bad day. She turned around and was sort of like "What did you say?" and he pulled out a taser and zapped it.
I don't *think* that he actually touched her with it, but it sounded to me like he just made it zap so she could see what it was. He told her she was being kidnapped, forced her back downstairs and secured her with tape.
I *think* this is when he made her record the "ransom message" that he played for investigators on his phone?? When they played it back (twice) it sounded to me like she was standing in a place with some echo.....like an empty house. JMO Something I picked up on when I heard it. It was not mentioned in court.
He left her in living room, went outside and backed his car up to the door. He then forced her into the trunk of the car and drove some distance. At some point, he supposedly stopped, opened up the trunk and took a picture of her in the trunk. He then closed her back up and continued driving.
Next stop was AL/CL house on Randall Drive where she was kept in a back bedroom. (!!!!) He made her give him PIN numbers, etc. They said that CL had zero contact with BC and they said as a matter of fact CL made huge efforts to NOT be around BC.
He went back to the Old River Dr. house to retrieve her purse from the car (to get the debit/credit cards), but the police were already there by the time he got back. At this point CL and AL made a conscious decision that they had to kill her.
At some point in the early morning hours of the next day, he reloaded her back into the trunk of the car, drove her to the Argo concrete plant, wrapped her entire face in duck/duct tape which caused her to die the most horrifying and horrible type of death via suffocation.
He and CL returned a night or two later (can't remember specifics) after making a trip to Walmart to purchase a shovel and a bag of topsoil. They have security film footage of them doing so from WM. They returned to Argo and CL's job was to hold the flashlight while AL dug the hole and buried her.
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