Laura Babcock Murder Trial 10.23.17 - Day 1, Opening Statements

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Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
“Does this make it extra difficult for you?” Asks Millard of Babcock.

Trevor Dunn‏ @trevorjdunn
Millard to Clayton Babcock: "This can’t be easy for you, being questioned by me ... does this make it extra difficult?"

Adrian Humphreys‏ @AD_Humphreys
Accused murderer Millard starts questioning of father of the victim, Laura Babcock: "This can't be easy being questioned by me," he says.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Clayton #Babcock responds to #Millard question that yes, Laura was an honest person. "Ya, we had a good relationship. She was my daughter."

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard : Did u say Laura was honest to a fault?
Babcock: It was her nature.
Millard: Was there nothing she wouldn't talk about w you?

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
Millard asks about Laura's relationship with her father.

Millard seems well prepared.

 

[Kamille]

Waiting for DM to start suggesting to LB's father, negative things he will claim she told him about her family. :notgood:

 

[Tealgrove]

I can barely read this I AM SO ANGRY that he has the audacity to question Laura's Father. Wow! Narcissism at the highest level. I WANT TO SCREAM!!!

 

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Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Laura and her father spoke often, he tells #Millard, esp. during her degree at U of T, grad Nov 2011. #Babcock

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
#Millard is hunched over the lectern as he questions #Babcock father. His hair is long & looks greasy. Wearing jeans & striped shirt.

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
Clayton Babcock is calm.

"We had a good relationship." - Babcock

"If she came to me with an issue or a question, we addressed it."

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"I know I might get repetitive," #Millard says, asking whether Clayton & Linda #Babcock discussed the case at home. Linda was at pretrial

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard: You made a pint to tell us Laura wasn't banished from the home, why?
Babcock: We didn't know who she was hanging around with.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard : You changed the locks but she was welcome and had a key?
Babcock: Yes, I didn't have an issue. It wasn't done to keep Laura out.

 

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Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
#Millard is asking why #Babcock parents changed the locks. Linda decision; not to keep Laura out. Laura knew where spare key was.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"Who chooses to be a witness?" Clayton asks at #Millard q. Judge advises Millard that the crown chooses witnesses.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard: You said your daughters behaviour was erratic.
Babcock: She couldn't keep still, she was convinced she had a problem, agitated.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Babcock: Yeah frustrated irritated. Def not the happy girl we were used to.
Millard: When? Timing is important to the jury.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Laura was "agitated, frustrated," after graduating. Irritated that acting career hadn't taken off, "not the happy girl we were used to."

Trevor Dunn‏ @trevorjdunn
Dellen Millard is now questioning Clayton Babcock about his daughter's state of mind leading up to her disappearance.

 

[matou]

Ari Goldkind just appeared on CP24 and was asked about DMs self-representation. He said it was "very bizarre" and was due to not having any money (cough, cough). The lawyer who is present to help DM is not being paid.

 

[Foxone1]

his Lawyer of choice not available till 2018 and Judge would not postponed till then

 

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Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Babcock was still living at home as far as her parents were concerned; just sleeping at friends' houses most of the time.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard: When did she start dating..
Babcock: I don't know , I just know she was dating a nice guy.
Millard: And you say u meet me?

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
#Millard asks about the time the two of them met. "I didn't have glasses then, did I?" Millard asks. #Babcock just remembered he was tidy.

Trevor Dunn‏ @trevorjdunn
Millard asks Babcock's father about the first time he met him: "You seemed decent," Babcock answered.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"I don't know how long you guys were going out," Laura Babcock told dad about guy who flew planes & was going to take her on trip. #Millard

Caryn Lieberman‏t @caryn_lieberman
Millard asks Babcock “did she ever tell you she was a prostitute?” About Laura.

 

[matou]

"I didn't have glasses then, did I?" This is a gong show. Ridiculous. Having to answer to those questions from a disgusting murderer.

 

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Trevor Dunn‏ @trevorjdunn
Millard asks Laura Babcock's father: "Did she ever tell you that she worked as a prostitute?"
"No."

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"Did she ever tel you she was raped at the sorority? Did she ever tell you she worked as an escort?" "No," C #Babcock answers #Millard q's.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard: Did she ever tell u she worked as a prostitute? Or went to see a psychiatrist?
Babcock: No, I didn't know what was bothering her.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Now onto Laura's mental health struggles. "I knew there was something bothering her," dad was glad she saw school psychiatrist. #Babcock

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Laura’s father questioned Millard out of frustration. Judge instructed him not to do that.

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Clayton Babcock says “she was fun” about his daughter and speaks directly to the jury.

 

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Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Babcock turns to jury rather than #Millard to talk about his daughter. Rubber chicken jokes. Good Xmas gifts, collects games. "She was fun."

Adrian Humphreys‏ @AD_Humphreys
Millard asks "Did she ever tell you she worked as a prostitute?" Father: "No." Q: "She told you she had mental health problems." A: "I knew"

Shannon Martin‏ @ShannonMartinTV
Dellen Millard, who is representing himself, is now cross examining Laura Babcock's father, Clayton.

Shannon Martin‏ @ShannonMartinTV
Millard wears a grey striped collared shirt, blue jeans, glasses and has long hair to his shoulders.

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
This is taking place at the 361 University ave. courthouse.

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Millard very calm as he cross examines the father of the woman he’s charged with murdering.

 

[redheart]

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Babcock turns to jury rather than #Millard to talk about his daughter. Rubber chicken jokes. Good Xmas gifts, collects games. "She was fun."

Adrian Humphreys‏ @AD_Humphreys
Millard asks "Did she ever tell you she worked as a prostitute?" Father: "No." Q: "She told you she had mental health problems." A: "I knew"

Shannon Martin‏ @ShannonMartinTV
Dellen Millard, who is representing himself, is now cross examining Laura Babcock's father, Clayton.

Shannon Martin‏ @ShannonMartinTV
Millard wears a grey striped collared shirt, blue jeans, glasses and has long hair to his shoulders.

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
This is taking place at the 361 University ave. courthouse.

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Millard very calm as he cross examines the father of the woman he’s charged with murdering.

BBM. I'm not; my blood is boiling.

 

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Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Laura was bubbly & always laughing on the phone, "joyous," but when home w nothing to preoccupy her, she was sullen, her dad tells #Millard

Caryn Lieberman @caryn_lieberman
Babcock says he thought Laura was going on a trip because his wife mentioned it.

Shannon Martin‏ @ShannonMartinTV
Millard presses Babcock's father on Laura's mental health state.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
Clayton #Babcock returns to story about last time he heard from Laura. She did not give any details about her trip. #Millard

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard: She left her dog, and an envelope of money at your house. Did she tell u where she was going?
Babcock: No, was a brief convo.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"But you told us you would speak to her almost daily," #Millard says. How much was she home in 2012? Half (the time) Clayton says

 

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marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Babcock: She knew me well, she was fun Bubbly yeah, she would laugh was happy.
Millard: When did that change 2012?
Babcock:was situational

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Millard “suggests” to Babcock that in 2012 Laura lived with a boyfriend named Dave.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
#Millard says Laura lived with a guy named Dave for several months in 2012. Is questioning how often she spoke to her parents. #Babcock

Cristina Tenaglia @cristina_CP24
Millard is well prepared and has a planned line of questioning.

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
She had a number of boyfriends but I didn't keep tabs on them. - Clayton Babcock.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"Can you name any other boyfriends?" #Millard asks Laura's father. He is suggesting some names. "I didn't keep track of who she was dating."

 

[Kamille]

I will never understand how it is that a defence attorney can just suggest a whole litany of things to a witness, based on information from his client, without the client ever having to get up on the stand. And in this case it's a double whammy because the suggestions are from the mind of the accused and he is actually the one throwing them out there.

:notgood:

MOO

 

[SnooperDuper]

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Millard trying to determine how much time Laura was spending at home before she went missing. Tying it in with the changing of the lock.

Cristina Tenaglia‏ @cristina_CP24
DM: did you ever hit her or abuse her in any way?

CB: no, it wasn't in my nature...you just don't hit people

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
"Did you ever hit her or abuse her in any way?" #Millard asks #Babcock father. "No, that's not in my nature," he says & goes on to explain.

marianne boucher‏ @CityCourtsTO
Babcock: She didn't like hanging around at home.
Millard: Did you ever hit her?
Babcock: No I'm not that type, hitting her"repugnant" to me

Caryn Lieberman‏ @caryn_lieberman
Millard asks whether Babcock ever hit his daughter. Says he hardly even raises his voice.

Adrian Humphreys‏ @AD_Humphreys
Replying to @AD_Humphreys
Millard question: Did you ever hit her or abuse her in anyway? Laura's father's answer: No I did not. #crime #court #law #babcock

 

[Kamille]

BBM. I'm not; my blood is boiling.

Mine too. It's going to take a lot for each witness to remain calm while DM remains calm while toying with them and enjoying every minute of this. I don't think there's any way Smich is getting up again. Oh and by the tweets, who is Smich?

MOO

 

[matou]

Laura Babcock was killed for role in love triangle, court hears

Cameron showed the jury a video of Smich rapping.


"The b---h started off all skin and bone, now the b---h lay on some ashy stone," Smich sings in the video. "Last time I saw her she was outside the home. If you go swimming you can find her phone."


Clayton Babcock, the missing woman's father, was first to testify, saying he hadn't heard from his daughter since speaking with her briefly on the phone on June 30, 2012.


That same day, he said, Laura dropped off her dog, Lacey, and some money, saying she was going on a trip with a man. Nobody has heard from her since.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...killed-for-role-in-love-triangle-court-hears/

 

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Missing Ontario woman killed for role in love triangle, court hears
http://www.metronews.ca/news/toront...io-woman-who-vanished-5-years-ago-begins.html

TORONTO — Prosecutors say a Toronto woman who disappeared five years ago was murdered and burned in an incinerator for being the odd woman out in a love triangle.

Crown lawyer Jill Cameron has laid out the prosecution's first-degree murder case against Dellen Millard, 32, of Toronto and Mark Smich, 30, of Oakville, Ont., in the death of 23-year-old Laura Babcock, whose body has never been found.

Cameron has told the jury they will hear evidence that shows Babcock told Millard's girlfriend she was sleeping with him.
The Crown alleges Millard bought an incinerator shortly before Babcock went missing in the summer of 2012 and used it in late July to burn Babcock's remains.

Millard and Smich have pleaded not guilty.
Cameron walked the jury through some of the evidence the prosecution will call, including text messages between Millard and his girlfriend.
"First I'm going to hurt her, then I'll make her leave. I will remove her from our lives," Millard allegedly texted Christina Noudga.

 

[matou]

A minor was convicted of first degree murder for ordering the death of an innocent girl (Stefanie Rengel) via her boyfriend. Why was CN spared any charges of conspiracy to murder?