Kylr Yust Testimony (cont)
Apologies if this is slightly disjointed as the tweets are compiled because some of them were tweeting different details at different speeds
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Yust testified he didn't do anything to Kara wasn't worried about saying anything
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Yust says he was at a really low point that day, and really wanted to impress Katelyn Farris. Said they went near park he used to go to as kid. Didn't worry about saying anything, because he knew he didn't do anything to Kara.
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Yust said, “I was at a really low point and wanted to impress Katelynn." (Farris) Defense: "Were you really worried about saying anything? Yust: "No because I didn’t do anything to Kara.”
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Yust says the day after that wiretapped conversation FBI came to talk to him, and he showed them the texts from Farris, and told them he was just trying to fullfill her sexual fantasies.
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Yust testified Farris texted him the following: "Well it's too bad because having the hands of a killer on my body would be so sexy....That's when I started feeding into her fantasy."
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Yust testifies he knew the plan was to go out to a field where Kara was buried. Did you think there might even be something up that whole day? Yust said he had his suspicions. "I was just at a really low point in my life and I wanted to get her attention."
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Turlington: Were you really worried? "No. Because I didn't do anything to Kara."
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The next day the FBI came to the house. He pulled out the cell phone and showed FBI Agent Hauger the text messages. Yust said he just wanted to fulfill Farris' fantasy.
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Turlington: What did she say in the text? Yust: "She asked if I had anything to do with Kara's disappearance and I told her no."
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Yust testifies he did not confess to Seth Duncan.
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Yust testifies he did not confess to Candice Matthews (St. Clair). He testified he did not choke Candice Matthews (St. Clair) or punch her in the legs. Yust pleaded guilty after he restrained her after she hit him, he testifies.
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#YustTrial Yust testified didn't choke or punch Candice Matthews, restrained her after she attacked him, pled guilty in municipal court. Six months probation.
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Denied choking Candice Mathews. Says instead that she attacked him and he physically restrained her. "I pleaded guilty because they told me that since I restrained her, that qualified as domestic assault. So what could I do?
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Yust now testifying about being arrested for drug charges in 2013. DEA, Swat, FBI arrested him. Served 45 months. ((How nice of you to bring this up, Kylr))
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Yust testified bought stimulant on the internet, figured out it was illegal when went to post office to pick it up, received package DEA, SWAT and FBI told him to get on ground with guns drawn
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Served a 45-month prison sentence in connection with that incident.
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Describes being arrested at the Hickman Mills Post Office on drug charges after ordering a stimulant online
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RE: Testimony from Aaron Caponetto and Nick Kirkbride. Yust testifies Candice Matthews broke up with him right before he was to go to prison on the drug charges. He got a fifth of Jim Beam and started drinking.
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got drunk after Candice told him she was breaking up with him three days before going to prison, got drunk, rambled on about past troubles.
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In connection with "confessions" to two witnesses that testified earlier in the trial, said Mathews had just broken up with him and he had "hit the Jim Beam.
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Asked about friends who said Yust confessed. Yust says he was upset, very drunk, rambled about everything from his Aunt dying when he was young to Kara going missing and the rumor mill ruining his life. Warning, possible trigger statement in attached tweet:
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"I remember ranting," Yust said. He rambled about Aunt passing away. Kara going missing. The gossip mill, and getting hounded out of every job he got. I remember saying I want to get up on stage and kill myself because my life was horrible, Yust said.
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CrimeWatchers Daily with Ofcr. Joshua Meirer showed up at his door after he got out of jail. Yust testifies he started hanging out with Jaxon Mallett. Jaxon's girlfriend was Jessica Runions.
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Confirms story about "suicide on stage" plan. "My life was just horrible, with Kara's disappearance and the rumors around that," Yust said
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said he loved animals as well. Yust admits he was seeing other ladies at time but developed real feelings for Jessica
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and says friendly hanging out led to a relationship. "Jessica was.... she was just so cool. She knew how to cook. She seemed like she knew how to everything.. like the kind of person you just trust.. very responsible, very fun, joking, she really loved cats and her dog Zoe,"
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After getting out of prison, his friend Jaxson was dating Jessica Runions
claims didn't want to get involved with Jessica because Jaxson was a good friend, didn't plan for it, friendly hanging out led to more involved relationship.
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Now talking about Jessica Runions, says he was friends w/ her then-boyfriend. Said at time he didn't have many friends supporting him, and initially he didn't want to get involved w/ Jessica to hurt Jaxxon. He said "I don't think either of us planned for it to go as far as it did
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Yust testified really did care about Jessica yes, even though also seeing other women at the time.
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and some days she would come stay with him. Yust: "I really did care about Jessica, yes.
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Yust said one night Jessica had been at his place, he woke up and she was gone, he went to the place she shared w/ Jaxxon (her ex bf) and Jessica told him to go home and he said he did. He said some days Jessica said she was done w/ Jaxxon, some days she said she was done w/ Yust
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Yust testifies he didn't want to get involved with Jessica because of his friendship with Jaxon. But, "I wanted affection. I wanted attention. I just got out of prison," Yust said
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"Jessica was.....(pause) she was just so cool." She knew how to cook, she knew how to do everything. Very responsible. She was fun, joking, Yust said. *Interesting thing to notice: The tamber of Yust's voice raised when he started to talk about Jessica.*
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Admits to getting very drunk the night of Alan Alvarado's party. Says Alvarado wanted it to be "just Jessica" to see if she would be a "good fit" for him.
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Now, Sept. 8, 2016, the day Jessica went missing. He testifies Jessica texted him and said "Do you want me to come by and pick you up." He agreed. Turlington: How much do you think you drank that night? "Too much," Yust said.
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Turlington: Do you remember anything from that night? "Certain parts of it are more like snapshots," Yust said.
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But, he said, "Jessica texted me and asked if I wanted her to pick me up for the party, so I said yes."
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Now asked about the night he went to party at his friend's house, the last time Jessica Runions was seen. He said his friend Allen wanted to have a night w/ just some of the girls to get to know Jessica better to see if she was a good fit for Kylr. Yust said Jessica called and
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offered to come pick him up and he said he'd like that. He said he was drunk and remembers snapshots. He said he thought he'd been locked out of house at one point and was "drunk and obnoxious" and "overreacted.
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Yust testifies he was apologetic for hitting Allyn Alvarado's car after he left the party. He testifies Jessica was trying to get him into his grandfather's house. "That's when I saw my brother's white Durango show up."
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After leaving party, Yust says he doesn't remember seeing his half-brother Jessep Carter, but does remember hearing his voice. Then, he said he remembers Jessica helping him get out of the car onto a front porch, and he remembers seeing Carter's suv drive up
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Yust claims she tried to help him get into his grandfather's house because he was so drunk, night of Jessica's disappearance
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Didn't remember much about the trip back to his grandparents' house, but recalled Jessep Carter and Jessica Runions both being with him, then leaving when they got him home
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Yust texted her the next day to see if Jessica had spent the night, no response, said he was hung over and had to come home early.
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Yust testifies he got up early the next day. He used the restroom. Capone our cat was standing there. He liked to be let out to do his business in the bushes each day. Yust noticed Jessica's car was still out front.
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He looked through his grandfather's house to see if she spent the night. Yust testified he texted her. He didn't get a response. He went to work, hungover. He was in rough shape. His grandfather picked him up. He went home. (All Yust's testimony) hungover. Said he felt sick and had his grandpa pick him up from work. He said when he got home Jessica's car was gone. He said he stayed there most of the day, called his Mom trying to get ahold of his half-brother Jessep Carter
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When he got back, Yust noticed Jessica's car was gone.
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"Was there some plan for that weekend that you had?" Kylr said he had plans to go to the lake that weekend for his bday, then his transmission went out on his car, so his brother was coming to pick him up. Said Carter was w/ his longtime gf Crystal Taylor.
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Yust testified tried to get in touch with his mother to get in touch with Jessep.
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Yust testified was planning on going to the lake for his birthday that weekend. Jessep driving up to the city to get him
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When Jessep Carter arrived on Sept. 9, 2016 he noticed Carter was drinking, Yust testifies. Carter was with his wife, Crystal Taylor. They left his house, went to uncle Paul's. Yust testifies Carter had a room at uncle Paul's.
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brother with his long time girlfriend Crystal went to his Uncle Paul's house. Jessep lived there had a room there. Received a phone call from Allen Alvarado asked if he'd seen Jessica, told him to make a police report because nobody had heard from her
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Yust said Carter's demeanor was confusing at uncle Paul's. Yust testifies he was outside with Crystal. He was sitting in the seat of the Durango with the door open. Allyn Alvarado called and said Jessica was missing. He told Yust to make a police report.
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Turlington: After 2007, did you ever have any reason to believe that your half brother had done anything? "I'm starting to get worried. I'm starting to get very concerned." "Several times throughout the night...I asked him where's Jessica, are you with Jessica?" ((this is not an answer to the question))
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Describes increasing efforts to get Jessep's attention and get him "to tell me what happened to Jessica." Was feeling "like the world was crashing."
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As for the burn barrel, Yust testifies Carter had his fists clinched. Yust asked to deescalate. "Is this Paul's burn barrel?" Yust said Carter poured some gas in. Yust tried to light it, he leaned in, and he got burned, he testified.
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Yust asked his brother where is Jessica, where's Jessica, burned stuff in burn barrel at Uncle Paul's house.
was burned trying to light it with lighter he testified.
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Yust says they threw stuff in a burn barrel, he was trying to get Carter to be serious with him, Carter had fists clenched at sides, cheeks were tensing, seemed like he was going to snap. Yust tried to light stuff in the burn barrel, leaned over with his lighter and got burned.
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From uncle Paul's he went to his grandfather's house for about a half-hour to an hour. Kylr said he and Jessep went to garage to talk. He said Carter left. Yust stayed in the garage, smoking cigarettes, feeling"like the world was just...I was just very upset."
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He says Carter was gone 30-45 minutes. Yust said they left for the lake. They went to cousin Anthony's house.
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Describes stop at Lone Jack and Jessep's cousin's house in the middle of the night. West to rest room and "Jessep was upstairs pounding on Anthony's door." Said Jessep broke down Anthony's door, then asked him to carry door outside
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Yust says Carter broke down his cousin Anthony's door. Yust has obviously been warned he can't share things Carter said, because remember, Carter can't be questioned because he died by suicide in jail. Yust says he fell asleep in backseat of Carter's vehicle.
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He recalls Crystal Taylor had a gun.
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They left Anthony's. Yust got woken up by police lights. Yust said an energy drink spilled on his pants. He didn't pee his pants, he testified.
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Was asleep in the car when Jessep was pulled over by the officer en route to Edwards. "When I woke up, I spilled my energy drink, which is what was on my pants," Yust said.
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When you were pulled over, did you think you should tell the police anything about Jessica? "No, I did not. Not at that point." Said because he didn't know what was going on with her, "and I figured I'd encounter Jessica when we got to the lake
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"And I figured after what happened to Kara, I'd be blamed," Yust said
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After the traffic stop, Crystal drove. They stopped at a Casey's, then Jessep Carter started driving, he said.
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Yust testifies he thought he was going down to the lake "to encounter Jessica," he testified. Yust said he thought he would get blamed based on what happened to Kopetsky.
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"I knew something weird was going on," Yust testified. "When I got dropped off at the trailer I was afraid." He testified he got an aluminum baseball bat and a hammer. He testified it was weird after he got dropped off at the trailer.
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He testified he slept a long time because of his burns.
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Yust testifies he heard a noise outside. He saw a state trooper vehicle. "I remember there was a command for me to come out with my hands out, so that's what I did," Yust said.
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Yust testifying about his recorded jail phone call with his mom. He testified he thought he would get blamed for Jessica's disappearance. Turlington: How did you feel? Yust: Just like giving up. Yust testified he had thoughts about life being a nightmare.
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Tells about being dropped off at the abandoned trailer that had been owned by a friend of Jessep's.
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Eventually heard a sound outside the trailer. "I thought (Jessep) had come back, but when I looked outside, it was a state trooper's vehicle." Was arrested and taken to jail in Warsaw
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Why didn't he go to police? He says he wanted answers and wanted solid evidence on what happened to Jessica. That's when State Trooper pulled up to the house and he was arrested.
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Yust said he had a court date coming up, he knew the allegations were serious, he didn't have an attorney that he trusted, he thought he was going to get blamed for Jessica's disappearance after being blamed for Kara's disappearance for a decade. He said he felt like giving up.
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Said he doesn't know if he felt suicidal, but "but I figured I might as well be famous, I've got nothing else.
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He testifies he blamed his mom because "at that point in time I felt really alone," and the only people I wanted to turn to were my grandfather and my mom" He felt like they would be there.
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On his mother, since the phone call: "I have not talked to her again," in a hushed voice. Turlington: "Has she tried to contact you?" "No," Yust said.
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"Looking back now at the decisions I made then, I know I made the wrong ones. I know my actions and statements affected others. And I'm sorry." Did you kill Kara? "No." Did you kill Jessica? "No.
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When she started accusing me, I just kind of snapped, and sarcastic, smart allecky, jerk kind of way, said this is your fault, Yust said. "I was just trying to hurt her feelings because I was really hurting inside," Yust said.
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And that's when he talked to his Mom on that jailhouse recorded call we heard earlier. Asked why he said some of the things he said, Yust said he felt really alone. He thought his Grandpa and Mom would be there and support him, but when she started accusing him he snapped.
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He says he was speaking in a "smart-alecky" way to get back to her and hurt her because he was hurt. He says he was being sarcastic. Remember, that audio captured his mom asking "So that's why you killed those girls" and Yust said "that's part of it."
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Yust didn't address that line directly, but his defense is clearly trying to suggest he was being sarcastic and saying things only to hurt Mom. Now he says he said things out of fear, spite, insecurity, hopelessness in past... at times I wanted attention
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"At times, I just felt like it was pointless and I just wanted to give up, and thought I wanted to be famous for something, right?"
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"Looking back now, at the decisions I made then. I know I made the wrong ones and my actions and choices affected other people and myself, and I'm sorry," Yust said.
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Turlington: "Did you kill Kara?" Yust: "No." Turlington: "Did you kill Jessica?" Yust: "No."