Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 2h2 hours ago
We’re back in Batesville for day 5 of the
#JessicaChambers murder trial.
#QuintonTellis is accused of lighting her on fire & killing her in 2014.
Court’s back in session in half an hour. I’ll be live tweeting &
@3onyourside will have live coverage.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 2h2 hours ago
Court's in session. Defense is starting with cross-examination following the interrogation videos shown in court yesterday.
#JessicaChambers
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 2h2 hours ago
Defense is bringing up how many first responders told investigators
#JessicaChambers said "Eric" did this to her.
10 have testified so far in this trial to hearing Chambers say "Eric" or "Derek."
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 2h2 hours ago
Defense is bringing up other leads investigators chased in the case & how they weren't named "Eric" or "Derek." One was in Iowa. One was in Monroe County, MS.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
Defense is bringing up how
#JessicaChambers' friend had a theory of what happened to her & how this special agent can't think of anything that was done to pursue that lead.
They can't say what the theory is due to hearsay.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
“So many people were interviewed those initial days," says the ATF special agent. "You have 50-60 law enforcement officers there. I’m not familiar with everyone that was interviewed.”
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
Yesterday, jurors were shown three different interviews with
#QuintonTellis from 2015 & 2016. The defense is now bringing up how not all of the interviews with Tellis were recorded. He's also mentioning how Tellis was cooperative even though he didn't have to talk to them.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
Defense says even though agents said they were going to be honest with Tellis in the interviews, they were trying to trick Tellis into giving them information.
The special agent disagrees. "There was no trickery at all, sir."
#JessicaChambers
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
Defense says Tellis was confused at points during the interview. Special agent says he thinks he was being dishonest.
#JessicaChambers
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
The agent says he thinks Tellis was dishonest because of how quickly his story changed. “He went from not remembering if he spoke to [
#JessicaChambers] or saw her and then within two minutes, he was describing in vivid detail the routing, including buildings, railroad tracks…”
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 1h1 hour ago
Defense brings up how Tellis had already disclosed some of this information to the FBI at the time, so why would he lie to ATF?
Defense also saying Tellis was mixing up activities/events from the day before. The interview was done 10 months after the fact.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 52m52 minutes ago
Special agent says
#QuintonTellis had a choice to tell the truth all along, but he chose to offer additional details after being shown the evidence they had against him. Agent thinks he was initially withholding information.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 50m50 minutes ago
Defense says they threatened Tellis with the death penalty during the interviews in order to get more information. Agent says they didn't threaten him, they just let him know what the consequences were.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 49m49 minutes ago
Defense bringing up how the evidence shows
#QuintonTellis &
#JessicaChambers had a cordial and friendly relationship that was never hostile.
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 45m45 minutes ago
Defense now talking about the point in the interrogation video where
#QuintonTellis was visibly upset.
"He was visibly upset when you tried to implicate him in [
#JessicaChambers]' death."
Bridget ChapmanVerified account @bchapman_WREG3 40m40 minutes ago
We're taking a 15 minute recess.