Good Morning everyone. I'll post the tweets for those who're unable to watch the trial live.
Therese Apel:
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Watch live: Jessica Chambers murder trial of Quinton Tellis
Watch live: Jessica Chambers murder trial of Quinton Tellis
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Hey folks! Today
@rmaxey1 is in the courtroom until field trip time, so I'll be live tweeting until we go to see the key places in the investigation. We won't be allowed to tweet or use our phones during the field trip, but we will have full coverage after the fact.
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I'll be covering the field trip tonight where officials will be recreating the scene where
#JessicaChambers was found by bringing in all the emergency vehicles and responders to show the jury what it was like that night.
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Another bit of housekeeping: I just briefly watched a smug commentator who is not from here talking about the trial and she had a good number of her facts messed up. I finally turned her face off because she was making me angry. Trust your local media first please.
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Defense just objected to the site visit to the crime scene, along with some witnesses he said are not relevant. Prosecution is responding now.
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DA John Champion says witnesses are extremely relevant. He says proximity of the site visits to the homes of Julia Chambers and her daughter are also relevant because it shows the proximity to Tellis' sister's home where the prosecution says Tellis picked up the car to get gas.
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As to objection to the night recreation, Champion says it's relevant because the jury needs to be aware of the noises that were surrounding the responders that night.
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The witness the defense objected to: ADA Jay Hale says defense was aware of her because prosecution had included her in a slide show. It's the wife of the "mysterious stranger" who was seen at the scene. Authorities had identified him, but that wasn't made clear last year.
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Hale said tag taken at the scene went back to Willie Taylor, an over the road trucker who is out of town today. His wife is the witness. She was home with grandson. Her daughter lives next to the burn site. She couldn't reach her daughter and she sent her husband to check on it.
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He drove down there to see. Their daughter was fine.
Would explain why he paid little attention to the first responders and had a weird look on his face if he was worried that it could be his daughter at the scene.
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Alton Peterson is not satisfied with that.
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Hale said tag was run that night. That info wasn't pertinent until the "mysterious stranger" became an issue in the last trial. Prosecutors didn't foresee him being such a major player in the first trial and in the media and social media.
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Judge overrules objection against showing jury where hitchhiker was picked up. OVerrules motion against showing where he was dropped off.
Overrules motion against showing homes of Hinson and Julia Chambers.
Reserving judgment on recreation of scene until he can look into it.
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(cont'd) Taking under advisement allowing wife of mysterious stranger.
Overruling the objection to site visit to where keys were found.
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Judge brings the jury in. Makes small talk about dinner last night, etc. Asks if anybody has discussed the case with anyone else. Answer is no.
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Prosecution calls Maj. Barry Thompson of Panola Co. Sheriff's Department. As major over the PCSO investigative division, he led the local aspect early in the case. Lives in Courtland.
