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@MaxLewisTV, November 1, 2024
Delphi Murders Trial Day 13 Afternoon Highlights:
-After the video debacle in the morning, the defense called several witnesses when we got back from lunch
-First up was Brad Heath who is a retired exterminator
-He was doing a job at a building near the trails on Feb. 13, 2017
-The building is near the old CPS building where the prosecution says Richard Allen parked his car that day
-He arrived around to the building for the job at 1:46 PM and left around 2:06 pm
-He described seeing a dark blue, older car parked near the trails that day
-He said "it just looked out of place"
-He said he believed the car was from the late 80s or early 90s
-However, he could not say whether or not other vehicles were parked at the old CPS building that day
-Next up was David McCain who has walked the trails ever since he was a kid
-He says he believes he was on the trails sometime between 2 and 4 PM on the day of the murders
-He walked to the bridge and took some pictures before walking back
-He was interviewed by the FBI and gave over his SIM card but has never got it back
-He testified that he heard nothing unusual while on the bridge or the trails
-After him former fire chief Darrell Sterrett was up
-He was helping lead searches in the area of the bridge the day the girls went missing
-Sterrett had a lot of trouble remembering almost anything and had to reference his deposition several times
-He testified that nobody out there that night saw any clothes in the creek
-He also said he could hear people searching on the north side of the creek which is where the girls were found
-I believe this is an insinuation by the defense that the girls were taken away and then brought back otherwise they would've been found
-Next up was Steve Mullin who is the former Delphi Police Chief and now is the prosecution's investigator
-His testimony started off with defense attorney Andrew Baldwin asking him about missing interviews from early on in the investigation
-Mullin admitted that dozens and dozens of interviews were lost forever due to a DVR issue
-Every interview from February 14, 2017 to March 21, 2017 was lost
-Mullin also said interviews from April 28, 2017 to June 2, 2017 were lost as well
-They were able to recover the video of those interviews but not the audio
-I noticed a couple jurors shaking their heads when this came up
-Baldwin then asked about Mullin's recent phone call with Brad Weber where Mullin says he asked to speak with him
-Mullin did not record that phone call and admitted that he should have
-Mullin was trying to talk with Weber about when he came home from work on the day of the murders and if he drove his fan
-Baldwin again brought up the fact that Weber has given conflicting statements
-Baldwin insinuated that Mullin may have given some information to Weber about the van and its ties to Richard Allen's confessions
-Baldwin also pointed out that Weber's Sig Sauer gun was never excluded by the state police lab as being connected to bullet found at the scene
-Baldwin then asked Mullin how many people he thought were involved in the murders of Abby and Libby
-Mullin said one
-Baldwin asked him how long he had thought that
-Mullin said since the arrest of Richard Allen
-Baldwin then asked about a trail camera that was apparently within a 100-200 yards of where the girls bodies were found
-Mullin says someone was seen on it on the 14th and possibly the 13th
-Baldwin then points Mullin to his deposition where he said someone was seen on the camera on the day the girls went missing
-During cross, Mullin said he confirmed Weber drove his van home through phone records but there was no explanation of that
-Last up was former Sheriff Tobe Leazenby
-He was sheriff when the murders happened but is now the chief deputy
-He said he didn't have a major role in the investigation
-Baldwin asked him how many people he thought were involved in the murders
-Tobe said it was initially unknown
-Baldwin then asked how many he thought were involved after Allen's arrest
-Tobe said one
-Baldwin then reference Tobe's deposition in August of 2023
-In that deposition he said he believed multiple people were involved or at least two
-Baldwin asked if anyone else thought that as well
-Tobe said he didn't know
-Baldwin again referenced Tobe's deposition where he said the current sheriff and the chief investigator Tony Liggett thought that as well
-McLeland barely had any cross examination
-That wrapped up the day.
-Tomorrow, we expect to maybe see some of the videos the defense tried to play today
-ISP Superintendent Doug Carter may take the stand as well
Should be interesting! #DelphiTrial
@MaxLewisTV: Delphi Murders Trial Day 13 Afternoon Highlights: -After the video debacle in the morning, the defense called several witnesses when we got back from lunch -First up was Brad Heath who is a retired exte...…
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