Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.05.17 - Closing Arguments - Day 1

[meterclicks]

Justice Michael Code calls for the morning recess. We'll be back in about 20 minutes.
by Shannon Martin 11:46 AM

 

[Kamille]

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
3m3 minutes ago
#LauraBabcock just had to get her life straightened out before she could talk to #Millard again, which was actually a helpful suggestion in her best interests, he tells jury.

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
3m3 minutes ago
"if you could keep updated on where Laura goes out to. Thatd be of use to me," Text from Millard to Michalski. But #LauraBabcock had a crush on him, so he would have been able to meet her any time, any where, "she's ready and willing."

 

[CJPRINCESS]

Ahahahahahaha.

Wouldn't her friends have stated that LB had another phone number then? Omgosh, my apologies folks. I gotta laugh every now and then.

I would honestly like to link that LB would have continued conversing with these friends....if she had a new phone and number! That what I’d think if I were the jury listening to this load of horse crap!

JMO

 

[Kamille]

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
2m2 minutes ago
For him to ask Michalski to watch for #LauraBabcock, was it because he wanted to find her, or avoid her? "that's the inference I'm asking you to make. This message is about avoiding running into Laura unexpectedly."

Lisa Hepfner‏
@HefCHCHNews
2m2 minutes ago
Court break. #LauraBabcock

 

[Typhoo1961]

Lmao, you're killing me over here Kamille. :laughing:

Same LOL

 

[Shaz14]

Millard now shows the court a black and pink winter glove that was found at his farm. He first brought up the photo during his cross-examination of Marlena Meneses, it was her glove.

He asked her if she ever fired the gun, she said no but then later agreed she had.

"She did try to lie to you, then she reversed her decision."

Millard tells the jury that's when the gun was first used.
by Shannon Martin 11:26 AM

Yeah, unlike DM she backtracked on her lie! What is his point?

 

[Night_is_Mine]

I wonder if Dell will address the mysterious blue tarp picture

 

[Shaz14]

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
4m4 minutes ago
Laura was telling lots of people about her perceived personality disorders, Millard reminds jury before he reads the message he wrote to her. "you can cry and whine about your malformations, or you can be appreciative you have 5 fingers and 5 toes.... you are harmful to me."

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
2m2 minutes ago
"Good luck with life, don't contact me," #Millard tells #LauraBabcock at height of tension between Babcock and Noudga. "How harsh is this? Is this really that mean? Is this a direct order to never talk to me again in life?" No, he's just saying leave me alone for awhile.

BBM...so I killed you. MOO

Ah yes, now I remember, she was the girl with only one hand and one foot. 🙄

 

[Kamille]

I wonder if Dell will address the mysterious blue tarp picture

He's probably saving that for the "photoshop chapter" of his closing.

 

[CJPRINCESS]

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
2m2 minutes ago
"You'll remember the evidence we got from Andrew. He lost his phone, Laura found it, and she returned it to him." Millard tells jury he figured out how to help Michalski identify his phone. #LauraBabcock

Lisa Hepfner‏ @HefCHCHNews
55s56 seconds ago
Millard would have known you can't change serial numbers. "consciousness of innocence," Millard calls it. If he knew #LauraBabcock had been murdered, why would he keep the iPad around, knowing that the serial number would be on the iPad. Is it proof of guilt... or innocence?

Why would you have a blood filled truck in your hangar? Oh wait...that was a different murder. Carry on.

And the truck key on his key ring :facepalm:

 

[musicaljoke]

I'm generally a fairly serious, introverted person, and I confess that I could not refrain from laughing out loud... but now, in the quiet of this moment, I feel bad for laughing. Still .. what other emotional response is appropriate for DM's ridiculous address to the jury??!

 

[DeaconBrodie]

This case has to be a prime example of why nobody should ever attempt to defend themselves at a murder trial.

A lawyer can get away with saying, "Look, my client's a slimeball, but he's not on trial for being a slimeball, he's on trial for murder and you must ignore the fact that he is distasteful and unpleasant and afford him the presumption of innocence to which we are all entitled," and it rings true.

On the other hand, coming directly from the slimeball himself, it just makes the jury dislike him even more.

 

[Night_is_Mine]

Everyone is jumping on that "slip up" when Dell said after she died but we all know Dell meant "supposedly" died. Hell maybe he even said it exactly like that but the tweets didn't include it.

 

[dar107]

I'm generally a fairly serious, introverted person, and I confess that I could not refrain from laughing out loud... but now, in the quiet of this moment, I feel bad for laughing. Still .. what other emotional response is appropriate for DM's ridiculous address to the jury??!

We are human, finding humor in this dire and sad situation is ok, and needed, so don't feel guilty.

 

[dar107]

Everyone is jumping on that "slip up" when Dell said after she died but we all know Dell meant "supposedly" died. Hell maybe he even said it exactly like that but the tweets didn't include it.

Lisa Hepfner
@HefCHCHNews
·
5m
Replying to @chynadoll705
Yes. Stood out for me, too.

Lisa's response to a tweet asking if he actually said those words, so yes it seems it was verbatim MOO

ETA: RRBM

Yes he slipped up and admitted he knows Laura is dead, we know exactly what he means....oops, big oops DM

 

[Night_is_Mine]

Dell is probably hoping a fly will find its way to the courtroom and land on him. And he won't even swat it. Then the jury will see..

 

[Nosey Parker]

Serial numbers aside, where is the explanation as to why he and MS had the IPad in their possession at all? Passed on that one, didn't he!

 

[dar107]

Dell is probably hoping a fly will find its way to the courtroom and land on him. And he won't even swat it. Then the jury will see..

What will they see, that he is void of feeling, a true psychopath?

 

[Night_is_Mine]

What will they see, that he is void of feeling, a true psychopath?

It's a movie reference

 

[Kamille]

Dell is probably hoping a fly will find its way to the courtroom and land on him. And he won't even swat it. Then the jury will see..

See that flies don't bother him because he's been around his fair share of corpses? :dunno: