GUILTY MA - Lee Viloria-Paulino, 16, decapitated, Lawrence, 18 Nov 2016 *Arrest*

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 3h3 hours ago
Good morning! Closing arguments are scheduled this morning in the Mathew #Borges first degree murder trial. Follow me for courtroom updates and further coverage ⁦@EagleTrib⁩


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
We are waiting on the Judge Helen Kazanjian and jurors in Salem Superior Court this morning for closing arguments in the #Borges murder case. Family members of murder victim Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, 16, are wearing matching back shirts with Lee's pic on them. @eagletrib


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Lee Paulino's family members are sitting in the front row of the courtroom gallery where they have been every days since the 8-day murder trial started on April 29. #Borges



Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Judge is on the bench. Jurors should be coming in soon. #Borges is in the courtroom, today wearing khakis and a white, button-up shirt and tie. Courtroom is packed today and includes detectives who worked on the case, Judge Welch, other prosecutors, Lee's family members/friends.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
The judge and attorney's are going over her proposed instructions for afte closing arguments when she instructs jurors to deliberate on the charge of first degree murder. #Borges is charged with killing with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Jury is in the courtroom now #Borges. Closing arguments should start soon.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Judge Kazanjian is going to instruct the jury "on the applicable law in this case" prior to closing arguments, she says. Jurors will also get written instructions from her. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
People are still filing into the courtroom now looking for seats in the gallery. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Judge said jury, if they find #Borges guilty, must do so unanimously.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
#Borges is seated at the defense table between his two attorneys. He's looking down. The judge is still instructing the jury.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
The judge is instructing the jurors on the charge of murder in the first degree. To find him guilty of this, jurors must agree #Borges killed Lee Paulino "after a period of reflection" - "premeditation."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
There are 15 jurors now listening to Judge Kazanjian's instructions. Only 12 will actually deliberate though as 3 alternates will be selected soon. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Judge Kazanjian is now explaining to jurors the charge of second degree murder. #Borges was 15 at the time of the alleged murder but has been tried as an adult in Salem Superior Court.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Judge tells jurors they should not be concerned with what punishment #Borges should be given if they find him guilty.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Defense attorney Ed Hayden starts his closing argument. He says #Borges, Lee Paulino family "deserve the truth... There is too little evidence. There is no crime scene. There's no seeing where the body was dismembered...There is no DNA, there is no blood, no fingerprints"


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Backdrop to this case, Hayden says, was the relationship between #Borges and Paulino. But there was no problem between them. Says prosecutors were desperate for a motive, so they dug up things on social media.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"We all know how unreliable social media texts are ... They are unreliable sources of information, never mind sources of information on a murder case," Hayden says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Defense attorney Ed Hayden continues. "You did not leave your common sense at the door when you came in here." Prosecutors found a post where #Borges said he was going to kill someone on Halloween but that doesn't mean he killed Lee Paulino. "It's a joke and everyone knows it."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Social media is not a reliable source of information and not reliable information in a murder trial, Hayden continues. He talks about the "group of kids" who decides to break into Lee Paulino's house on Nov. 18, 2016


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
He says these teens stole clothes and belts but they didn't take the expensive stuff, Hayden says. "We don't know why they went into that house ... but you don't have to believe it was for clothes and belts." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Who assigned Mathew the job of being the lure to get Lee out?" Hayden asks. If #Borges didn't want the job that undercuts the prosecution there this was a premeditated murder.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden says there are "unanswered questions" that "should make you uneasy deciding this case." "These kids that did this are hiding something. There's a secret about this they don't want you to know," Hayden says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Surveillance video shows them walking toward the river - but not at the river itself. "Somewhere along the line they got separated," Hayden says. "Why did they get separated. How long were they separated. And who was Lee waiting for ... More unanswered questions" #Borges

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden questions Lee Paulino's phone, which was supposed to be under a pillow but was used for texts when it was supposed to be broken. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden asks why police didn't get more surveillance video .. Maybe they would have found who brought Lee Paulino's phone back to the house, Hayden says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden questions "the more expensive stuff" that wasn't stolen from teh house. "Please watch those videos closely as those kids come out of the house" he tells jurors. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
One kid on video was carrying something heavy. But he won't say what it was, Hayden says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden also questions the route used by the teens after they leave Lee Paulino's house. #Borges allegedly calls them and "he conveniently turns it on speaker .... And he just launches into a confession that he just killed someone."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"you don't have to believe that happened. You are hearing this from unreliable witnesses...These Lawrence kids don't spend all their time in church or the library. But they want you to believe they heard this and they were paralyzed by fear...." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"None of them had the prescence of mind to call 911, even anonymously....And none of these kids, went to the river to see if the body was there. That is not believable," Hayden continues in his closing argument.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Does that look like someone who is paralyzed by fear," says Hayden, of a picture Nazario Betancourt took the next day of himself wearing Lee Paulino's orange sweatshirt. "That is not believable." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Every kid in this house break lied. They lied to police, the grand jury. They lied to their parents ... They have that capacity to lie ... and they will lie and look you in the eye," Hayden says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
He says all the teens lied and they were talking to each other ... "But they are still withholding the real reason for that burglary," Hayden says. Then, once #Borges is arrested, they only implicate him in the murder



Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden asks what Nazario would open himself up to scrutiny in a possible death investigation by putting on that orange sweatshirt. If he had just been told the day before that #Borges killed Lee Paulino

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Mathew is their stay out of jail card. And they play it masterfully," Hayden says of the teens who broke into Lee Paulino's house and later lied about it. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden says #Borges brought the police to the riverbank. Why would he do that ... "He can't control if the police are going to come back there when he's not around."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"This is supposedly the kid that hid all the evidence?" #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden continues his closing argument. He says Lee Paulino's body was not on the riverbank for 12 days. The body was found on Dec. 1, 2016 "because that was the first day it was there." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Police "didn't find any blood or gore," Hayden says, on the riverbank. "The only logical conclusion you can draw is that body ended up on the riverbank on Dec. 1," Hayden says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Court officers are bringing chairs into the courtroom because more people have arrived. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden questions why #Borges "left a kill a note" in his room. "It didn't apply to the murder of Lee Paulino and he didn't have a consciousness of guilt about the note."

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden also says the "date of death" for Lee Paulino is an issue and the jury gets to decide. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden says the prosecution comes up with "experts" that come up with the exact date of death of Nov. 18, 2016. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden encourages jurors to question the date of Lee Paulino's death. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
He also says the "circumstances on that river were ripe for a body to decompose ... There was absolutely no reason that body was not decomposing. Other than it didn't have time to decompose." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"It just doesn't make sense that that body was there for 13 days," Hayden says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Their theory doesn't work," Hayden continues. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Nothing happened over 13 days? No flies? No raccoons?" Hayden asks. "The only element that was not there was time. It didn't have time to decompose." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Lee Paulino's head was floating nearby. Close to the body. It wound't have floated away over 13 days? Hayden asked. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden is again talking about the teens who lied to the police, grand jury and their parents. "Welcome to the club," he tells jurors because they also lied to him. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"None of these kids inspired a level of confidence you would be comfortable with on a murder," Hayden says. "Those kids know the answer and they are not saying. And that certainly doesn't help their credibility." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
He tells jurors they deserve the truth. And they didn't get it. #Borges

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Hayden is done. Prosecutor Jay Gubitose starts his closing arguments and says every piece of evidence points to #Borges.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"There is no hidden mystery there. That's a distraction. As scary as it is. The case is right in front of you .... He killed Lee," Gubitose says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
He says forget about the teens who testified for a minute. "He has this obsession with killing someone ... It's frightening." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Gubitose points to #Borges journal, which he and his ex-GF wrote in. When she sat with another boy, #Borges screamed at her. They broke up bc he accused her of sleeping with Lee and others.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"Watch it. Lee is a womanizer. I don't want him to snatch you away," #Borges told a prospective GF, Stephanie Soriano, he says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
So many people are now in the courtroom that court officers are turning people away, telling them "we are full." #Borges

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Gubitose is going through #Borges texts from Nov. 2016 when Lee Paulino went missing. "He's a little annoyed isn't he?" Gubitose asks jurors.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"I get jealous now. Imagine if we were together," #Borges said to Soriano via text. He later questions why it took her so long to walk home from school. "Look at how he treats her," Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
#Borges said he would kill anyone who gets in the way of what he wants. "It's not rational. But that's not what's going on in his head right now," Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"This is all working up. He has a motive ... He had the means to do it. Everyone who testified said he always carried a knife with him," Gubitose says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"He had the motive. He had the means. He had the opportunity," he continues #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Gubitose is now taking about the "kill note" where he lays out the entire crime. "That's a confession." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
"These aren't coincidences people. These are evidence," Gubitose says of #Borges written notes. Also points to texts where #Borges said he will have "dead eyes." "That's 24 hours b4 Lee goes missing ...."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
....24 hours before he went and killed Lee by the river, Gubitose said. #Borges

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Gubitose now talking about Lee's phone. Says there was testimony it was acting up. Defense is trying to get jurors to fall for a "diversion," he says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Jurors are now again looking at copies of the cell phone sector report an FBI expert testified about. Gubitose continues closing argument. "He was in that sector right after he killed Lee." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"He was the only one. He did it," Gubitose says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
His DNA and fingerprints are all over this case, figuratively, Gubitose says. "He planned it," he says. The weather also helped him. It rained a lot and it washed the scene away. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"You guys were standing on the riverbank where he cut his head off and he cut his hands off," Gubitose says. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Lee's body was decomposing but the weather slowed that process down, Gubitose says, pointing at expert testimony. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Blow fly larvae was seen on pictures of Lee Paulino's body by another witness expert - another indicator of body decomposition, Gubitose says #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"That times time but it also takes degree hours ... It has to be warm enough for them to mature," Gubitose says. "Thats consisted with everything we know at this point. That he was killed on Nov. 18." #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Lee Paulino's head and hands were cut off so he couldn't be identified. Gubitose says only #Borges cared about that identification happening.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
#Borges took police a half a mile away from where Lee Paulino's body was found when they went together to the area on Nov. 23, Gubitose says


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
#Borges also told police Lee Paulino was a drug dealer who had a connection in Haverhill. "Because if they are looking in Haverhill they are not looking in Lawrence," Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
#Borges was looking "for help" for friends on Nov. 19, 2016 "because he still had half of his job to do" Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Jurors are seeing #Borges text messages again. "Y'all my fams," #Borges wrote, then adding "Delete this (expletive)" Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"It's all good. I did it," #Borges wrote in a text on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, two days after Lee Paulino went missing.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"Can you delete this convo," #Borges later asked Stephanie Soriano in a Facebook private message where he said Lee had gone missing, Gubitose points out to jurors.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Gubitose now speaking about teens who robbed Lee Paulino and said what they did was "disgusting." He's not asking them to feel sorry for them but to remember how stressful, strange testifying in a courtroom is with a camera and reporters scattered about #Borges

Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
A teen testified he heard #Borges say on the phone "I killed him." "And the whole world changed," Gubitose says.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"It wasn't a saw, it wasn't an axe. It was something with a heavy blade," says Gubitose, echoing testimony from a forensic anthropologist. He says "there is a mountain of evidence" against #Borges.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
"You learned it here that classmates hurt classmates," he says, noting no-one wants to believe a 15-year-old can kill anyone. He's now holding Lee Paulino's pic for the jury. #Borges "took everything he was and everything he was going to be," Gubitose concludes.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 1h1 hour ago
Closing arguments are over in the #Borges first degree murder trial. Judge Kazanjian is now instructing jurors.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 38m38 minutes ago
#Borges jurors have been sent out to deliberate at 1145 am on Day 9 of the trial. @EagleTrib

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 47m47 minutes ago
#Borges jurors are coming up on 3 hours of deliberations. No news yet. Jurors generally stay until 4 pm while deliberating. @EagleTrib

 

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Lisa Gresci‏Verified account @Lisa_Gresci 3h3 hours ago
The family of Lee Viloria-Paulino. On the front of their shirts is a picture of Lee. On the back, they ask for justice. @wbz

 

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Jury Begins Deliberations In Mathew Borges Beheading Murder Trial (with clip)

May 13, 2019

"SALEM (CBS) — A jury began deliberations Monday in the trial of 18-year-old Mathew Borges, who is charged with beheading Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino in November 2016....

During closing arguments Monday morning, defense attorney Ed Hayden said there’s not enough evidence to convict his client....

But prosecutor Jay Gubitose told the jury every piece of evidence points to Borges, citing text messages and social media posts where Borges referenced killing someone.

“These aren’t coincidences ladies and gentlemen, this is evidence,” said Gubitose....

A jury of eight men and four women were sent to deliberate Borges’s fate at 11:45 a.m. Monday...."

Jury Begins Deliberations In Mathew Borges Beheading Murder Trial

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 43m43 minutes ago
No murder trial verdict today. #Borges are being sent home for today. They will be back Tuesday morning. I have more coverage coming at http://eagletribune.com @EagleTrib


Lisa Gresci‏Verified account @Lisa_Gresci 35m35 minutes ago
The family and the jury leaving the courthouse for the day. Day 2 of deliberations set for tomorrow. @wbz

 

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Tuesday, May 14th:
*Trial continues (Day 10)-VERDICT WATCH! (@ 9am ET) - MA - Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino (16) (missing Nov. 18, 2016, Lawrence, found Dec. 1, 2016) - *Mathew Borges (15/now 18) indicted (3/31/17) of 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty; held without bail. Will be tried as an adult.
Trial started 4/22/19 with Jury selection. Opening statements on 4/29.
Court & Trial information from 4/22/19 thru 5/8/19 (Day 1-7 Trial) reference post #119 here:
VERDICT WATCH - MA - Lee Viloria-Paulino, 16, decapitated, Lawrence, 18 Nov 2016 *Arrest*
5/9/19 Day 8: State Trooper Steve Buccheri (Investigator for DA's office) re cell phone calls. Trooper Matt Wilson, homicide detective (with DA's office). Juror number 4 has been excused "for reasons personal to her". Prosecution has rested their case. Defense will not call any witnesses. Defense rests their case. Jurors will be back on Monday, 5/13 for closing arguments.
5/13/19 Day 9: Judge gives jury instructions. Closing arguments. Jurors started deliberations @ 11:45am & have gone home (about 4pm) for the day. Deliberations continue on 5/14.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 3h3 hours ago
TODAY Jury deliberations in #Borges murder case resume this morning in Salem Superior Court. I will be at court today waiting for the verdict and posting updates as I get them. https://www.eagletribune.com/news/merrimack_valley/jury-deliberations-continue-in-beheading-murder/article_271ce266-2a81-52f0-9e2c-4ad25a8711df.html … #Lawrence @eagletrib

Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 2h2 hours ago
Good morning! Update from superior court. Jurors in the #Borges murder trial have just resumed deliberations after some 4 hours and 15 minutes on Monday. Follow me for further updates today @EagleTrib


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 30m30 minutes ago
Jurors in the #Borges trial have sent out a question. Judge isn’t coming into open court to discuss her answer but will write back to them. Still no word on a verdict. @EagleTrib


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 25m25 minutes ago
As a recap, today is Day 10 of the #Borges trial which started on April 29, 2019. The prosecution called its witnesses, which included police officers, family members and experts, for 8 days before resting. The defense called no witnesses and #Borges did not testify.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 25m25 minutes ago
The family of murder victim Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, who was 16 when he was killed, has been steadfast during the trial, attending every day. They have sat in the front row of the courtroom gallery, behind the defense table. #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 22m22 minutes ago
#Lawrence Detective Jay Heggarty and MSP Detective Matt Wilson both testified during the trial as lead investigators in the case. LPD Det Kevin Schiavone also took the stand, answering questions about how Heggarty and him tried to find Paulino after 11/18/2016 #Borges


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 21m21 minutes ago
On Friday, May 3, #Borges jurors also got to visit #Lawrence and see the Forest Street home where Paulino lived and the riverfront area off Water Street where his body was found. That process during a trial is called a "view."


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 16m16 minutes ago
From his arrest in December 2016 until trial some 2 1/2 years later, #Borges appearance noticeably changed. He was 15 at time of crime and is now age 18.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 10m10 minutes ago
Quick update: #Borges jurors have been deliberating now for roughly 6 hours. They have been given a laptop to view evidence presented during the trial which was on a disc.

 

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Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 5m5 minutes ago
#Borges jurors have another question.


Jill Harmacinski‏ @EagleTribJill 4m4 minutes ago
Earlier #Borges wanted transcripts of some testimony, which judge said no to. A second question about a note and whether it was entered into testimony. The note was not entered into evidence and judge is writing back to jury saying so.