GUILTY NC - Melissa Huggins-Jones, 30, murdered in her Raleigh home, 14 May 2013

[eppylu]

Ms. Bailey: "Aaron, thank God, was a wonderful man. Never had a problem with him."

I feel like the subtext was "UNLIKE TRAVION - who is not my relation!"

 

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Next on the stand - Dan Bierman, reviewed dept. of social services files (files from 1991 to 1995).

 

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[video=twitter;700008070970265600]https://twitter.com/EdCrumpABC11/status/700008070970265600[/video]

 

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[video=twitter;700008264134742020]https://twitter.com/EdCrumpABC11/status/700008264134742020[/video]

 

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[video=twitter;700008601922842625]https://twitter.com/courtchatter/status/700008601922842625[/video]

 

[Madeleine74]

Bad parent = good excuse for heinous murder? AS IF!

 

[Madeleine74]

I'm in a 2 day training thing but my need to check in on the trial trumps. . 😁

 

[borndem]

Lunch break.

 

[borndem]

From WRAL News:

Daughter of murdered Raleigh woman testifies: 'I heard a screaming noise'

Posted 12:01 p.m. today
Updated 51 minutes ago

Raleigh, N.C. — The sentencing hearing for Travion Smith began Wednesday morning with emotional opening statements from both prosecution and defense attorneys.

Read more at http://www.wral.com/daughter-of-mur...creaming-noise-/15381161/#Xu3hK1zq7KTYP4ud.99

 

[Boodles]

Bad parent = good excuse for heinous murder? AS IF!

No, but the neglect and abuse may explain some of the anger harbored by Travion. They keep talking about his brother's CPS records. I wonder if they even have any records about TS. Did anyone even care enough to report his neglect? I'm getting ahead of things, but child abuse and neglect is my hot button. It makes me want to scream, and it perpetuates things like further poverty and crime.

Of course it's not an excuse for murder.

 

[eppylu]

[video=twitter;700043377702739972]https://twitter.com/EdCrumpABC11/status/700043377702739972[/video]

 

[borndem]

This just came up on Twitter, but I had to share it -- get your tissues ready, folks...

Ed Crump ‏@EdCrumpABC11 [video=twitter;700043765319409669]https://twitter.com/EdCrumpABC11/status/700043765319409669[/video] ICYMI:The heart victim's daughter Hannah gave EMS worker at murder scene. #TravionSmithTrial http://abc11.tv/1giDDkx

 

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ETA: He was also in the Marines for 4 years; is currently in a Barber program at a local community college.

 

[borndem]

The social work expert seems unbiased, IMO. He just reports what he has examined -- he remarks that the case-workers had too many cases -- as we have heard so often -- and he says that things were not followed-up as well as they should have been. So things were very tuff for TS and his 3 brothers. When Aaron (Smith) McGruder testified, I saw such a huge difference in the two brothers. A pity, really, but Aaron shows something we all know -- that someone who really tries to stay on the right course can succeed if his willpower is strong enuff.

 

[eppylu]

Older brother Corey testifying now

 

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[video=twitter;700077553646706689]https://twitter.com/EdCrumpABC11/status/700077553646706689[/video]

 

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