GUILTY Nicole VanderHeyden May 21, 2016 - George Burch, Feb. 2018

[YESorNO]

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
4h4 hours ago
Defense asking about Jackson's dog's names, the house layout, if he had a bed, exact items Burch brought with him........went to McDonalds, was tired, took a nap...... lotta details #BurchTrial @WBAY

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
4h4 hours ago
Defense attorney asking Burch all about his 27-hour train ride to Virginia, the layout of Ed Jackson's home, what Burch did when he first arrived in Green Bay. #BurchTrial

Paul Srubas@PGpaulsrubas
4h4 hours ago
Burch 's narrative so far has taken him to his move in with Ed & Lynda Jackson in Green Bay. Lunch break. #burchtrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
4h4 hours ago
The judge says there's going to be a change in direction after a lunch that will be taken right now. @WBAY #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
4h4 hours ago
That's it for Burch from the morning. We've learned about his background and coming to Green Bay. After break, we'll learn about the night Nicole VanderHeyden was killed. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
4h4 hours ago
The questioning is about to change direction, so Judge Zakowski announces we will take a lunch break. Expected to resume at about 1:15 pm. #BurchTrial
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[YESorNO]

WFRVNews@WFRVNews
2h2 hours ago
Judge Zakowski has returned to the courtroom after the lunch break; Burch is taking the stand once again #BurchTrial @RobynOguinye

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch is back on the stand. We left off with him arriving in Green Bay. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he talked about his situation and the decision to move to Green Bay with his two sons. If you were following this morning, you'd know they are 16 and 13 years old. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
By the way, Burch's children still live in Virginia with their mother. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
As expected, the defense has picked up questioning when George Burch came to Green Bay. Burch says his kids stayed in Virginia, he would play video games online with his kids to keep in contact with them. When he got here, Burch says he didn't have a job #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he helped out around the house when he first started living with the Jacksons: shoveling snow, cooking, cleaning, mechanic work. Burch says he eventually got a job at Blackstone Family Restaurant on the east side. Found job on Craigslist. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
While Burch stayed with Ed/Lynda Jackson, he says he helped out around the house (cooking, cleaning, landscapping, snow shoveling) Once he got feet on ground, he agreed to pay them $100 a month. He says he found a job at Blackstone. Found it on craigslist #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says after applying for a job at Blackstone, he got a job interview at the east side location. Eventually hired there-- just four days after arriving in Green Bay from Virginia. He applied for cook position, but hired as cook/night manager. #BurchTrial @WBAY

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
Burch moved to Green Bay in Jan. 2016. Soon after, he began working at Black Stone Family Restaurant on the city's east side. He also worked with his mechanic friend, with whom he was living. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he found work as a cook and night manager in the Green Bay area. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he agreed to work 50, no more than 55, hours a week. Eventually he says he started working even more as workers didn't show up or quit. He said he was averaging about 75-80 hours a week at some point. Got to work using a truck from Ed. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he was averaging 75 to 80 hours a week at Blackstone Family Restaurant. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch testifies to driving '99 Chevy Blazer to go to and from his job. Earlier this week, we learned the Blazer was part of a hit-and-run crash and started on fire two weeks after VanderHeyden murder. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
The car was junked by the time investigators say they had linked Burch to the VanderHeyden crime. It couldn't be checked for blood or DNA. Investigators believe the Blazer is the vehicle that transported VanderHeyden's body to farm field after murder outside her home. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch on the stand, explaining how he interviewed for a job at Blackstone diner on Green Bay's east side with Ed Jackson by his side. Given job as cook/manager, salaried, 55 hours a week but ends up working way more because people don't show up to work #BurchTrial @WBAY
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[YESorNO]

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Defense is now asking Burch about the cellphone he had when he moved to GB. He had a Sprint family contract because 'it had a GPS locator on it so if something happened to the kids, we knew were they were.' Eventually it expired and he jumped on Ed/Lynda's plan. #burchtrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he met Jordan Schuyler (his girlfriend) a few weeks after starting at Blackstone. He says they were friends first, then started dating each other after he left Blackstone. Burch says the hours didn't add up to pay he got, so he quit. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch is borrowing one of Ed Jackson's cars. It breaks. He borrows another one of Jackson's cars (the one that's eventually on fire in a mysterious hit and run Burch claims he wasn't involved in). Burch's wife down in VA cancels his phone. @WBAY #BurchTrial

en Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he started dating Jordan Schuyler, a girl he met while working at Blackstone, after he left the job. She testified earlier this week. Burch says he left the job because of amount of hours and pay. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
After quitting Blackstone, he found a new job a few days later at NEW landscaping-- doing anything that had to do with flowers, grass, mulching. He says it was fulltime, used the '99 blazer to get to work there too. #BurchTrial Burch says got bumps, bruises, scraps while on job.

WFRVNews@WFRVNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he quit his job as a cook/night manager at the east side Blackstone because he was working 75-80 hours a week, only making $9-$10/hour; 1 weeks later found work with NEW Landscaping #BurchTrial @RobynOguinye – at Brown County Courthouse
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch now testifying that he would frequent Richard Crainums. Burch says he would sometimes go by himself and that he met Jeff Hemmen and Matt Wassenberg. Both testified on Monday. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
After a brief hiatus after quitting Blackstone diner, Burch gets a job at NEW Landscaping. Wore gloves "when working with something that will stab you or prick you" says Burch. Burch and the Jacksons hang out at Hu Hot and Pizza Ranch. @WBAY #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
Burch said he went to Richard Craniums a couple of times. The workers knew his name. They also knew his drink of choice: Jack and Coke. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he kept going back to Richard Craniums because after only one time of being there they were calling him Big Country and knew his drink was a Jack and Coke. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
... Eventually Burch moved out of Ed and Lynda's house and moved in with Jeff and Matthew at different times. Burch was actually arrested while staying with Wassenberg. #BurchTrial

en Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he lost his job at NEW Landscaping because he didn't have a means of transportation. Says he then got a job at Bay Area Finishers. At this point, Burch is living with Hemmen, who also worked there. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he moved out of Hemmen's place because Hemmen's daughter was moving in. Burch then moved into Wassenberg's one-bedroom apartment. Burch stayed on the couch. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
After living with Jeff Hemmen, Burch moved out to stay with Matthew Wassenberg. Burch says Wassenberg was okay with it, he stayed on his couch. Wassenberg talked about moving in with girlfriend, asked Burch to take over his lease, but that never happened. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch loses his job doing landscape because he doesn't have anything to drive to work. That's because the car he's borrowing from the Jackson's is involved in a hit in run and as I previously tweeted the inside was completely ruined by a fire #BurchTrial @WBAY
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[YESorNO]

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he was on his way to work when he was arrested by police for murder of Nicole VanderHeyden. We are going back to May 20,2016 to get Burch's side of the story. At that time he was living with Ed/Lynda, working at NEW landscaping and driving chevy blazer. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
We're now onto the days and circumstances related to VanderHeyden's death. Morning of May 20, Burch got up to get ready for work. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
The defense is just now starting to talk about the day before VanderHeyden was murdered. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Morning of Friday, May 20-- Burch says he got up around 5am, showered, had some coffee and went to work. Got home around 5:30 to go to a fish fry with Ed and Lynda. Burch says he was supposed to go fishing in Racine the next afternoon (saturday May 21) #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
#Burch says he got done working at NEW Landscaping at about 5:30 pm on the night VanderHeyden went out with boyfriend and friends, found murdered the following morning. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he ate dinner with the Jacksons at Petticoat Junction in Seymour that night, then went to Bay Park Square to go to the cellphone store. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says after dinner with Ed and Linda Jackson that evening, they went to the mall to look at new phones for Burch. Linda said she could add the phone George used to her line. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch had his cellphone put on Lynda Jackson's cellphone plan at the mall. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
FYI-- While at the mall, Burch says he did get a cellphone-- a Black Samsung Galaxy S5. Everything on his previous phone was transfered over to his new phone and was activated. All contacts, emails was tied into new phone. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he had a cellphone activated at the mall. Everything with his old phone synced with new phone. Then, he went to Ed Jackson's friend's house. Burch says the friend was a fishing buddy. (Burch went on fishing trip next day in Racine with Ed and two others) #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Defense sidetracks to question about how his relationship was with Jordan at this point. Burch says things had not gotten romantic yet, but things were progressing. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
After going to a Ed friend's place, Burch says he went back to their house, changed his shirt and ended up going out for a little while. Burch says he went out about 11:15 p.m. to Richard Cranium's down the street, he says he drove there. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
When Burch got to Richard Craniums, he says it was 'fairly packed' but when he walked in, he said 'hi' to people he knew, went up to the bar where the bartender had a drink waiting for him. He describes Craniums as a sport-atmosphere, 'happy go lucky' bar. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he was drinking that night (Jack and Coke). He went to the bar alone and he admits to meeting Nicole VAnderHeyden at the bar. After having a cigarette, he noticed' there was a fairly attractive blonde woman standing next to me.' He started talking to her #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says the two started talking. He says VanderHeyden said it didn't seem like he was from around here. Burch says they were getting to know each other. He says no one ever arrived that seemed to be with VanderHeyden. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says VanderHeyden provided zero indication that she was in any sort of relationship. "She wasn't sloppy drunk or anything like that...I didn't notice her stumble or anything." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says VanderHeyden never gave him 'any indication' she was in a relationship (with Douglass Detrie). He said they continued to talk, she wasn't 'sloppy drunk, didn't notice her stumble or anything' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"I was flirting," said Burch. He says she was doing the same: giggling, laughing, joking, light touching. Burch says he was with VanderHeyden at Richard Craniums until the bartenders kicked them out at bar close. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
"We both expressed that we had been through marriages," says Burch. "Was she falling down drunk?" asked defense. "She wasn't sloppy drunk," says Burch. "I didn't notice her stumble or anything." - "I was slurring." @WBAY #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
After the bar, Burch says he 'invited her back to my place'. Burch says he opened the blazer door for her, went back to his place. When they walked in, Burch says Ed's father was sitting there, so it 'slowed things down a bit on the way they were progressing to' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says the two headed back to her place, upon her invitation. He says VanderHeyden provided him directions. She did not give him an address to punch into a GPS. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says they decided to leave, so VanderHeyden told him that they could go back to her place. Burch says he had no idea where she lived, so VanderHeyden gave him directions back to her place in Ledgeview (the home she shared with Detrie) #BurchTrial Didn't know she had a bf.
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[YESorNO]

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he had no clue where she was directing him to. Didn't know if it was an apartment or a house or whether she lived with anyone. He says she told him her children were with their father. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he never went in the home. He says VanderHeyden saw a light on in the home and said she thought the babysitter was still awake. He says they stayed in the car and talking, that led to "fooling around" and kissing. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Asked what fooling around is, Burch says "I was kissing her neck a little bit, touching each other." Burch says they then went into the backseat of the Blazer. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he and VanderHeyden started messing around and kissing. "Fooling around, what does that mean to you?" says defense. "Touching each other," says Burch. They move to the backseat of the Blazer. Burch says he never goes into the Detrie/VanderHeyden residence. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says eventaully VanderHeyden's bra and shirt came off, they were removed 'and out of the way' while they were both in backseat. Defense is now asking him about her pants, Burch says they were on at the start, but didn't remain on 'not after awhile' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he never removed his shorts completely, but he did move them down to his ankles. He says he did take VanderHeyden's pants, shirt and bra off. Burch says there wasn't enough room in back seat so he opened back passenger door, very quiet out. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch says the two were in the back seat, and opened back passenger door (closest to curb) and he got out of the car. She was still in back seats and the two were engaged in sexual acts. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
"We weren't too worried about anyone coming by...I never saw a car come by or anything." Burch says as he continues to answer questions about what the two were doing in the back of his Blazer, outside the home VanderHeyden shared with Detrie. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
When Burch says he got out of blazer, VanderHeyden was still inside, laying down in the backseat of the blazer with her legs up. He said her head was in the center, her legs were up and 'I was ..." Burch says she was conscious and intereacting with him. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
Burch testifies to having intercourse with VanderHeyden. Says he does not recall whether he was wearing a condom. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
Burch seems to be trying hard to keep things PG when describing what he was doing leading up to intercourse with VanderHeyden. Sounds like he was standing outside the Blazer with the door open, while she was laying on the vehicle's backseat. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Defense: Would you describe this as gentle intercourse?
Burch: No sir.
#BurchTrial
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[YESorNO]

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
"The next thing I remember, apart from us having intercourse, was literally waking up on the ground outside the truck, laying in the grass, curb area," says Burch. Doesn't recall anything between sex and laying on the ground. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
1h1 hour ago
"I am not certain why I woke up. Something rustled or I was hit and I woke up." -Burch #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
"At first I didn't what was going on. I looked down, I was laying on the ground and my pants were around my ankles, literally. " #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
1h1 hour ago
Burch said he then look around and didn't know where he was. "I went to grab at my pants and that's when I noticed something was going on behind me. There was a person behind me." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch says when he came to, the first words he heard were 'Don't you even F****** think about it." He says he didn't know what to do #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch says he looked over his shoulder and say 'what looked like a man standing with a firearm in his hand'. Burch says 'it was fairly dark, saw someone in a hooded sweatshirt, couldn't see any faces, a glimpse' of someone standing behind me #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Defense: What kind of firearm?
Burch: 'It was a handgun, what kind, that I couldn't tell you. It was a darker handgun, it wasn't chrome or anything like that, it wasn't shiny.
Burch says the handgun was 'pointing in my direction' & based on the voice, it was a man #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Defense: What happened next?
Burch: 'I finished roughly gathering myself, pulled my pants up kind of still trying to gather myself and figure out what are my options here, what do I have to do, then I was instructed to move to the back end of the vehicle.' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Defense: What were your options?
Burch: 'Running, screaming, trying to attack the person with the firearm'
Defense: Did you do any of those things?
Burch: 'I don't think I would be able to do any of these things without being harmed.'
#BurchTrial
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Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
After Burch says he was 'forced to move to the back of the blazer', that's when he noticed 'someone or something laying in the back.' Burch says when he looked closer he realized 'it was Nicole laying there' #BurchTrial he said she had blood coming out of her mouth, on her side

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
1h1 hour ago
As Burch talks about seeing Nicole for the first time lying on the ground, he talks slow in broken up language. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch says he sees a lot of blood on VanderHeyden's face and coming out of her mouth and on her back. "She wasn't physically moving," he says. "She was laying on the actual street or asphalt. Close to the curb but not actually on the curb." #BurchTrial @WBAY

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
When Burch realized it was Nicole, he says 'At first I didn’t know what to do, honestly. Umm it kind of put, somethings in perspective, of what was going on now, but it kind of freaked me out even farther." #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
1h1 hour ago
Burch said he was shaken up because the last thing he remembers was having sex with Nicole in the car. He said he then heard, "Look what the (expletive) you made me do." #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
Stebbins asks Burch if at this point if he thought VanderHeyden was alive. "I wasn't certain, but it definitely didn't look like she was." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch: 'The last time (I saw her) we were in the car having sex and the next thing I know she is literally laying on the concrete right in front of me." Burch says he was then instructed to carry her and 'put her in the vehicle'. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
1h1 hour ago
"Every time I moved, he moved," Burch says of the person with the gun behind him. Burch says the man was "mirroring" him. #BurchTrial
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Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
Burch says he put VanderHeyden's body in the rear passenger side because the door was open, kind of in a 'semi-sitting' position. Burch says he was instructed to get in vehicle. Burch describes the person as 'threatening, like, pretty much foreceful' but wasn't loud. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
1h1 hour ago
"I was advised to shut the door and then I was advised to ultimately get in the vehicle." - What was their demeanor like? asks defense. "I guess I would describe it was threatening, forceful" says Burch. "Wasn't extremely loud but more of a commanding tone" #BurchTrial @WBAY

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
59m59 minutes ago
Burch says person with the gun got into the backseat behind him. Burch was in the driver's seat. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
59m59 minutes ago
Burch said he sat in the driver's seat and through his peripheral he could see the man with the firearm through the rear window and "he was only a couple feet away from me, And then he ended up getting in the vehicle and sitting behind me." -Burch #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
56m56 minutes ago
When the 'person' got in the vehicle, Burch says he 'tried to weigh what options I had at this point. It’s completely kind of freaked out a bit, didn’t know what was going to happen or the situation going on, what it would entail.' #burchtrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
55m55 minutes ago
Burch says he didn't see the 'person's' face until he was driving, and says 'he had never seen him before in my life.' Defense asks if he kknows who it is, and Burch says 'I do now, it was Doug Detrie. #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
54m54 minutes ago
Burch says he considered crashing the vehicle like in the movies. Says he tried to put on his seat belt, but gunman told him "don't even think about it." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
53m53 minutes ago
Defense: Were you bleeding?
Burch: 'Not that I was aware of, I had blood on me but I don't think it was mine.'
Burch is now describing the car ride, he was told where to turn and where to go. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
53m53 minutes ago
Burch says gunman directed him where to drive his Blazer. He says the gunman's demeanor was forceful. He says he could tell the gunman still had the gun pointed at him based on rear view mirrors. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
53m53 minutes ago
Defense is now referring to the 'person' who forced Burch to do this, as Detrie. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
52m52 minutes ago
Burch says man, Detrie, was telling him where to drive. Says they eventually left paved roads... #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
51m51 minutes ago
"I am in the middle of somewhere. I don't know where I am. I don't know what is going to happen. I am just trying to do whatever I can to get myself out of the situation." -Burch #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
51m51 minutes ago
"It's not looking good....I have no idea, overall, of whats going on," Burch says of what he was thinking while being directed to drive on a non-paved, dirt road. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
50m50 minutes ago
Burch says 'Detrie' eventually led him down a service/dirt road. Burch says at this time he was thinking 'it's not looking good... I don't know what is going to happen' Burch says he was tring to come up with a way to get out of situation. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
49m49 minutes ago
"I couldn't tell if it was a field or beginning of woods...I knew it wasn't city or anything like that," Burch says when asked if he noticed anything about his surroundings. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
49m49 minutes ago
Burch describes his surroundings as 'mainly dark. I seen some trees, tall grass, but coudln't tell if it was a field or the beginnning of the woods.' Burch says 'Detrie' was forcefully telling him where to go. #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
48m48 minutes ago
"I was instructed to turn the vehicle off, pretty much he had exited the vehicle at the time and told me to get out of the vehicle." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
46m46 minutes ago
After telling him where to stop(in a field off Hoffman road), Burch says Detrie got out of the blazer first. Burch says 'I was told to pretty much reach in, from the driver side, and grab Nicole and pretty much bring her out of the vehicle' #BurchTrial Burch: she was slumped over

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
44m44 minutes ago
"I just reached in and grabbed her," Burch says while describing how he took VanderHeyden out of the Blazer. Says gunman was directing him what to do still. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
44m44 minutes ago
Burch describes how he took VanderHeyden out of the blazer: 'I had to pretty much grab her arm, under her arm area, pull her across the seat.' He says 'it was pretty much dead weight.' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
43m43 minutes ago
"It was pretty much dead weight," Burch says when asked why it was difficult to remove VanderHeyden's body from Blazer. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
42m42 minutes ago
Burch: 'Scooped and carried her again, where she would be in my arms' Burch says Detrie was standing behind him with the firearm in his hands, 'pretty much directed me what to do' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
41m41 minutes ago
Burch says Detrie told him to put her body in a ditch. Burch says it was difficult to move her body, saying 'everything was kind of, kind of loose and all over the place, so it was kind of hard, I was stumbling a bit to keep the balance of it.' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
40m40 minutes ago
At this time, Burch says 'Detrie was basically telling me to put her down and put her in that area, or place her in the area of where I was and he was instructing me what to do.' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
38m38 minutes ago
Judge Zakowski called for an afternoon break, we will be back in session at 3:15 p.m. Burch will be back on the witness stand then. Judge says he needs a new notebook to take notes #BurchTrial
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Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch: 'I was advised to put her down. At this time, he (Detrie) was kind of, like looking around, kind of, I don't know if he heard something or if he was looking around to take in what was going around him, or looking to see if someone could see us' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"He was in the vicinity of me. The whole time I'm trying to figure out a way to remove myself from the situation or get out of the situation," says Burch. He says at this point the gunman is looking away or looking around. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch: 'When I see him look away and not pay attention on me' Burch says he makes a motion to get his attention, and when he turned 'I lunged at him with everything I had' Burch says then he 'broke for it, hauled a** to his truck' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says VanderHeyden's body was moving, which he believed the gunman was watching, so he says he pushed the gunman with everything he had. He says he then hauled (you know what) back to his Blazer. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Not moving as in she is alive. Moving as in the way he dropped her in the field. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch: "I jumped in the vehicle, started it and I remember trying to take off' Burch says he had some trouble in the gear he was in, noticed he wasn't in drive. Defense asks if he floored it, Burch says 'not essentially, no' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"Fear, adrenaline, wasn't sure what had just happened. I was somewhat glad I was out of that situation, but still freaked out I guess would be the best way to describe it," Burch says when asked what was going through his head as he drove away. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he lit a cigarette to try to calm down. HE says he 'didn't know environment, didn't know where he was and he just wanted to get out of there, go somewhere safe' so Burch took out his phone and put in directions to get home #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he followed his phone's directions to get home. On his drive home, Burch says he remembers 'looking over and seeing some stuff that was hers sitting in the vehicle.' Burch says he saw a few items so he 'freaked out and threw it out the window' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he noticed some of VanderHeyden's things lying in the vehicle. He says he "freaked out and threw it out the window." (Investigators have testified to finding VanderHeyden's bloody clothes on GV on-ramp to Hwy 172, which is near field) #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he realized he had blood on him, took a shower and washed his clothes when he got home. He says he didn't find anywhere that he was bleeding. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says after his shower, he washed his clothes because there was blood on them. Burch says when he was washing his hair that 'the back part of his head was sore, like he had bumped his head or something.' He says there wasn't a cut or bruising. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
After he took a shower, Burch said he went to his room and he remembers just trying to replay things that had just happened that night. "Was it just a nightmare or what?" - Burch #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he felt drained...eventually woke up to Ed Jackson telling him it was time to go fishing. #BurchTrial

Andrea Hay@AndreaHayNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch claims he gets home, takes a shower and looks the ceiling, passes out wondering if what he just experienced was a nightmare. "It was just like completely draining. You feel just overwhelming exhaustion." #BurchTrial @WBAY

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"Why would you not tell someone what you just went through?" Stebbins asks. "One, I didn't even know who to talk to. How do you have a conversation with somebody on something like that? What do you say?" #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
Burch said he didn't call 9-1-1 or tell his girlfriend Jordan what had happened because he didn't know who to talk to. "How do you have a conversation like that? What do you say." Burch said he is an only child and is used to keeping things bottled up. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he now realizes it was wrong to not tell someone about what happened. "I was scared to call the cops." "I was on probation." Burch says probation was for grand larceny. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he believed he would have went to prison for a minimum of five years for the grand larceny. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he should have told someone about what happened, but he didn't because back where he is from, you don't tell people things, he says 'people get killed for that' #BurchTrial

WFRVNews@WFRVNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch: “Where I’m from, people get killed for this kind of thing. They don’t make it to court—they end up dead.” #burchtrial @johnnydomol316
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he learned on the news that the body had been found and that Doug had been arrested. "In my opinion, they had the person that had done it." #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"When did you realize Doug had been released," asks Stebbins. "I didn't know, until I was arrested." #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he didn't follow the murder investigation on the news and saw Detrie was arrested. Burch says he didn't come forward because 'in my opinion, they had the person who had done it and I figured they would see that and know that.' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
Defense: George Burch did you murder Nicole VanderHeyden?
Burch: 'No sir, definitely not'
Defense: Do you know who did?
Burch: Doug Detrie
Burch says he didn't know Burch was released from prison until he was arrested. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
Burch said he looked up news stories about the murder. He said he saw police arrested Doug Detrie and that he didn't go to police with the information he had because he knew they got the right guy. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Stebbins asks Burch if he murdered Nicole VanderHeyden. He says he did not. Defense has no other questions. Cross examination is now underway. #BurchTrial
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Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
The defense is done with questioning, now the state is questioning Burch. The state is asking Burch about his following of the murder investigation on the news, questioning burch's statement of when he knew Detrie was released. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
DA Lasee points out that Burch's phone showed he looked at news stories on this case 64 times in first few weeks after crime happened. Burch says he did not continue to follow the story. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"This isn't Hampton Virginia," DA Lasee says. He points out this area doesn't regularly have murders. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
Tense cross examination early from the state about Busch viewing news stories on the case, yet not seeing Detrie had ever been released from jail. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch admits to seeing a news story on a softball benefit for VanderHeyden a few days before he was arrested. Other than that, he says he didn't see any additional news on case since seeing Detrie was arrested. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State: If you didn't do anything wrong in this crime, why would you have anything to fear from your probation?
Burch: I was not supposed to be in Wisconsin
#BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he did not establish permanent residence here, despite having jobs here. DA Lasee is grilling Burch about his testimony. #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"You thought this was a reasonable story that anyone would believe?" DA Lasee says. "It's the truth," says Burch. #BurchTrial

Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2h2 hours ago
#BurchTrial - Prosecution: Isn't it true you didn't tell law enforcement is because no one would believe this story?

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State asks Burch if he didn't come forward because he didn't think law enforcement would believe his story, Burch says 'No sir'. State continues to ask about the story and Burch declares his side of the story is 'the truth' #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he wouldn't be able to return to area of the crime if Lasee freed him right now to try to do so. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State is talking to Burch about knowing the area and Burch says he was more interested in talking to Nicole than paying attention to the route he took to her Ledgeview home. He says 'I couldn't go there right now if you freed me from this charge, I couldn't find it." #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
DA Lasee asks Burch why he and Nicole would choose to have sex out in the open "with your butt hanging out the door" rather than asking the babysitter to leave. Burch said he doesn't know. He wasn't the one making the decisions at the time. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State is questioning Burch about what happened in the blazer after they parked near VanderHeyden's home. Burch says they fooled around and then had sex in the backseat of the vehicle. State asks if she was in any pain, Burch says she never said anything about pain #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
DA Lasee asks Burch why VanderHeyden didn't just ask babysitter to go home when they pulled up to her house. Burch says he does not know, never been to her home. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Lasee now grilling Burch about testimony from medical examiner that described injuries to VanderHeyden's genital area. "Painful because it wasn't consensual, right?" says Lasee. #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"When she attempts to go into her house, and leave your vehicle, that is when your mood changes?" Lasee asks Burch. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
DA Lasee asks Burch if VanderHeyden said she was in any pain while having sex with him. Burch said no. Lasee then refers back to the medical examiner's testimony regarding several contusions that are considered to be painful injuries even during consensual sex. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
State says when it became clear VanderHeyden wasn't going to have sex with Burch that his mood changed. State says Burch got aggressive, grabbed a cord, and strangled her. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Lasee running through rapid questions of Burch. Asks him about grabbing cord and strangling VanderHeyden. Lasee says blood patterns show VanderHeyden trying to run to her home. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch says he was knocked out in the back of his head. Lasee tells Burch he never mentioned being knocked out on the back of his head. Burch corrects himself and says it felt like he was knocked out. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
"You want the jury to believe that Detrie did all of these things to Nicole while you were in the lawn hanging out? - DA Lasee "I wasn't hanging out. I had been knocked out." -Burch #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State is questioning Burch's story of being knocked out, while having sex with VanderHeyden in his blazer. State is asking Burch why Detrie would ask 'a complete stranger' to help him dispose of her body. Burch says you will have to ask him about that. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"He had you drive them to a remote area....He thought it was a good idea to have a complete stranger know where he is dumping the body." Lasee says of Burch's theory that Detrie had him move the body. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
The state's questions and Burch's responses are getting a bit heated. Running through questions the night Burch claims Detrie killed VanderHeyden and then forced him to help get rid of the body. #BurchTrial

Matt Jarchow@MattJarchowNews
2h2 hours ago
DA and Burch getting aggressive in questions and answers. DA trying to poke holes in Burch's telling of the events. #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
"I will tell you one more time, sir...." Burch getting testy with Lasee. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State asks Burch how he carried her body to the field, trying to describe it, but Burch says he is describing it wrong and that 'I told you once before and I will tell you again, sir' #BurchTrial Defense objects, saying it is getting argumentative. Judge sustains #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
DA Lasee asks for more details about how he was carrying VanderHeyden to where she was found. Burch raises his voice: "I've already said this and I will say it to you one more time, sir." #BurchTrial

Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2h2 hours ago
#BurchTrial - It's getting heated during cross examination.

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/968969873454870528

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
Burch continues to say that he doesn't know where VanderHeyden's home is or where the Brown County Sheriff's Office is. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State asks Burch about using his phone for directions to get home. Burch again says he had never been in the area and didn't notice the Brown County Sheriff's Office as he drove by. He said 'he didn't see it' He says he wasn't paying attention to it. #BurchTrial

Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2h2 hours ago
#BurchTrial - Pros: Immediately you could have called 911, correct?
Burch: If you say so

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
The state asks Burch why he chose not to call this in, especially because Burch says he didn't know she was officially dead. Burch says from what he saw, he thought she was dead, but wasn't sure. #BurchTrial

Shelby Le Duc@pgshelbyleduc
2h2 hours ago
"You had the opportunity to stop right at the sheriff's office to report this and you could have immediately called 9-1-1, right?" -DA Lasee
"If you say so, sir." - Burch
"No, not if I say so. You mean to tell me you couldn't call? You had your phone right there" #BurchTrial
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Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Burch pleading with Lasee that he has never been in this type of situation. Lasee keeps peppering him with questions about why he didn't call the police, why he threw the clothes out the window. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State asks Burch why he got rid of VanderHeyden's things in his blazer, instead of holding on to them to explain his story to investigators, but he said 'I spazzed (sp?) out, I wasn't thinking clearly.' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State is now asking Burch about the fishing trip, asking him if he kept thinking about the night before. Burch says yes he kept replaying it in his head, 'stayed up for hours' that night after first day of fishing in Racine. #BurchTrial

Ben Krumholz WLUK@BenKrumholzWLUK
2h2 hours ago
Lasee brings up point that Burch said Ed Jackson was the only person he could talk to since his father passed away. Lasee asks why he didn't tell him about what happened. Burch says Ed here isn't the same Ed he knew in NY. Lasee asks if Ed would say same about Burch. #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
It's getting a little heated between state and Burch questioning. Judge Zakowski interjects saying 'This is a stressful situation for everyone. Burch, wait for DA to ask the questions, then answer. DA, wait for him to respond,' #BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
2h2 hours ago
State: Ed Jackson helped you get a fresh start, but you didn't trust him (enough to tell him what happened that night)?
Burch: Honestly, I didn't trust anyone
State: Because you wouldn't be believed?
Burch: No sir, not at all.
#BurchTrial

Brittany Schmidt@BritSchmidtNews
1h1 hour ago
State is talking about Burch's testimony that he was knocked out and when he came to, VanderHeyden was already dead. Burch says if he would have seen Detrie/VanderHeyden's struggle, he wouldn't have 'stood by' He would have tried to help her, Burch says. #BurchTrial
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