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He Agrees He Did It: Closing Arugments in Trial of Teen Accused of Murdering Cheerleader
"He agrees he did it.
Thats one way prosecutor Kevin Allen characterized the trial tactics of accused killer William Riley Gaul during closing arguments Tuesday morning and early afternoon. The former Division III college football player is on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Emma Walker, who was a high school cheerleader.
Allen accused Gaul of creeping into [the victims] yard at three oclock in the morning and discharging a gun into her bedroom wall while she slept. He also accused Gaul of lying to a number of people, including his friends, mother, and grandfather. He said the defendants deceit and lies were evidence of his guilt.
The biggest whopper of them all, Allen said, was when Gaul claimed he was crying in the parking lot of his college athletic center over his failed relationship with the victim during the time he was really at her house shooting her through her bedroom wall. Cell phone records proved Gaul was not in the lot, Allen said.
This case is worthy of convicting him on every count, Allen said. Gaul was possessive, he was manipulative, he was controlling, he was toxic, Allen argued....
The defense argued that Gaul staged the kidnapping, dressed in black on previous incidents, and eventually fired into the house in a twisted attempt to get Walker to talk to him or possibly to seek comfort in his arms....
With Gaul admitting he pulled the trigger, the case comes down to a question for jurors about mental state. They need to decide whether the shooting was premeditated, intentional, reckless, or negligent."
https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials...ial-of-teen-accused-of-murdering-cheerleader/
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"He agrees he did it.
Thats one way prosecutor Kevin Allen characterized the trial tactics of accused killer William Riley Gaul during closing arguments Tuesday morning and early afternoon. The former Division III college football player is on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Emma Walker, who was a high school cheerleader.
Allen accused Gaul of creeping into [the victims] yard at three oclock in the morning and discharging a gun into her bedroom wall while she slept. He also accused Gaul of lying to a number of people, including his friends, mother, and grandfather. He said the defendants deceit and lies were evidence of his guilt.
The biggest whopper of them all, Allen said, was when Gaul claimed he was crying in the parking lot of his college athletic center over his failed relationship with the victim during the time he was really at her house shooting her through her bedroom wall. Cell phone records proved Gaul was not in the lot, Allen said.
This case is worthy of convicting him on every count, Allen said. Gaul was possessive, he was manipulative, he was controlling, he was toxic, Allen argued....
The defense argued that Gaul staged the kidnapping, dressed in black on previous incidents, and eventually fired into the house in a twisted attempt to get Walker to talk to him or possibly to seek comfort in his arms....
With Gaul admitting he pulled the trigger, the case comes down to a question for jurors about mental state. They need to decide whether the shooting was premeditated, intentional, reckless, or negligent."
https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials...ial-of-teen-accused-of-murdering-cheerleader/
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