Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #WestsTrial
Most recents (15)
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West is back in session. Judge Charles Brehmer told the jury that a couple days ago there was an objection to a motion to strike regarding a witness, and he struck testimony related to initial contact w children and county counsel. #WestsTrial
The Wests are charged with crimes including murder in the deaths of Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3, and the trial is now in its 20th day. It is expected to wrap up soon. #WestsTrial
Alekxia Torres Stallings, lead counsel for Jacqueline West, has called Dr. Susan Napolitano to the stand. She is an expert witness who the defense will use in an to show the testimony of the Wests' eldest child was influenced by interviewers and isn't reliable. #WestsTrial
We're on the 19th day of trial in the case against Trezell and Jacqueline West. The entire grand jury testimony of the Wests' eldest child is going to be read into the record, with attorneys and the judge reading different parts. #WestsTrial
Attorney R. L. Hutchison is reading the responses of the child, while Fatima Rodriguez, one of the attorneys representing Jacqueline West, is reading the responses of the interviewer. #WestsTrial
The boy said he went to 1st grade and then was home-schooled. He identified a photo of Jacqueline West as his mother and said she taught him. He identified a photo of his father and said he's "nice, and smart." #WestsTrial
Court is back in session in the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West. Jacqueline West's attorney, Alekxia Torres Stallings, is questioning her first witness, Christopher Armstrong, who enhanced images and video for the defense. #WestsTrial
Armstrong testified one video of the West home on Dec. 21, 2020, shows lights in the background that in his opinion correspond with the motion of a car on the roadway. #WestsTrial
Armstrong said the video shows someone open the right door of the Wests' van but you can't see who it is. You can see the door open but can't see the person because they are wearing dark clothing and there is very little reflective light. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West is back in session. This is the 18th day of trial for the couple, charged with murder and other offenses in the deaths of Orrin and Orson West, who authorities say died 3 months before the Wests reported them missing. #WestsTrial
Detective Thomas Hernandez is back on the stand under cross-examination by Timothy Hennessy, lead attorney for Trezell West. He is discussing receiving a tip from a woman who says she saw the boys in Arlington, Texas. #WestsTrial
An address and license plate was given, Hernandez said. An Arlington man testified last week the woman was mistaken, the children are his own biological children. #WestsTrial
Starting a new thread. The boy says he's worried about both Orrin and Orson. He say he wants them to return to play with him. #WestsTrial
The boy says the Wests' biological children talked about where Orrin and Orson went but he doesn't know where they went. #WestsTrial
Barton leaves for a minute then returns and resumes questioning. Asked who moved from Bakersfield to Cal City, the boy names his other brothers but not Orrin and Orson. #WestsTrial
We're back in session in the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West. Wanda West, Trezell's mother, is testifying via Zoom. #WestsTrial
Trezell and Jacqueline are charged with murder and other crimes in the deaths of Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3, whose bodies have not been found. Prosecutors say the boys died about 3 months before the Wests reported them missing. The boys were adopted. #WestsTrial
Wanda West said she is in Washington, D.C., visiting one of her sons. She has three sons, Trezell is the middle child. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West is back in session with the Wests' eldest child on the stand being questioned by prosecutor Eric Smith. #WestsTrial
With Smith referring him to the transcript of the interview played before the afternoon break, the boy said Orrin choked and there was vomit coming out of his mouth. #WestsTrial
The boy said he had gone to school room and came back and his mom and dad were in the room. He said he's not sure if his parents said anything about Orrin. He said he doesn't remember what happened next. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West has resumed with the Wests' 9-year-old biological son back on the witness stand. He's being cross-examined by Alekxia Torres Stallings, lead counsel for Jacqueline West. #WestsTrial
The Wests are charged with murder and other crimes in the deaths of Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3, who were reported missing Dec. 21, 2020 and whose bodies have not been found. Prosecutors say the boys died months before reported missing. #WestsTrial
A sidebar has been called. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West has resumed with the Wests' adopted 10-year-old child on the stand. #WestsTrial
Prosecutor Eric Smith is displaying a photo of bunk beds in the Wests' California City home. The child said he had the top bed. Orrin or Orson had the bottom bed he said, adding he can't remember. #WestsTrial
The boy said he thinks Jacqueline and Trezell West told him Orrin and Orson were going to sleep down there. He said sometimes he would see them sleep on the bottom. Smith is asking him about his prior testimony for the grand jury. #WestsTrial
Ashley Penland is testifying via Zoom at the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West. She lives in Arizona and previously lived in California City. #WestsTrial
Penland testified she became aware of the search for Orrin and Orson West the evening of Dec. 21, 2020. Cal City police went to her home. #WestsTrial
Penland said she never had contact with the Wests but knew where they lived. A sidebar has been called. #WestsTrial
The trial is back in session in the case of Trezell and Jacqueline West, accused in the deaths of adopted children Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3. Detective Thomas Hernandez, the lead investigator, is back on the stand. #WestsTrial
Hernandez has identified DNA swabs he took of Ralph Moseley and some of the other West children. Smith ended his questioning and defense is going to wait to cross-examine Hernandez because he's going to testify later in the trial. #WestsTrial
Dechelle Smith has been called to the stand. She works at the Kern Regional Crime Lab. #WestsTrial
Court is back in session with another witness testifying via Zoom. This witness is the sister of Jacqueline West. She now lives in Oregon, where she went to escape an abuser, she said. #WestsTrial
When she moved to Oregon the Wests had only their first two children, she said. #WestsTrial
The sister said she became aware her mother was fostering children, and she also became aware Jacqueline and Trezell became foster parents. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West resumes this morning with testimony from Apryl Brown, a criminalist at the Kern Regional Crime Lab. #WestsTrial
The Wests are charged with murder and other crimes in the deaths of adopted sons Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3. Their bodies have not been found. #WestsTrial
Brown helped process the Wests van in December 2020. She was told to look for blood stains in the vehicle. #WestsTrial
Officer Brian Hansen of the Cal City PD has taken the stand in the second day of trial for Trezell and Jacqueline West. The Wests are charged with murder and other offenses in the deaths of their adopted sons Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3. #WestsTrial
On Dec. 21, 2020, the day Orrin and Orson were reported missing, Hansen went to the Wests home. He had a police trainee, Joshua Flores, with him. #WestsTrial
Prosecutor Eric Smith is questioning Hansen about what he saw when he first arrived. The officer said he contacted Jacqueline and Trezell West. They told him Trezell was in the backyard gathering firewood while the children were playing. #WestsTrial
The trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West -- accused in the deaths of Orrin, 4, and Orson, 3 -- is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. The Wests were the adoptive parents of the boys, who were reported missing in December 2020. #WestsTrial
The Wests are charged with 2nd-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, child cruelty, falsely reporting an emergency and conspiracy. It's also alleged they induced a minor to commit a crime. #WestsTrial
Prosecutors have said Orrin and Orson died three months before the Wests reported them missing but have remained tight-lipped on what evidence they have the boys are dead. Their bodies have not been found. A gag order bars attorneys from speaking about the case. #WestsTrial
