Thread by @MattFlenerKMBC

ON FBI RECORDING:

They are talking about going to talk to Kara via Ouija board.

Farris: I'm really curious what she's going to say. You are too...

YUST: No I'm not...

YUST: Do you understand that this is like the biggest f'up in my entire life?"

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YUST: "Imagine that I killed you. That's so f'd up."

FARRIS: "I'd imagine if I were in her situation, I'd want you to come talk to me."

Yust now giving Farris directions. "Take a right....Take a right"

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YUST TO FARRIS ON FBI RECORDING: "No one knows this, not even my own father, not my brother, anyone. You are the only person."

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"I thought I was going to prison for the rest of my life," Yust said.

"Only way if I will ever kill someone if it's in the military."

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"I'm sorry. I should just give up and not talk to you," Yust said.

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Farris confronts him about cheating on her.

"That and Kara are the two things if I could take anything back," Yust said.

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Farris: "That was a long time ago, it was in the past."

Yust: "I'm definitely not that person any more."

Farris: "Me neither."

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Now, they are getting out of the car. More rustling around.

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Sounds like they are now walking together.

Apologies, as I will have to leave for a few minutes again to go talk to our TV audience.

I will pick back up around 5:10 p.m.

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Alright -- back. We just missed some rustling around and walking. Now court is in recess. See you tomorrow everyone.

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YUST TRIAL DAY 4: Jury just now coming back into the courtroom. We're expecting to hear more of the FBI wire recording by Katelynn Farris, one of Kylr Yust's ex-girlfriends. Farris wore a wire on Feb. 11, 2011.

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On the FBI recording, it sounds like Farris is spelling out letters on a Ouija board to try and reach the spirit of Kara Kopetsky.

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FBI recording: "What about Kylr?" Farris asks.

DIG, she spells out on the Ouija board

"What's happening, Kara?" Farris asks.

RUN.

"From what?" Farris asks.

HI.

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FBI recording: "Kylr, why is he empty?"

D --

I don't get what you're saying.

"Is there anything you would like to say?" Farris asks.

M-A-Y

"What about May?" Farris asks.

Farris: "Can you ever forgive him? Are you sad?"

Again you can hear a heartbeat.

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Kylr on FBI recording: "Are you happy where you are?"

No sound.

"Will I (sic) when I die?"

No sound.

Then, hard to hear what they are spelling.

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Kylr says something about the left side of his face.

FARRIS: "Are you touching him right now?"

FARRIS: "Can you tell us where you are?"

"S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G H-E-R-E," Farris spells.

Again, this is when they use a Ouija board to contact Kara.

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Kylr: Am I cursed?

Hard to hear after this...

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More rustling...

KYLR: "Oh my God. I just like felt her hand on my shoulder. She didn't say anything, but I heard her voice"

KYLR: "It was her voice."

KYLR: "I promise I will come back and see you Kara."

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Accused killer Kylr Yust on Thursday listens to an FBI audio recording made by his ex-girlfriend Katelynn Farris. Farris wore a hidden wire while taking Yust to a spot in the woods where he allegedly buried Kara Kopetsky to contact her via a Ouija board.

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Kylr Yust took his ex-girlfriend Katelynn Farris to a spot in the woods to try to contact the spirit of Kara Kopetsky on Feb. 11, 2011. Ultimately, it was not the same spot a mushroom hunter found the remains of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions.

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FBI RECORDING:

They are now driving again.

KYLR: "I f'ing killed her and left her out...(sic)."

FARRIS: "Like she said she's not mad at you.
That's all that matters."

KYLR: "She's gotta know that she's not alone. I hate myself."

FARRIS: "Don't"

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FBI RECORDING:

YUST: "I hope it amounts to something someday."

FARRIS: "Everything amounts to something someday."

YUST: "Let's get coffee."

FARRIS: "OK."

Farris is coughing again.

KYLR: "You really need some cough drops."

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KYLR: "We should've smoked a joint while we were there."

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Now, they're at a coffee shop.

Kylr orders. Hard to hear what he ordered.

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They're talking about picking scabs off Farris's ears, now.

"Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be..." Yust starts singing a Beatles song, presumably talking to Farris about leaving a scab.

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COFFEE CLERK: Four dollars even.

YUST: You can just keep the dollar for a tip.

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FARRIS: "Where to?"

YUST SINGS: "You can do whatever you like."

Yust makes a phone call to someone to ask for some spare jewelry.
Person on phone is giving him a dentist chair, as a tattoo chair.

YUST: "I'll have a professions a** f'ing dentist chair in my apartment."

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YUST: “This really turns you on that I killed a girl?”
FARRIS: "It doesn’t really turn me on.”
YUST: "Why were you saying all that bulls**t one day, just because you were trying to get me to confess?"
(I missed what Farris said after this)
Then, they move on.

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As they are driving around, still...

Farris: I’m nasty.

Yust: You are sexy.

Farris: Inaudible

Yust: I just want to get all up on that.

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Now, we're just into inaudible rustling. Sounds like they're walking and moving.

CONTEXT: FBI agents had eyes on Katelynn Farris during this entire hidden wire recording on Feb. 11, 2011. They followed her and Yust watching out for her safety.

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I believe this could be the 25 minute portion of inaudible rustling on the recording prosecutor Julie Tolle mentioned before the jury came in this morning. Not exactly sure, but it's been quite a while where it's hard to hear.

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ON FBI RECORDING:

Yust: "I was about to call while you were in the bathroom."

Farris: "I was about to puke."

Yust: "Let's go get some food."

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Now, they're listening to a song together. The audio is very tinny so it's hard to hear what song it is.

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On the way to go get something to eat -- sounds like they are driving to Taco Bell.

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So far -- the jury has heard at least 5 hours of this FBI recording.

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Now, Kylr Yust is belching in the drive-thru line, and laughing.

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Inside the courtroom as prosecutors play a FBI hidden wire recording by Kylr Yust's ex-girlfriend, Katelynn Farris. Seated at left table is Yust's defense team. Cass County prosecutors are seated three-across at the table on the right.

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FBI wire recording still going...

They're just having conversation while driving, now.

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Sounds like Farris just dropped off Yust.

YUST: "Bye, be safe, drive safe. I love you."

FARRIS: "Hey, can you take that with you."

FARRIS: "You have a trash can."

YUST: "What are you talking about."

YUST: "If you find my cell phone in there, come back."

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Farris on phone after she drops Kylr Yust off.

Hard to tell who she's talking to...but presumably FBI.

FARRIS: "Did you get all of it?"

Recording continues.

"Right here?"

Rustling.

Male voice: "Date's 2-10-2011. 3:53 p.m. This concludes our recording."
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Morning recess.

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Katelynn Farris is now back on the witness stand.

Jury returning.

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Cass County Prosecutor Ben Butler now talking to Farris to recap the FBI recording.

Farris says she went to a diner with Yust.

Butler: "Is that where he said "He strangled the f out of her and left her out in the f'ing woods."

Farris: "Yes."

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Farris said they went to Walgreens to buy supplies for the Ouija board.

They went to Barnes and Noble to look up a book on how to make a Ouija board.

Farris said the FBI wire was in her bra.

She had a key-fob wire in her pocket.

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Farris testifies the FBI had a plan to make sure she was safe.

They went back to Yust's apartment to get a planchette to use on the Ouija board.

Then, they go out to the woods to use the Ouija board.

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The woods were over by his grandpa's house in Grandview.

Farris guesstimates around 15-20 minutes from Yust's apartment.

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Farris said she parked by the side of the road on a yellow barricade. She said there was a field, and large wooded area by a stream. She said it was winter time and very cold.

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Farris said she was skeptical about this being the spot for Yust to bring Kara Kopetsky's body.

Farris: "I did ask, How do you know this was the spot?"

She testifies Yust said it was because of a specific tree.

(Wasn't the eventual spot where Kara was found)

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Farris says Yust confronted her after investigators searched that exact spot after the recording.

She denied knowing anything about it to Yust.

Farris said she was not concerned about it.

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Farris now testifying about how she moved back from North Carolina to move in with Kylr Yust. She said it was not a romantic relationship.

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Now back to the FBI recording.

PROSECUTOR BUTLER: When you're told that Kylr killed someone, was the plan to "run out afraid?"

FARRIS: "I wasn't really told. They told me whenever it ended it ended."

Farris said she wasn't really afraid of Kylr.

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Butler: "Katelynn, why did you put yourself through all that and agree to do this?"

Katelynn said she was torn about the hidden wire.

But, she eventually agreed to it.

Farris: "If I was in that position, I would want somebody to do that for me."

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Here is Katelynn Farris on the stand, testifying about the hidden FBI wire she wore to get a confession from Kylr Yust, to have him take her to the location of where Kara's body was located in Feb. 2011.

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Sharon Turlington -- Kylr's defense attorney is now questioning Katelynn Farris.

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Turlington trying to pin down Farris on whether she may have used sexual innuendos on this day.

"You continually let him believe that maybe he could move to North Carolina and move in with you," Turlington said.

Farris: "Yes."

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On cross/ex: "He's basically just trying to use every line in the book to get with you."

Farris: "Yes."

He was trying to get you to go to his apartment to have sex, right? Turlington asks.

"Probably," Farris said.

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Farris said she and Yust left a box of chocolates and cigarettes in the woods for the spirit of Kara Kopetsky.

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Farris is now excused from the witness stand.

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Seth Duncan, previous roommate of Kylr Yust and Farris' girlfriend in 2011, now testifying.

He testifies he accidentally overdosed on heroin so it is hard for him to get his words out.

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Prosecutor Julie Tolle: "But you have everything actually still in your brain."

Duncan: "Yes."

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Seth Duncan testifies Kylr Yust confessed to him to killing Kara Kopetsky.

Prosecutor: "Can you tell the jury what he did to Kara Kopetsky?

Duncan: "That..."

Prosecutor: "Just take your time, it’s OK."

Duncan: "He got into an argument with her."

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Prosecutor: "He told you that he got into an argument with her. And, what did he tell you he did when he got into the argument with Kara."

Duncan: "It escalated."

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Duncan: "Before he knew what happened, she wasn’t breathing any more," testifying about what Yust told him.

Prosecutor: "Did he tell you that he quote unquote choked her out."

Duncan: "Yes"

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Prosecutor: "What did you tell her he did?"

Duncan: "That he just sat there...he stared in her eyes for a while."

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on cross ex.

Yust defense attorney Sharon Turlington trying to pin down why Duncan went to police. She's trying to get him to say he only went to police after he spent the night at Katelynn Farris's house. She says it was weeks after Kylr confessed to him.

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Here is Seth Duncan on the stand.

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Duncan is now excused.

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Jack Kruse(sp?) now on the stand.

Former bandmate of Yust.

He said he saw an argument between Kylr and Kara. Yust came out of a room and smashed a glass picture, he said.

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I'll call him "Jack" until I figure out the spelling of his last name.

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Jack is now testifying about a picture of the band taken at a friend's grandfather's property.

Quick testimony.

Done.

Aaron Capanetto now on the stand. Former friend of Kylr Yust.

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Here's a picture of the band from previous testimony

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Capanetto now testifying about talking to Yust staying at his place with Candice Matthews (St. Clair).

Candice and Kylr had been staying for a couple days.

He came back one night without her.

Intoxicated. Bottle of whiskey.

Upset.

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Capanetto said he knew about Kylr and missing girls.

"He admitted to me that he had killed Kara that evening," Capanetto said.

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Capanetto said Yust told him he didn't come back with Candice Matthews because she left Yust.

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"He asked me if I had every loved somebody so much that I would rather see them dead than with somebody else," Capanetto said.

Capanetto: I said no.

Capanetto: "He told me that he killed Kara and he strangled her."

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Capanetto: He told me that she wasn't the only one he had ever killed.

He said he was going to leave behind a folder of evidence of locations of bodies, that he was going to have a concert and kill himself.

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Capanetto is pictured on the stand.

He said he contacted police about the Kylr Yust's confession in 2016 after Jessica Runions went missing.

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Capanetto on cross/ex. says he is a DJ, and a music producer.

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Capanetto said he has played music at several BDSM (don't Google it) events in Kansas City.

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Hard to know where Turlington is going with setting this up.

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He is now asking Capanetto about Candice Matthews. Says he saw Candice yesterday, but hadn't seen her in years.

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Turlington now cross/ex. about Capanetto's conversation with Yust when he admitted to killing Kopetsky.

He wanted us to work on a music project where he would kill himself, and he would leave evidence behind on where he left other bodies.

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"I do recall him basically wanting to make a music project where the finale would've been him killing himself," Capanetto said.

As for Kopetsky, Yust did not tell Capanetto any specifics, Capanetto said.

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Yust attorney "So this is like drunken ranting about being a killer?"

Capanetto: "Yes."

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Capanetto testifies he was on probation for selling pot.

"If you truly believe that someone was a murderer and danger to other people, you wouldn't want anyone else to get hurt?" Turlington said.

Capanetto: "That's true"

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Turlington: You did not come forward until 2016.

Capanetto: True.

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Redirect.

Prosecutor: Do you feel pretty horrible about the fact that you didn't come forward?

Capanetto: "It's one of the worst things that ever happened to me."

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Prosecutor Julie Tolle: "The fact you didn't come forward is something that you have to live with for the rest of your life, right?"

Defense objection.

No further questions.

The question hangs.

Lunch break...

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Correcting the spelling on Caponetto. Court documents have it spelled with an "a"

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BACK FROM LUNCH: Witness Nick Kirkbride, friend with Caponetto.

Kirkbride said Yust admitted to him he killed girls via asphyxiation.

"I remember him saying I knew I was the devil when I strangled the life out of them," Kirkbride said Yust told him.

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Kirkbride said Yust told him about a plan to kill himself at a concert. Saying he wanted to blow his brains out with a gun.

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Kirkbride said he told someone. Eventually a detective came to Excelsior Springs, where he lived, to talk. Said he agreed to come in to talk to police.

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Kirkbride testifies he originally didn't go to police because a serial killer had threatened to kill him.

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Cross/ex.
Kirkbride said he went to visit Kylr Yust after he got out of prison to give his painting back.

Turlington, Yust's defense attorney, now trying to pick apart why Kirkbride did not go to police.

Some tense moments between Kirkbride and Turlington, now
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Nick Kirkbride on the stand.

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Kirkbride is really digging in here with Sharon Turlington.

The tension in both of their voices is very strong.

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Now, back to night of confession by Kylr to Aaron Caponetto. Kirkbride testifies Kylr was upset.

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Testifies he was sober with Aaron Caponetto. Yust, very drunk.

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Turlington says sometimes he's talking about "I love you guys. At other times he's talking about being a serial killer."

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"After this happened, and threatened to kill you, you didn't call the police the next day?" Turlington said.

"No, because he threatened to kill me," Kirkbride said.

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Turlington trying to drive home point about him going back to Kylr Yust to give a painting back after he got out of jail.

"And then I never talked to him, or saw him again for the rest of my life," Kirkbride says forcefully into microphone.

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More back and forth about giving painting back to Yust.

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Kirkbride done.

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FBI Special Agent John Hauger now on the stand. Has a specialty in cell phone records to:

- Show where a phone was.
- To find a phone.
- To teach state and local law enforcement.

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Hauger said he worked on the Kopetsky case, in part, first in 2009.

He was given the full records in 2017.

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Hauger said he was asked to assist several times.

Says he was involved in the Katelynn Farris wiretap.

"Very, very nervously," describing his agency's demeanor on the wiretap. "Not much sleep was going on that night."

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Hauger says FBI lost connection with Farris during the wiretap.

When Katelynn went into woods, transmitter stopped transmitting, Hauger said.

Says there was a plane circling above Farris and Yust to keep an eye on her.

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Talking about cell technology during disappearances

Says Kara was the era of 2G.
Jessica was the era 3G.
Today we are 5G.

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Hauger sounds like he is now going to testify about Kara's cell phone records on the date of her disappearance.

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Hauger now talking about Kara Kopetsky's cell phone records.

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9:13 a.m. Kara outgoing call to 816-682-#### - Kylr Yust's phone.

Discussion regarding billed calls.

Cingular billed two minutes of air time for the call.

At least 61 seconds of airtime was used here.

Call could be billed for a very long voice mail.

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9:20 a.m. May 4, 2007 incoming 816-682-#### from Kylr to Kara.

Was a 1 minute billed call.

Prosecutor: "When is the very last call that Kara Kopetsky ever makes?"

Hauger: "10:25 a.m. on the 4th."

Prosecutor didn't establish who this was. May come back.

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Looking at maps now, talking about Kara's phone calls made at night. Most likely around Kara's house.

Next morning, 5-4-2007, Kara's phone was in the area of a tower near Belton High School.

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Page 10 -- last activity of cell records. Same tower, but facing away from the home and high school.

This is referencing the 10:25 a.m. phone call on May 4.

Signal has moved away -- facing northeast of cell tower.

Signal before was facing south.

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Hauger talking now about data usage just after 1 p.m. on Kara's phone.

Says it's hard to decipher data location with AT&T.

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Was there a call made by Kara at night on 5-4-2007?

Hauger says not from the records he sees.

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Now talking about Kylr Yust's T-Mobile phone records.

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Kylr Yust has calls on 5/3/2007.

Big gap

Kylr Yust cell calls pick back up in evening on 5/4/07.

Nothing earlier in the day.

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T-Mobile was going from 2G to 3G. Back in 2007. Type of report used by T-Mobile didn't capture all cell sites.

"There's no way for Law Enforcement to obtain records that don't exist, right?"

Calls happened.

It's incredibly bad luck.

Why was there gap?

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Yust phone records show activity on Yust's phone on 5/4/2007.

902 pm
906 pm
912 pm
926 pm
943 pm
1000 pm
1004 pm
1005 pm
1034 pm
1110 pm

Near Belton High School

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cross/ex.

Yust attorney Matt Vigil now talking about a call on 1:03 p.m. on 5/6/2007. (I missed which phone this was for).

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FBI Special Agent John Hauger on the witness stand talking about cell phone records for Kara Kopetsky and Kylr Yust.

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Yust Attorney Matt Vigil going back and forth with Hauger about why there is no location records for Yust's cell phone on 5/4.

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Hauger again says he wasn't given complete cell records to review until 2017.

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Were Kara and Kylr's phone together at the same time?

Because of the gap, due to older system, Hauger said we can't tell.

Hauger: Don't know where Kylr's phone was between 5:11 pm. on 3rd, and 9:56 p.m. on the 4th.

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Hauger: We know Kara's phone was used after 1 p.m. on 4th. A text message.

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Outgoing text at 1:06 on 5/4.

Prosecutor: Does that mean Kara Kopetsky sent that text?

Hauger: "We don't know who was touching her phone."

Tolle: "So anyone could've sent that text message?"

Objection.

"including the last person seen with her?"

NFQ.

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Jamie Runions now on the stand.

Prosecutor: "Why are you here today?"

"My daughter was murdered," Runions said.

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"She used to call me a mama bear, but she was a mama bear herself."

She took care of her little sisters.

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Jamie Runions testifies about September 8, 2016, when Jessica went missing.

Jessica sent a FB message to Jamie.

Last actual text was a group text the night before.

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Runions testified she planned to see Jessica on Sept. 9, 2016.

She had a follow-up appointment after an appendectomy to be able to return to work.

Scheduled around 2pm.

Runions was going to go to appt with Jessica.

Jessica's car wasn't at her house.
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Called her. Texted her. Called Jessica's boyfriend.

Went straight to voicemail.

Text was "green like it didn't send."

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Runions said it was not like her. So she started panicking.

She called everyone she could think of.

She eventually got a call from Jessica's boyfriend after 7pm.

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Jackson tells her she was going to a friend's house.

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Runions then filed a missing persons report.

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Runions: "It was the longest seven months of my life. Her father and I would search."

Runions: "We would search every night. We searched hot cold rain snow, we searched every chance we could get."

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Runions: "The community was absolutely wonderful to help search."

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Now, talking about missing person report she made for Jessica.

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Runions testifies the Beckfords (Kopetsky's family) called her about missing remains found.

"Because we were close," she said.

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Runions is NOT cross-examined by defense.

Her testimony is done.

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Recess over.

Jaxon Mallett on the stand. Jaxon was Jessica's boyfriend.

They met at Foxwood, a senior retirement center where they worked.

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Jaxon said he cut off contact with Yust after he learned Runions and Yust were sleeping together.

She remained living at Mallett's house.

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He said Yust would come over to their house banging on the door for Runions. He said it happened 3 or 4 times.

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"It made me concerned. If somebody's coming to my door and banging on it incessantly, it made me concerned," Mallett said.

He said he was concerned for Runions when this happened.

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Mallett said she left for a friends house the last time he saw her on Sept. 8, 2016.

He texted her about some things throughout the night.

Eventually she stopped texting back.

Last contact was at about 10 p.m.

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Next day, he texted her mom on the morning of Sept. 9, worried.

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Cross/ex. Attorney Matt Vigil starts talking to Mallett about Runions' marijuana use. Proseuction objects.

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*prosecution* I need a coffee.

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Mallett done with testimony.

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Tiffany Vess is on the stand now. Knew Runions and Yust. Allyn Alvarado was her best friend. (Alvarado's house was last known location of Runions at a party).

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Vess testifies Yust got angry about getting locked in a room at the party.

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Vess testifies she, Allyn, and Jessica went into Allyn's bedroom to smoke weed.

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Ben Butler, prosecutor: How was Yust around Jessica when you went back outside?

"I remember him being very clingy toward her."

"He was kind of all over her, kissing, hugging, stuff like that," she said.

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"There was one point where he was near her and they had fallen back and they had fallen near the fire pit, they almost got burned," Vess said.
Said Jessica eventually said she wanted to leave.
re: Yust: "I remember him being pretty passionate about it and angry."
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"He said are you just going to go back to Jaxon?" Vess said.

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Vess says Yust grabbed Allyn really hard. She says Allyn asked Yust to leave. Said it was out of the ordinary for Allyn to kick Yust out.

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Vess says Jessica was driving as they left, but hit Allyn's mom's car.

Said Yust was sorry, and said he would pay for it.

Vess says she didn't notice any injuries on Yust's face or hands.

Now cross ex.

I am going to do my live shot.

Back around 4:10.

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Allyn Alvarado on the stand, talking about Yust becoming aggressive toward him at his house.

Says Yust grabbed him by his arms and shoulders and dug his nails into his skin. Alvarado said he had scars from it.

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Alvarado said he asked them to leave around 11 p.m.

Says he messaged Jessica after Yust became angry with him.

Alvarado said, "You guys have to leave, now."

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SUV goes in reverse and hits his mom's car.

"I noticed it was Kylr who was driving," Alvarado said.

They switched roles. He's completely intoxicated.

Jessica was driving when they left.

Alvarado asks Jessica to call him.

Never heard from her again

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Alvarado called Yust to say Jessica did not go to her appointment the next day.

"He said that she had dropped him off, told him to f'off, and she left," Alvarado said.

He says Kylr did not offer to come help look for her.

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Defense cross ex. of Allyn Alvarado.

Sharon Turlington again. Doesn't turn on mic. She's done that multiple times in case.

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Alvarado testifies it was a surprise Kylr came over with Jessica.

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Turlington: "Kylr that night was basically a drunken idiot."

Alvarado. "No. He was drunk but I wouldn't call him an idiot."

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Next witness is not being identified. Just initials...due to personal issues, says proseuctor Julie Tolle.

Worked with Kylr Yust at Complete Bumpers in KCK.

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Witness says Kylr Yust arrived before him at work on Sept. 9, 2016.

He saw Yust's scratches on his face.

He says Yust wanted to leave and didn't want to be there.

Testifies Yust left work early.

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Molly Hastings, Yust's defense attorney, now cross ex.

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Missed most of the cross ex., but Tolle redirects to establish Yust's co-worker did see Yust leave work that day early on Sept. 9, 2016.

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Sgt. Eckert KCPD homicide unit now on the stand.

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Now reading Jessica's emails she got under a subpoena between Kylr and Kara.

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Jessica sends him an email saying sex is an issue with Kylr, that she keeps telling him no, but he keeps pushing.

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I missed quite a bit of the homicide detective reading Kylr Yust's emails to Jessica Runions during my live shot.

But, there are quite a few of them she's reading.

"I miss you so f'ing much Jess. I literally hate it when you're upset with me," she reads.

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Yust emails here to Jessica:

"Please let me make you happy again. You're the only woman I want to be with," in the email.

Another.

"Jess please talk to me for 5 minutes. Hear me out."

Another...

"...I don't deserve to have you. I deserve to be alone."

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Yust emails to Jessica:

"I know you probably don't miss me. But, I'm trying to get you to listen."

"Please talk to me Jess, you're everything to me."

"You're the woman of my dreams."

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"We have so much love for each other and consider forgiving me."

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Kylr Yust sent a lot of emails to Jessica.

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This is just a long string of messages the prosecution is having the homicide detective read from Yust. It's quite a cadence.

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Sgt. Eckert now getting ready testifying about a Jackson County jail call she listened to of Kylr Yust.

Defense objects and approaches.

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Jail recording now playing of Kylr and a woman. I believe this his mom.

"I love you very much. I'm not ever going to be out of here, you realize that, right?"

Asks his mom to order him a book.

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"I'm sorry that you're jealous of Jessep," mom said.

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Sounds like mom and Kylr are arguing about how he was raised.

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"Why don't you just admit that you killed that girl," mom said.

*hard to hear what Yust said next.

I believe I heard something similar to this from Kylr -- Do you know what a capital sin is? And not admit it?
Yust throws back that his mom committed adultery.
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"Why don't you tell me where Jessica's at...so her family can have closure?" Kylr's mom said.

Kylr says something after, but again, so quick, hard to transcribe.

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Kylr and his mom in a serious argument here, back and forth, on this Jackson County jail recording
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About how Kylr was raised...

"If you want to blame it on me, I can take it, I can totally take it," Kylr's mom said.

"I did not abuse you," Kylr's mom said, in part.

Kylr: "No, but you neglected me."

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Kylr's mom on Jackson County jail phone recording: "So that's why you go out and kill a girl?

"That's part of it." Yust said. "That's part of it."

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Kylr's mom on Jackson County jail recording: "So, did you kill Kara, too?"

Kylr: "I'm going to talk to a lawyer today..."

Then more conversation from Kylr.

Mom: "You know what? Bye."

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Kylr calls back and says he's sorry.

Mom and Kylr start arguing again about where Jessica is on recording.

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Defense cross/ex. Sgt. Eckert. Now talking to her about Ofcr. Joshua Meierer.

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After a short cross/ex.

We are done.

In recess...

See you tomorrow everyone!

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YUST TRIAL DAY 5: Crystal Taylor is first witness on the stand.

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Crystal Taylor is Jessep Carter's former wife. Jessep is Kylr Yust's half-brother.

Taylor says there wasn't much of a relationship between Kylr and Jessep.

Taylor said she met Jessica Runions once in 2016.

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CONTEXT: Jessep Carter committed suicide in the Jackson County Jail in 2018. He was originally jailed on a second degree arson charge.

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Crystal Taylor met Jessica Runions around August of 2016. Kylr and Jessica came to Edwards to visit the family. They stayed the night. The next day, they went to Kylr's mom's house so kids could go swimming. Taylor starts crying. Says her oldest loved Jessica.
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Sept. 9, 2016. Taylor and Jessep got up and they took the kids to school.

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Back up to night of Sept. 8, 2016, when Jessica went missing.

Prosecutor: If Jessep had been gone and not around, that would've stuck out in your mind?

Taylor: Yes.

Prosecutor: Jessep was with you?

Taylor: Yes.

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Jessep and Taylor continued w/day after she first heard Jessica was missing on Sept. 9.
They went to pick up their girls. They took the kids to play in the creek. They went to Kylr's mom's house.
Kylr had called his mom and said he wanted to see his brother.
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Jessep Carter and Taylor left Edwards and came up to Kylr's grandfather's house on the evening Sept. 9, 2016, she testifies. Says Jessep was confused on why his brother would need him.

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Taylor said she probably left Edwards about 5:30. Probably arrived at Kylr's grandfather's house in Raytown around 7-7:30.

They pulled up, and Kylr came out of the house to the car.

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Taylor said Kylr seemed really rushed and wanted to leave his grandfathers house and wanted to get out of there.

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Kylr got in the back seat with them. Taylor says she doesn't remember seeing anyone else when he got in.

They immediately left, she said. They went to Jessep's uncle Paul Andrulewicz's house about 15 minutes away in Kansas City on 59th St.

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Jessep and Kylr get out of vehicle at Jessep uncle Paul's house.

Taylor said she got out of car at Paul's house, talked about kids.

Before that, Taylor said Kylr was getting on her about Jessep drinking.

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Jessep Carter's former wife Crystal Taylor on the stand.

Taylor says Kylr told her they had broken up a week before. "She just had too many men after her. And what did I have to offer?" about Jessica.

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Taylor said, then, Kylr got a call.

She overheard Kylr:
"I went to work today, and she was pretty pissed off at me."
"Oh, we haven't seen her."

"You should probably file a missing persons report," and that was end of the conversation, Taylor said.

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"What I heard him say made me wonder things, because he was the suspect in Kara's case," Taylor said.
"When I heard that, ideas started running through my head." She got scared. Odd, she said, because Kylr told her Jessica broke up with him the week before.

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They go back to Kylr's grandpa's house. Kylr walked Taylor to a living area and said she could sit down and watch TV. He went back upstairs like he was going to go talk to Jessep. Taylor had never been down to the basement. Awkward, she said.

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Kylr and Jessep then leave his grandfather's house.

Jessep came down to tell her they were leaving.

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Taylor said they were gone about 30-45 minutes, but cannot remember.

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They got back and Jessep came to talk to her.

"He looked very shocked. Scared. Kind of like mind blown."

Prosecutor: It stood out to you?

Taylor: Yeah, it did. For him to be scared was not like him.

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Taylor said Jessep said it was time to go home. She testifies they got ready to leave. It was dark. It was late. She said she wanted to get back home to Edwards.

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Jessep was driving when they left. She was in the front passenger seat. Yust came out. She said Yust had something in his hands. Cannot remember what it was. He placed it and "hid it" in some bushes, Taylor said. Yust then gets in the car.

Prosecutor: "Were you scared?"

Taylor: "Yes, I didn't know what was going on. If I would say something to Jessep, he would give me a look, likec 'calm down.'"

"I believe Jessep didn't want Kylr to see me scared," she said.

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Taylor testifies they stopped at Jessep's cousins house in Lone Jack. Anthony Armstrong. When they get there. They got out, went to door. Jessep went inside. She followed. She can't remember if Kylr came in, but said possibly by entryway.

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She said Jessep gave her a gun and said, "put this on you."

Discreetly.

Prosecutor: "Did Yust see you get this gun?"

Taylor: "No"

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Something said about wet towel, Taylor said.

They were there for about 5-10 minutes.

They traveled home.

Taylor: "Kylr did ask for us to take the batteries out of our phones. He mentioned like he already thrown his out."

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Prosecutor: "What goes through your mind when you're told that?

Taylor: "Still scared."

Jessep and Taylor both took the batteries out of their phones, as directed by Yust, Taylor testifies.

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Taylor said a cop saw them and started following them.

Taylor says Kylr said the following:

"Oh, God, somebody might as well just f'ing kill me now"

The cops stopped them.

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Cops pulled them over. They all got out of the car. Cops found Taylor's gun. Put her in handcuffs.

Did he tell you why you got pulled over? Taylor said cop said, "You didn't do anything wrong you're allowed to have a gun.

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Cops gave Jessep some sort of ticket. Taylor: I'm not for sure, what. Driving suspended possibly? No insurance.

Kylr was talking to one of the police officers. They knew each other. They took the gun. Taylor started driving.

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Crystal Taylor said she was scared during the police stop.

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They leave the traffic stop.

They got back to Edwards around morning time.

Jessep brought Kylr inside a trailer. Jessep took some non-perishable items to Kylr. The trailer belonged to one of Jessep's life long friends. The trailer had sat empty for a while.

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Taylor: Trailer didn't have utilities. The trailer was on a gravel road. Neighbor across the street. Lakefront property.

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She and Jessep left. Yust stayed behind in the trailer. They went back to Kylr and Jessep's mom's house.

She said there was a conversation on the way to the trailer. Yust asked Jessep to call his grandpa and he wanted money.

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Jessep and Taylor get back to mom's house. Her kids were there.

The police called.

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Taylor said later that evening, after dark, Jessep and Johnine (mom) gave their statement to police. Taylor said a police officer came to pick her up to give a statement.

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Prosecutor: After this day, was this pretty hard on you?

Silence.

P: Did you ever talk to Jessica again?

Taylor: No.

P: Did you ever talk to her parents?

T: No.

P: Did you ever see Yust again?

T: No.

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She said after this happened there was a lot of arguing with Jessep.

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Taylor said she never felt like she was directly accused. She said it was a scary, stressful, hard time.

"We went through a lot," she said.

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She said Jessep went downhill in the year after this happened. She said Jessep couldn't let anyone know what happened.

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Taylor said she and Jessep had problems at the beginning of their relationship. They met around 14-15.

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Here is a picture of the courtroom as Crystal Taylor is on the stand.

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Taylor said Jessep Carter was charged with a felony for hurting her in the late 2000's. She said Carter had drug abuse issues.

She testifies the events of Sept. 2016 took a toll on their relationship.

In 2017, she said Jessep went downhill. Became abusive.

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Taylor and Jessep break up. She goes to a shelter for five months. She eventually reconnected with the kids.

She moved to Blue Springs to live with her parents.

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Taylor said she broke off contact with Jessep. He would try to contact her, but she didn't respond.

One day, she said her aunt called her to watch the news.

She said she saw Paul's house on fire. She saw Jessep sitting on the curb.

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Prosecutor: "What happened to him in the Jackson County jail?

Taylor: He took his own life.

She breaks down crying...

Silence.

Powerful.

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Prosecutor: "That day in September. Why did you go along?"

Taylor said Jessep had been drinking. She wanted to be with him.

Prosecution done questioning.

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Cross/ex. by Molly Hastings -- Yust's defense attorney.

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Hastings now getting into the domestic abuse allegation.

Apparently he crawled into Taylor's trunk and took her hostage, according to Hastings' question.

Carter was convicted for kidnapping her.

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Hastings questions now getting into Sept. 9, 2016.

She said Jessep was drunk on the way up from Edwards to Kansas City to see Kylr at Al Yust's house.

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Taylor said when they got to Yust's house. Jessep starts driving.

Now, Hastings reestablishing facts of the timeline.

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Now, timeline goes back to when they returned to Kylr's grandpa's house in Raytown, when Jessep and Kylr apparently leave.

Hastings trying to get Taylor to say she didn't know who was coming and going from Kylr's grandpa's house.

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She testifies she doesn't remember how long they were gone.

They get back. Jessep starts driving.

They go to Anthony Armstrong's in Lone Jack.

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Taylor testifies she didn't know if Anthony Armstrong was there.

Jessep gives her the gun. No explanation, but asks her to carry it, she testifies.

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Taylor said Jessep normally carried a knife.

Defense: At no point were you scared enough to use the gun on Kylr?

Taylor: No.

Defense: For Jessep to use the knife on Kylr.

Taylor: No

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Now, to the traffic stop. 3:25 a.m.

Taylor testifies it took a few minutes for Jessep to pull over.

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Second officer who pulls up has his gun drawn as he came up to the car, Hastings said.

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"Officer yelled out "gun," during traffic stop.

Taylor testifies she lied to the police about the gun. Hastings said Taylor said her grandfather had passed away and that she inherited it from her G'pa, and she carried it.

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More cross ex by Hastings. Back and forth about timeline.

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Now, questions about Carter's drug use.

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Now, back to uncle Paul's house and the news footage Taylor saw of Carter sitting on curb at the house as it was burning.

Sounds like defense might be trying to paint Jessep as potential suspect in Runions death for the jury.

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Taylor said she went to Jackson County Jail after Carter's suicide.

She asked for his bible, but they wouldn't give it. A white muscle shirt.

Hastings talks about a coded note that he left.

Prosecution objects, and asks to approach.

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Cross ex done after a few more questions.

No redirect.

Short recess.

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Now, Detective for KCPD on the stand. I couldn't hear his name.

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Detective said he was instructed to go to Raytown, to Yust's grandfather's house, where Yust lived.

He saw in the bushes there was a shirt and plastic trash bag. Collected shirt as evidence. He took the bag to police HQ where he put it into evidence locker.

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The shirt is now getting taken out of the evidence bag before the jury.

Detective putting on latex gloves. Looks like it is a red and white striped long-sleeve hoodie. He's holding it in front of jury.

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Defense cross/ex. Shirt wasn't hidden, it was just in the bushes. It was between the bushes and the house, detective testifies.
She's questioning about the evidence handling of the shirt.
Detective says when he collected the shirt he put it into a paper bag.
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Detective done. Sorry I couldn't capture his name.

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Now on the stand, Jarrah Kennedy. KCPD Crime Lab DNA analyst.

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Kennedy is talking about DNA and examining the red/gray hoodie. She says there was brownish and blackish staining. Four areas of interest from the shirt.

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Now, the jury is seeing a picture of the shirt. The entire right side has a brown stain covering the shirt. The right sleeve is tucked in. She said there are "defects" in the fabric.

Kennedy said she eventually established a DNA profile from the shirt.

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Kennedy establishing genetic information of Kylr Yust and Jessica Runions from several areas of the shirt.

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There is also a potential third profile in the genetic mix on the shirt. Jarrah Kennedy from KCPD crime lab said she cannot provide an assumption of who it is due to the minimal nature of DNA. You can see a picture of the shirt on the screen.

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More pictures now with Jarrah Kennedy from KCPD Crime Lab. Kennedy is testifying about a shirt found near bushes at Jessep Carter's uncle's house. Earlier testimony by Crystal Taylor said Kylr Yust hid something in the bushes at this house.

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In Matt Vigil's cross ex of Kennedy, she is now talking about doing work on a hammer and hammer head from Kara Kopetsky's case in 2011.

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The hammer talk was very brief...

Now the cross/ex. close.

Defense: Was there ever DNA of Jessica Runions on Kylr Yust?
Kennedy: No
Defense: Was there any blood of Jessica Runions on Kylr Yust's clothes?
Kennedy: No
D: Any blood on Kylr Yust's shirt?
Kennedy: No

Galen Smith, who found Jessica Runions, burning Chevy equinox around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 10.

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Smith said he saw flames coming out of an area near the trees. He pulled over and called 911. He could hear fire popping and crackling.

"It was a blaze," Smith said.

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Smith said he eventually left. He drove back the next day and let officers know he was the one who called 9-1-1.

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Smith now on cross/ex. He originally described it as some sort of transformer fire. He said he stayed around to watch firefighters put it out. He came back the next day to check on it. That's when he gave his information to police.

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Smith said he did not see anyone coming or going.

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Steven McElroy (sp?). He responded to tow Jessica Runions' car. He was dispatched around 1:30-2:00 a.m.
He said Runions' vehicle was off side of the road. He said it was severely burned. He couldn't touch it. He hooked under the car, and had to drag it.
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He said the vehicle re-ignited as he drove it down to the KCPD impound tow-lot.

He dropped the vehicle off.

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The next day. McElroy saw the missing person report.

He recognized the vehicle's tag number from the news, but it was one number off.

He contacted police and told them he towed the vehicle the night before.

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McElroy done.

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Paul Andrulewicz, Jessep Carter's uncle, is now on the stand.

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He's talking about his driveway and a burn barrel at his house.

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Andrulewicz said he did not talk to Kylr Yust when they arrived at his house on Sept. 9, 2016.
Crystal never got out of vehicle.
He went back inside.
He said he went out to water his garden and trash barrel was on fire. Yust had left 3-5 minutes earlier.
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Two years later, Andrulewicz is now talking about his burned house. He said people told him Jessep Carter probably did it.

July of 2018.

Prosecution done.

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Paul Andrulewicz said he gave police surveillance video of the day Jessep Carter burned his house in 2018.

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Back to Sept. 9, 2016 on cross examination. Paul is talking about burn barrel. He said he never uses gas in the burn barrel. He said he never puts aerosol cans in the burn barrel.

Cross/ex. done.

Lunch.

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Back from lunch. Laurie Nelson, KCPD crime scene technician, on the stand.

She processed the scene of Paul Andrulewicz's property. Andrulewicz was Jessep Carter's uncle.

Several pieces of black fabric. Metal buckle in burn barrels.

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Nelson also found an Otter brand cell phone case just outside of the barrels.

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Here is Kylr Yust and his defense team after lunch.

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Deputy Mitchell Lambert (sp?).

Worked for Henry County Sheriff's office.

Sept. 10, 2016, 3:02 a.m. was patrolling city of Windsor.

Got a call to assist a deputy.

He was the deputy had his gun drawn, during traffic stop of Taylor, Carter, and Yust.

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Jessep Carter was driving. He stepped out. Passenger was Crystal Taylor.

Kylr Yust was in back seat.

They went to elementary school together.

He instantly recognized Yust.

He says Kylr was "extremely nervous." Yust urinated himself. Yust's knees were shaking. He was white, pale, and clammy, deputy said.

"Major red flags," deputy said.

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Cross/ex. Molly Hastings now questioning about whether Yust urinated on himself.

Hastings presses deputy on whether he was an expert to know if Yust urinated himself.

Deputy said based on his experience, that's what he concluded.

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Prosecution now questioning deputy about dealing with intoxicated people.
Deputy said Yust's pants looked similar to how other intoxicated people urinate themselves.
Cross ex.
Hastings: "You would agree however..."
Prosecutor Julie Tolle: "May we approach judge?"
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Hastings: You would agree to the naked eye, you cannot tell the difference between liquid on someone's pants being urination and a liquid that may have spilled on them.

Deputy: Correct.

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Terence Carter Master Detective (Ret.) for KCPD now on stand.

Worked on bomb and arson squad. He is testifying about Sept. 10, 2016. He went to KCPD tow lot to examine Jessica Runions' burned Chevy Equinox SUV.

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Here are pictures of Jessica Runions' burned SUV.

1. Front driver's side tire/wheel on vehicle burned.
2. Rear hatch damaged/burned.

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Pictures also shown of:

Front portion of vehicle, remains of bumper/hood.

Overall shot from front of vehicle.

Side shot along driver's side rear wheel.

Rear tire/wheel.

All burned...

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Detective said the interior had melted down into the floorboard. Metal was damaged and burned.
Wiring, seat covers, dash board, all melted.

It had all become a thick mass of material.

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Detective: SUV had a strong odor of gasoline, after investigators started using crow bars to pry up material.

"I determined it was incendiary in nature," Detective Carter said.

Gasoline poured in and around the vehicle. Ignited by an unknown source, he said.

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Prosecutors asks about what type of inuries might happen to someone if they were standing close to a vehicle if gasoline is used and a fire started.

Defense objects.

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Prosecutor asks again about detective's experience with other injuries from these types of fires.

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What about injuries from someone who lit Runions' vehicle, prosecutor asks.

"When it flashes, it sends out a heat wave, burn."

"It can singe hair, cause eye damage..." detective testifies.

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Defense cross examining, trying to pick apart differences in injuries from an SUV or a burn barrel.

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Prosecution back.
Would someone have to be leaning directly over a burn barrel to get burn injuries to face, etc. ?
Det.: Would channel the blast/fire straight upwards.
So, conclusion would be that someone would have to be standing directly over the burn barrel.
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Detective is done.

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Deputy Dustin Love with Jackson County Sheriff's office now testifying. Used to work for Benton County Sheriff's office.

Sept. 11, 2016, he showed up to Edwards, Missouri to investigate Kylr Yust.

Contacted by KCPD to help with surveillance of his trailer.

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Love saw Yust in backseat of another deputy's vehicle. Love became aware Yust's facial injuries, wanting to make sure it didn't happen from his deputy.
Deputy: As for face injuries, Yust said he ran into tree.
"He was pretty smug and arrogant," Deputy Love said.
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Cross/ex. Matt Vigil confronting him about no report, or body cameras.
Love said he responded from home in the middle of the night and was not in uniform, so he did not have body camera.
Redirect. Love talking about supplemental report from Sept. 15 he wrote.

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Matthew Forrest, former KCPD crime scene technician, now testifying.

Sept. 12, 2016. Called to assist in processing multiple scenes in Warsaw and Benton County, Missouri.

Processed the White Durango Yust, Carter, and Taylor rode in.

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Gas can in the back of the Durango, Forrest testifies.

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Forrest now testifying about pictures of Kylr Yust obtained by a search warrant.

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Forrest noticed discoloration on Yust's face.

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Here are pictures of Kylr Yust obtained by search warrant on Sept. 12, 2016.

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GRAPHIC WARNING: Pictures of Yust's body obtained by search warrant. Blister on inside of finger. Scratch on side of face. Redness on hand.

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Cass County prosecutor Julie Tolle questions Matthew Forrest, a former KCPD crime scene technician. You can see an injury to Yust's finger on the screen behind Forrest. The picture was taken days after Jessica Runions went missing, and her SUV was found burned.
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On cross/ex. Matt Vigil establishes Forrest did not get any fingerprints from gas can.

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Forrest is done.

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Melanie Fields, KCPD Crime Scene Unit Supervisor, now testifying.

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Sept. 13, 2016, second search warrant executed on Yust, Fields said.

It was clear that there was possibly some singed hair from pictures day before.

They decided to go back and execute a new search warrant on Yust.

She took more photographs.

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New pictures of Yust, here, from Sept. 13.

Photos of left side of his face.

She saw healing injuries on both sides of face. Redness on nose. Hand injuries. Singed hair.

Correction to record. Forrest's pictures of Yust came from Sept. 11, Tolle said.

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Fields now talking about crime scene with human remains in 2017 in Cass County.

Remains scattered.

They broke the area into grids. Labeled grids.

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Fields testifies she saw an older set of skeletal remains and a newer set of skeletal remains.

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After a short afternoon recess, Ret. Master Detective Terence Carter from KCPD returns to the stand.

He's now looking at picture of Yust's right side of face.

He said an injury from a burn barrel would be worse than this.

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Looks at this picture again of the blister on Yust's finger.

Says this injury would be from a flash/gasoline type fire.

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Defense on cross/ex: If you're far away enough from a car, you're not going to get a burn like that on your finger, right?

Detective: Not necessarily, people that pour gasoline tend to get it on themselves.

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Defense on cross/ex: Based on these injuries, you could not say if they came from a burn barrel or a car fire, right?

Detective: I cannot.

Detective is done.

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Patrick Jones, from KCPD Crime Lab, now on the stand.

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Jones examined Kylr Yust's hair. Investigators wanted to know if there was any singing or burning in his hair.

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Jones now talking about Kylr Yust's hair, as seen under microscope.

Hair on right of picture has typical hair features. No damage.

Hair on the left. It had characteristics of being burned or exposed to heat, Jones testifies.

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More pictures of singed vs. normal hair from Kylr Yust, seen during testimony of KCPD's Jones.

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Jones steps down.

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