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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
When he testified before, according to Smith's questioning, the child said "no" to seeing Orrin or Orson on the bottom bed. #WestsTrial
The boy says he thinks he saw Orrin and Orson sleeping in the bottom bunk. #WestsTrial
Smith asked the boy if he remembers going to his grandmother Wanda West's house in December 2020. The boy said yes. #WestsTrial
The boy said he remembers the white van used to take him to the grandmother's house. He listed the others in the van with him. He said he doesn't know if Orrin or Orson were in the van with him and the other children. #WestsTrial
The boy said he remembers police coming to the grandmother's house. The boy has identified an image of himself at a table. #WestsTrial
Smith is about to play the boy's interview with law enforcement. #WestsTrial
The interview is being played now. The boy says he broke his arm when he was at the apartment when he fell while climbing the monkey bars. #WestsTrial
An officer is asking the boy to spell his name, asks him if he knows the difference between a lie and the truth. The boy was 8 at the time of the interview. #WestsTrial
The boy says he doesn't know the difference between doing something right or something wrong. #WestsTrial
Asked what happens at home when he does something wrong, the boy says "we miss out on stuff" like cake. #WestsTrial
He says yes when the officer asks if he knows it's wrong to hurt somebody. #WestsTrial
The officer asks who was in the car when the boy went to the grandmother's house. He lists the Wests and his brothers, but not Orrin and Orson. He says the last time he saw them was at the apartment in Bakersfield. #WestsTrial
The video has ended. The child said he remembers speaking with the officer. #WestsTrial
The child, shown a photo of the Wests' apartment in Bakersfield, testified that's where he last saw Orrin and Orson. #WestsTrial
The Wests moved from that apartment to Cal City in September 2020. #WestsTrial
He said either the Wests or one of the biological children told him Orrin was staying at Jacqueline West's mother's house. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't know where Orson went and didn't ask Trezell or Jacqueline West. Smith ended his questioning. #WestsTrial
Alekxia Torres Stallings, lead attorney for Jacqueline West, has begun cross-examination. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings asked how many times the boy has talked with Smith. He said he thinks 4 times. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings asked the boy what he was told he'd be doing today. He said to tell the truth. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings has asked if the boy was given anything to read before coming here today. He said no. #WestsTrial
He said no one told him to refer to the Wests as "Jackie" and "Trezell." Torres Stallings said when he previously testified he called Jacqueline West "mom" and Trezell West "dad." #WestsTrial
"Did anyone tell you not to look at them?" Torres Stallings asked. "No," he said. #WestsTrial
The boy said he hasn't seen them in a long time. #WestsTrial
The boy said his favorite memory of Jacqueline is when they moved to the desert. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings showed him a photo and he said he remembers it. He said they sometimes went on picnics. His favorite memory of Trezell is when he made bread because "it was good," the boy said. #WestsTrial
Trezell West wiped his eyes and attorney Victor Nasser handed him a tissue. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings is asking about Christmas and the toys they received. #WestsTrial
The boy said Orrin and Orson helped decorate the Christmas tree. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings is asking about the arm the boy had broken. He said he had a cast and drew on it. He said it happened a long time ago. #WestsTrial
The boy said he started referring to the Cal City area as "high desert" when he was placed in another home after the Wests. #WestsTrial
The boy paused, then said "sometimes" when asked about other children he lived with in a foster home after the Wests. He said sometimes they hit him. #WestsTrial
The boy's testimony has changed multiple times as to if Orrin and Orson went to the California City home. #WestsTrial
Asked by Torres Stallings, the boy said Orrin and Orson weren't in the van when the Wests dropped off him and the other children at his grandmother's house. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings has finished and Timothy Hennessy has begun cross-examination. #WestsTrial
The boy said when they first moved to Cal City they slept on the floor because the bunk beds hadn't been built. #WestsTrial
Hennessy finished and Smith is again asking questions. The boy said he doesn't remember if he also slept on the floor at the Bakersfield apartment. The child has been excused. #WestsTrial
Court is in recess for 15 minutes. #WestsTrial
Court is back in session with another of the Wests' adopted children on the witness stand. #WestsTrial
The boy is 8 years old. He's in 3rd grade. He said he knows the difference between the truth and a lie and answered a couple questions showing he knows the difference. #WestsTrial
He said math is his favorite subject. He also like reading. #WestsTrial
Shown a photo of Trezell, the boys said that's his dad. Shown a photo of Jacqueline, he said that's his mom. #WestsTrial
The boy said he recognizes a photo of the apartment building in Bakersfield where he used to live. #WestsTrial
The boy said he used to play games with Orrin. He said he didn't play with Orson because he was in another bedroom. #WestsTrial
The boy said Orrin and one of the Wests' biological children slept in his bedroo. The boy said he doesn't remember if Orrin and Orson ever got in trouble, and said no when asked if they were punished by his father. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't remember moving to the house in California City. He said "the outside" was his favorite part of the house because he could play outside. He played with his dogs in the backyard. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't remember who stayed in which bedroom in Cal City. Smith is going to show him some photos. #WestsTrial
Shown a photo of one of the bedrooms, the boy said it was his, another of the adopted children's and Orrin's room. He said he saw Orrin sleeping there. #WestsTrial
Smith asked the boy if he remembered Orrin and Orson moving with them. "No" the boy said. He said he doesn't remember who moved with him. #WestsTrial
The boy said he didn't go to school in the high desert and doesn't remember a classroom with a sliding door. Previous testimony has indicated the West children were home-schooled. #WestsTrial
The boy said he remembers going to his grandmother's house around Christmas in 2020 and he went there in a van. He said he doesn't remember where he sat in the van and doesn't remember who was in the van with him. #WestsTrial
Smith is going to play the video of the boy's interview with police. #WestsTrial
The video is playing. Smith stopped it to fix a technical issue. #WestsTrial
Smith has gone back to asking questions of the boy. The boy said Orrin and Orson moved to Cal City and stayed with him but doesn't remember for how long. #WestsTrial
The boy has answered "I don't remember" to many of the prosecutor's questions. #WestsTrial
The boy said he recalls testifying previously but doesn't remember how long ago it was or being asked about Orrin and Orson. #WestsTrial
Smith asked if he remembers saying Orrin and Orson left one day after they moved to the desert. The boy said he doesn't remember saying that. #WestsTrial
Smith is now playing the interview video. #WestsTrial
The boy says they "miss out" if they do something bad. On what? "Good stuff." #WestsTrial
The boy says he lives with his dad and brothers at the Cal City house. He doesn't mention Orrin and Orson but names the other brothers. #WestsTrial
When they traveled in the van to his grandmother's house his parents, he and his brothers were in the van -- but not Orrin and Orson, he said. #WestsTrial
The boy says both Orrin and Orson moved to the Cal City house "but then they left." He says they were only there one day and he doesn't know where they went. #WestsTrial
The video has ended. #WestsTrial
Asked by Smith, the boy said he remembers that interview and did the best to the tell the truth. #WestsTrial
He said he doesn't remember what he meant by saying Orrin and Orson were only in Cal City one day. #WestsTrial
Smith ended his questioning and Torres Stallings has begun cross-examination. #WestsTrial
She's asking the boy some quick, easy questions, including what he had for breakfast and lunch. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings asked who else was in the car that brought him to court. "My brothers," the boy said. He said he was told he would be coming to court on Monday by prosecutor Eric Smith. #WestsTrial
The Wests' two biological children and two other adopted children were brought to the courthouse together. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't remember how long ago he testified. #WestsTrial
"I don't remember," the boy said when asked to say something good about his mom. Under questioning by Torres Stallings he said he remembers her cooking for him and his dad playing with him. #WestsTrial
The boy said Orrin and Orson were at the Cal City house for a long time. #WestsTrial
The boy said everyone, including Orrin and Orson, helped put up the Christmas tree. #WestsTrial
He said Orrin and Orson slept in a bedroom in Cal City. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings finished her questioning. The boy has been excused. #WestsTrial
One of the Wests' biological children has been called to the stand. #WestsTrial
Each of the West children has shown up wearing a collared white shirt. #WestsTrial
This boy is 9 years old. He's in 3rd grade. His favorite subject in school is writing. #WestsTrial
He identified the Wests as his parents. He said he remembers living in an apartment in Bakersfield. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't recognize a photo of the apartment complex where the Wests lived but does recognize a photo of house in California City. He said he doesn't remember what room he stayed in or what it looked like. #WestsTrial
Asked who lived at the house, he named the Wests and his brothers but didn't name Orrin or Orson. #WestsTrial
Smith is asking the boy about bunk beds and who slept where. The boy said he slept in the middle bunk. #WestsTrial
The boy testified he doesn't remember Orrin or Orson. #WestsTrial
Smith displayed photos of Orrin and Orson. The boy said he doesn't recognize them. #WestsTrial
The boy said he doesn't remember going to his grandmother's house in December 2020, being there when police showed up or talking to police. #WestsTrial
Smith is going to play video of an interview police conducted with the child. #WestsTrial
The video is playing. The boy keeps rubbing his face and fidgeting in his seat. #WestsTrial
The officer answers his phone during the interview then goes back to questioning the boy. #WestsTrial
The boy is having difficulty answering any of the questions, including giving examples of something right and something wrong. #WestsTrial
He starts answering some questions and says mom and dad taught him right from wrong. #WestsTrial
He says he came to his grandmother's house a few days ago. His parents were in the van when they traveled there, and so were his brothers. He gives their names but doesn't name Orrin or Orson. #WestsTrial
Asked who lives with him, he also doesn't name Orrin or Orson but does say they lived in the apartment in Bakersfield. Asked why they didn't move to the house in Cal City, the boy says, "Because they were crying a lot." He says his parents told him that. #WestsTrial
He says his parents told him the boys went back to where they used to live. #WestsTrial
The boy says he didn't like having Orrin and Orson at home because they cried. #WestsTrial
The video ended. The boy testified he still doesn't remember the interview with the police officer. #WestsTrial
Asked what he meant when he told the officer Orrin and Orson West went to the place they used to live, the boy said, "They went home." #WestsTrial
Smith ended his questioning. Torres Stallings has begun cross-examination. #WestsTrial
She asked what he had to eat that day and how he got there. #WestsTrial
The boy told her what he had to eat and that someone drove him to court. The boy said he has been in the courtroom before. #WestsTrial
Torres Stallings went over the differences between truths, lies and mistakes with the boy. #WestsTrial
The boy said his mom was a good teacher. He was home-schooled by Jacqueline West. #WestsTrial
"Every memory" is his favorite memory of his mom and dad, the boy said. #WestsTrial
Attorney Victor Nasser handed tissues to Trezell and Jacqueline West. #WestsTrial
Court is in recess until 9 a.m. tomorrow. #WestsTrial
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