Casey Schnack begins her close…she is going at “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
It is one of the most important parts of the law. It’s a high burden. It’s a MONUMENTAL burden.” #Bliefnicktrial
Remember your promise: Follow the law.
Schnack: “Sympathy should not enter into your deliberations. We all feel sorry for Becky and her family. It’s sad. But we’re not here to decide if it’s sad.” #bliefnicktrial
Schnack says “Mr. Jones’s case is dripping with sympathy and lacking in evidence. Tim doesn’t have to prove anything in this case. It’s the state’s burden.” #bliefnicktrial
“Look at Tim. What does the evidence prove? What is the lack of evidence?”
“We’ve heard about DNA. I’m telling you DNA can be transferred if you haven’t been and there isn’t any DNA that was credibly proven.” #bliefnicktrial
Schnack: “There is no gun and they cannot tell you when the google searches occurred. If they happened after she died, he might have been looking into the case like half the town did.” #bliefnicktrial
“If you have to guess when the Google searches happen, you can’t guess when they happened.” #bliefnicktrial
Schnack says no one can say if Tim’s crowbar was used and the shoe print and Tim’s shoes were excluded. #bliefnicktrial
Schnack said somebody was riding a bike and it wasn’t really in Tim or Becky’s neighborhood. #bliefnicktrial
Schnack says that the state can’t give you a gun. Can’t give you DNA. Can’t give you fingerprints. And that he did it while his kids were home in his bed. She said there is no evidence. #bliefnicktrial
Schnack said all you heard was divorce talk and girl talk and there was no evidence of domestic violence. #Bliefnicktrial
Schnack wraps with Becky asking Tim to pick up and keep the kids following her surgery. “Becky went to Tim in one of her last acts when she needed him.” #bliefnicktrial
“Look at the evidence, read the law and find Tim not guilty.” #Bliefnicktrial
Jones: “We failed Becky Bliefnick.”
Jones: “We failed Becky Bliefnick. She got court orders, continuances and delays. It’s been 98 days. She’s calling out to you (the jury) for justice. Do a better job than us.” #bliefnicktrial
Adrian now giving the jury its instructions. #bliefnicktrial
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Jones begins closing. Talks about Tim riding a bike to Becky’s house, climbing on the roof and going through a window.
“He looked into her eyes and shot her 14 times.” #bliefnicktrial
“The exact same gun fired all 35 shell casings.” Jones talks about the eight shell casings found by Becky’s body and 27 shell casings found in Tim’s basement.#bliefnicktrial
Jones talks about Tim’s violent tendencies to friends.
And Tim’s desire to “eliminate her as a choice.”
He recaps the numerous messages from Becky to friends. Describes the ordeal as a “fucking nightmare.”
Back in the courtroom. Adrian telling those in the audience yet again to not use their cellphones during the afternoon's testimony.
Det. Nick Eddy with the Quincy Police Department has been called to the witness stand. Because an easel Josh Jones plans to use blocks Eddy's view of the clerk, Adrian decides to swear in Eddy himself. #bliefnicktrial
Eddy reviewed text messages on Becky's phone between Becky and Ted Johnson. He said he noticed no disagreements or arguments between Becky and anyone else on her phone. #bliefnicktrial
Jones says there are two more witnesses. One more in the morning and one more I the afternoon. Defense will have its witnesses tomorrow. So it looks like an early day today. #bliefnicktrial
Next witness: Vickie Reels, ISP Firearms Identification. #bliefnicktrial
Reels describes how a bullet is fired from a gun. Says that each gun that is fired leaves its own distinction on each bullet.
Tim Bliefnick is in the courtroom as the second week of #bliefnicktrial is about to start. He’s wearing a black pullover, black slacks and black shoes.
Josh Jones says he will have his final six witnesses today.
Jury will be back at 9 am. Nick Eddy of QPD will be the prosecution’s last witness and that one might take a while. #bliefnicktrial
Back in the Adams County Courthouse this morning. Adrian gives another cellphone warning to the people in the audience, telling them people who use them during testimony will be asked to leave the courtroom. (Except for the media, of course.) #bliefnicktrial
We are down to 14 jurors. One elderly woman was removed earlier this week, and another elderly woman is not here this morning. #bliefnicktrial
Dr. Scott Denton, a forensic pathologist, is the first witness this morning. He explains to the jury what a forensic pathologist does, then tells the jurors his resume and medical background. #bliefnicktrial