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Delphi Murders Trial Day 17 Wrap Up:

We're close to the end. The defense rested this morning and then we finished rebuttal witnesses this afternoon. Closing arguments start tomorrow.

-Defense attorney Brad Rozzi told the courtroom the defense rests shortly after court began

-This apparently caught the prosecution off guard because they're rebuttal witnesses weren't there yet and so we had to take a break and wait for them
-During this time the attorneys discussed the jury instructions some

-Judge Gull said she would read instructions to the jury before closing arguments and neither side had a problem with that
-First rebuttal witness for the prosecution was Breann Wilbur
-She took the stand previously and was on the trails the day Abby and Libby went missing

-The prosecution admitted a snapchat photo she took when she arrived at the trails around 12:25
-She then walked to the high bridge and didn't see any girls and didn't see bridge guy

-This seems to be pushing back on Allen's statement during his first interrogation where he said was on the trails from 12 to 1:30 after initially telling police in 2017 that he was there from 1:30 to 3:30

-Defense attorney Andrew Baldwin seem to insinuate during cross that police were more focused on the end of her time on the bridge and not the beginning
-He basically said we all just have to rely on her memory
-Next up was Master Trooper Brian Harshman

-He also previously took the stand and was the one assigned to listen to all of Richard Allen's phone calls
-Harshman testified Allen has essentially been in solitary confinement since his arrest
-Seems that the insinuation was why did he only become psychotic at Westville

-The defense did not cross examine Harshman
-Last up was Dr. John Martin who was the psychiatrist at Westville who treated Allen
-He went to medical school in India and worked in several Florida prisons and jails
-He first evaluated Allen in November 2022

-He said Allen was stable and had no problems that he could outside of his previous mental health history
-Martin said he had treated "safekeepers" previously but never one in solitary confinement

-He testified that even though there was mental harm by putting Allen in solitary it was done with the intention of keeping him safe

NOTE: There was some notable reaction from defense team when Martin said this because it's exactly what they want him to say.

-Martin met with Allen 18 times in 13 months
-After their first November meeting, Martin didn't see Allen again until April 2023
-Martin was asked to come to the prison and saw Allen laying on his cell floor naked and covered in feces

-The next day it was decided that Allen would get a Haldol injection
-By early May, Martin said Allen improved and there was no evidence that he could see of psychosis
-That continued into June when Martin had another meeting with Allen

-It was during this meeting that Allen said he wanted to apologize to the families of his victims
-Martin said he did not present as psychotic during that meeting
-During cross, Rozzi starts to ask about lawsuits Dr. Martin was involved in down in Florida regarding solitary

-Deputy prosecutor Stacy Diener objects and he moves on
-Dr. Martin agreed that solitary confinement can bring about and exacerbate mental illness
-He testified that he never saw the videos of Allen at Westville

-Rozzi then played a video from around the time Allen made that statement

NOTE: Allen nor his family watched the video. They turned their heads away and some were crying as it went on.

-It showed Allen getting a medical check up at the prison while strapped to a chair

-He appeared catatonic and had a blank stare on his face
-Very similar to the photo below that his attorney's released of him
-During redirect, Martin said the video was not how he remembered Allen that day and he can't explain why
-He said it doesn't make him think he was wrong

-During recross, Rozzi asked if seeing that video made him question his assertion that Allen was no longer psychotic and Dr. Martin said it did
-The jury asked 4 questions including about whether what Allen looked like on the video could be him faking his symptoms
-Martin said no

-Martin did say it's possible Allen could slip in and out of psychosis in a 24 hour period
-That was the prosecution's last rebuttal witness
-Seemed notable to me that they didn't bring anyone to refute the phone data from yesterday that seemingly blew up their timeline

-Defense didn't call any rebuttal witnesses
-Judge Gull turned to the jury and said "you have heard all the evidence in this case"
-Jury was sent home for the day
-Once the jury left, Baldwin asked Judge Gull to issue an arrest warrant for Elvis Fields

-He is one of the supposed Odinists the defense contends killed Abby and Libby in a sacrifice
-Fields was issued a subpoena and never showed
-Baldwin wants him to testify outside the presence of the jury but for the record in case an appeal is needed

-Gull said he wouldn't have been allowed to testify in the case so she's not going to do that
-Court wrapped up early and closing arguments begin at 9 am tomorrow
-Each side gets 2 and a half hours for closing
-Prosecution will go first followed by the defense

-Then the prosecution will get a rebuttal and that will be the last work
-Appears Brad Rozzi will be doing the closing for the defense while McLeland handles it for the prosecution
-After that, it'll be up to the jury

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