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thank you please be seated I'll ask our jurors again did you follow my instructions not talk about the case with anybody else or look up in the people or places involved even if you did so inadvertently now would be the time to raise your hand and let me know for the record no jurors lifted their hand first witness do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth thank you good afternoon sir good mor good afternoon can you please state your full name for the record I'm detective Jamie Nolan and how do you spell your first name Jae mie and your last name you know L Heon okay and where are you employed sir I work for the Lee County Sheriff's Office and and what capacity do you work there I work as an investigator and there's an investigator what are your duties entail know my budget is a change since this case started but at the time of this case I was a homicide investigator and what are your duties what are your duties currently I now work for the Criminal Investigations Division um how long have you been a Lee County sheriff's deputy since February of 2003 so nearly 17 years and at the time of the investigation involving dr. Teresa severs how long had you had you been an investigator non-news okay did you become involved in investigation at two seven zero three four Jarvis Road on just on June 29th of 2015 yes I did and how would you become an investigation and that time I was the lead investigator I was young called dinner detective that day when a death investigation call came out at that address and why why is he significant that you were the on-call investigator that day we all take turns being invest on call detectives and that was my significant in my day that was on color okay so if you're on call and a homicide gets called in you're the person who gets called to respond to it just leading overall any kind of death investigation whether it's a suicide natural death our homicide will be a quartet to investigate those crimes and you call what approximately what time you got called to the scene on John I remember arriving the scene pool around 11 o'clock in the morning and when you arrived at 11 o'clock in the morning was there anybody present there was a dr. monk botrytis and several Lee County shares of his deputies who dr. Mark Petraeus was yes I was I have my spoke with him interviewed him found out that he was a friend of the family overruled move along did you determine who dr. Mark Petraeus was yes he was a friend of the severs family and how was it that the Sheriff's Office was called to that scene initially came in as a death investigation so we called we were unaware there was a homicide at that time I arrived on scene but still there was a female laying on the ground in the kitchen I'm I don't give booties so as to not contaminate the scene and gloves entered the scene via the garage garage and walked into the kitchen where well observed miss seevers laying on the floor and what state was she on the floor she was obviously deceased and laying in the prone position investigative lingo can you explain to the to the members what the prone position is she's laying facedown getting back to dr. Petridis was he on scene when you arrived there yes he was I was he the reason why you were there yes sir and so now you're on scene was there anybody else in the home and nobody else in the home there were some pets they were out on the patio at least conduct some kind of a preliminary investigation into dr. Petridis yes I did I am spoke with him I obtained and with him from sub my patrol car where I obtained a digitally recorded statement from him I also obtained a buccal swab which is where I obtained via kind of cotton more that's where we obtain skin cells from his mouth that we used for DNA comparisons so a you obtained a buccal swab from dr. botrytis sustained can you tell the jury you mentioned earlier that you obtained some kind of swab from dr. Petridis can you tell the jury what that was we have two will be called buccal swabs which are special a couple more bouts with the Clery ears apple do a bit longer cotton more pots would clear your ears out we all have a strong accent here in the courtrooms let me ask you to slow down so you can understand us okay and so I think the the question was can you explain to the members what a buccal swab is oh yes I was just trying to explain the layman terms it's a swab where I obtain skin cells from inside the mouth by rolling two buds together and then we put them into a box send them off to the FDLE who compared them with much was your fun to the scene okay all right so you use use you swapped dr. Petraeus's mouth for DNA this'll be overruled I'm sorry I don't know if they heard your answer you swab dr. Petraeus's mouth for DNA yes I do all right I'm gonna show you what's been marked as state's exhibit number 22 previously been shown to the defense you are Thanks this is the buccal swab that I obtained from ask if you recognize what's it number 22 yes I do what is it it's a buccal swab that was obtained from dr. Petridis and placed into an evidence wrapper paper so it doesn't contaminate the buccal swab it's got the writing which is my handwriting it's also got evidence tape which shows ispin sealed which i have signed my signature on to show that has it been tampered with or seal unsealed and this has not been sealed at this time the state would move to admit was been previously identified as states 22 in evidence the state's 22 defense will show an admitted okay all right so after you had an opportunity to speak with dr. botrytis was he allowed to leave or was he taken into custody there is that eventually led to leave I did search his vehicle he allowed me to go in there see if there was any kind of a contamination in the mud and so we check that checked his clothing and then he was allowed to go on his way and what kind of contamination were you looking for in his vehicle any kind of blood hair that didn't belong there was a white a white surgery coat in doctors check it in there so look to that you know if there was any blood now it may have transferred over and when you think about a transferred over was there blood inside the home at 27 0:34 Jarvis Road yes it was there was a little blood and so when you said you were checking for contamination what does that mean that means that if with the amount of blood there was a possibility that the blood was transferred to the suspect of the person who did this so you're looking to see if any of the blood from inside the home may have somehow asking a question finish your question first you were checking to see if somehow the blood from inside the home or traces of the blood from inside the home it somehow made it into his vehicle yes overruled yes sir and did you find any any evidence that the blood from the home had made it into the vehicle no I did not okay so after you were finished discussing the scene with dr. Petridis did you have an opportunity to find out who if anybody else lived in that home yes I did a pun of the conversation with Delta Petronas defender that mr. severs not offering it for truth your honor okay so did you have an opportunity to determine who if anybody else lived in home yes I did join us one statement that I obtained from from dr. botrytis he advised that advice that he received a call from mark caesar's receivers receive his husband - were you able to obtain mr. severs contact information from dr. Petridis during that discussion yes we did and then did you were you able to make contact with Marc Sievers yes we did and where did you make contact with or how did you make contact with him he was vana telephone because he was out of state and when did you make contact with Marc Sievers he was some time in nearly afternoon of the 29th of June yes sir 2015 yes sir and when you spoke to mr. Seavers did you tell him what was happening at his home I don't believe in not that time no sir we just said that time his wife had been injured and he needed to and he need to come home you didn't tell mr. severs that his wife had been killed I wasn't I wasn't I humbly was the actual person who spoke to him at that time he was one of the other investigators okay were you present when the discussion was had yes it was okay and did mr. Seavers actually come back to Florida from wherever he was yes he did did you get to make contact with him when he came back yes I did and where did you make well when did you make contact with him when he came back he was about seven o'clock on on June 29 2015 and his mother's house and that was here in in Lee County it was in Bonita Springs Lee County you say and it's the home where the investigation was started is that also in Lee County listen Bonita Springs Lee County yes sir and when you made an initial contact with mr. severs did you then tell him that his wife was deceased yes sir and then did you then have a subsequent discussion with mr. Seavers yes we obtained a spoon digitally recorded statement from him and then that was on the 29th at 7 o'clock yes sir but they did you have another discussion with him then we had another discussion several days later and where did that second discussion occur notice that the Lee County Sheriff's Office headquarters and during that second discussion did mr. severs disclosed that he had possession of a cell phone yes he did and let me ask you a little bit about cell phones at that time our cell phones a relevant factor in a police investigation sure okay detective Nolan did you have a meeting with mr. Seavers on July 1st yes I did and during that meeting did you have an opportunity to ask mr. Seavers if he had a cell phone yes I did and did he in fact have a cell phone yes he did and did you ask if you can conduct if the Sheriff's Office could conduct a forensic examination of his cell phone I did I haven't had him assign a Lee County Sheriff's Office consent to search form which allows us to search his telephone the cell phone and did he well the first question is is did you offer him anything in exchange to even talk to you no sir was he threatened or given anything in exchange to talk to you no sir you said you asked him for consent to search his cell phone was he threatened or offered anything in exchange for signing a consent form no sir he did it of his own free will yes so he was free to go at any time sit do you see Marc Sievers in court today no do can you please identify Marc Sievers and identify and point to it I have mr. Seavers identified him by article clothing absolutely here's a blue jacket on with a yellow yellow toy may the record reflect that the witness has identified Marc Sievers the record so reflect I'm going to show you what's been previously marked as state's Exhibit number 24s previously been shown to the defense yesterday this is the Lee County Sheriff's Office consent to search cellular phone for David is that the form that was given to mr. Seavers yes it was and did he have an opportunity to read it you see dude did he appear to understand it after he read it yes sir and did he then sign it and grant consent for access to his phone he Sundeep and printed his name yes sir right at this time the state would admit what's been previously marked estates as ibut number 24 and evidence of states 24 over old will show it admitted now join the course of your two discussions with mr. severs did you have an opportunity to learn from him where in fact he was at the time that dr. Seavers was killed yes I did and where was he he was that's he's a mother in law's house in New York and were you able to determine from him whether or not there were any security devices alarm systems or other similar type devices in his home yes I did and did you have that discussion with him yes we did was there anybody when you talked to him was there anybody who was accessing accessing his home while he was away yes there was who did he did he tell you who it was yes he did oh he's a mother Bonnie severs she was a chicken on his Doakes for him and what did the severs home have an alarm system you said dude and did he tell you whether his mother had access to an alarm system he had provided over the keypad none before and this was just a kind of alarm system that's built to the home or was it some other type of alarm system it was Bill Sassoon what the sensor is and the keypad and all that yes sir did you see it yourself yes I did and did you have an opportunity to discuss with him whether there have been any issues or problems with his alarm system during the weekend of the 27th and 28th The Fat Saturday the 27th and a Sunday the 28th I don't believe I did it no sir so as far as you knew the alarm system was working yes sir all right so let's talk a little bit more about the investigation did were you able to ask mr. Seavers who if he knew who would kill his wife yes I did and did he tell you who he says 32 he didn't know why anybody want to hurt his wife Kahlan Giller now while you were this why you were talking well between the the 29th when you arrived on scene at the home and the D July 1st when you had your second discussion with Marc Sievers had he been given access to his home no sir still under being searched into by a crime scene unit they were obtaining evidence so when he came back from when you called him and told him to come back he never actually got the chance to go into his home before you spoke to him no sir overall when when you asked him to come back he never actually got a chance to go into his home before you spoke to him no he didn't never several days ma'am a crime scene unit were working so here when your crime scene unit is working the scene they don't let civilians into the scene know they're dumb we have deputies that stay outside the house because it's a crime scene and they make sure that nobody enters that crime scene and at some point did you start an investigation into any potential life insurance policies on Theresa severs I did question mr. severs about that during that difficult is statement he said that he did have health inflater had life insurance on each other and so I did subpoenas several companies approximately five companies the companies know our analyst ran a insurance background check and found five about five companies and then did you then request records from those companies yes I did and what's the method that you use to request those records we use the penis which was sent through the court system and then since the insurance companies advise them that we were in obtaining investigating involved in an investigation and what were the names of the insurance companies that you subpoenaed for records regarding dr. Seavers state phone ohio national prudential potential jackson national life and hartford business general and in addition to and let me let me back up now when did you actually get up.get mr. Seavers is phone yes we did all right Your Honor this time if I haven't done I'd moved to admit what's been previously identified as state's Exhibit number 24 I did okay in evidence the stage 24 it's previously been admitted okay and when you when you requested his phone what did you do with it we take it to our digital forensics unit which returned our evidence building and it's given to technicians down there so that they can download the contents of it which also includes anything that may be deleted off it and still on the hard drive and after mr. severs his phone was taken to the digital forensics unit what did you do with this phone eventually was returned to him so you gave them back the phone yes sir and you told us earlier that you have requested buccal swabs or cheek swabs from from dr. Petridis yes sir did you also obtain requests obtained those from mr. severs as well yes sir and did you in fact obtain buccal swabs from mr. Seavers yes of I'm going to show you what's been previously marked the state's exhibit number 23 experienced have been shown to the defense yes sir do this is a buccal swab which is packaged in paper packaging with my name and handwriting on it which has got the tape on now shows the seal and the seat body yellow tape there has been opened but at some point probably by FDLE and they have also st. Sunday after ok and is that and that's the actual buccal swab you obtained yes sir around this time we would admit what's been previously identified as state's Exhibit number 23 and evidence of stage 23 in addition to the doing the download on downloading mr. C versus phone did you also make an attempt to gather records from his cell phone provider yes we did and how do what how do you do that we send a search warrant off to his company which we've been at AT&T and we send him off for a CD a certain time frame certain dates I believe he did six months at that point six seven months and so we send off for those records which include any text messaging SMS text messaging phone calls and data locations and did you obtain from mr. Seavers we have actually able to obtain his actual fall number so that you could make that request yes sir what was his phone number it was a three hundred four to three nine zero one seven three now were you able during your investigation were you able to determine whether or not dr. Seavers actually had a phone yes we did was the actual phone located I don't recall I'm sorry how did you obtain how did you determine whether or not she had a phone mr. severs his telephone showed her name on his phone and mr. posh wants a salsa and did you also have an opportunity to request these cellphone records for Teresa severs as well as a result I believe so yes sir what was her number the telephone number seventy seven forty one seven seven three six okay now while you were still at some point you you you were reassigned yes sir and you when you were reassigned did you go to a different division or something yes sir this one went to CID sir okay and when did that happen in relation to the June 29 2015 investigation that started that wasn't to February sir okay and so you were still handling search warrants and working as part of a team between June 29th and February yes sir I was having some personal issues at home that I was unable to go further on with the investigation at that time and and just to elaborate on further on at some point did your investigation take Tate Lee County sheriff's deputies to Illinois yes sir okay and how did how did Lee County Sheriff's Office end up in Illinois from an investigation in Bonita Springs well one night we were working late at the office and the investigation and we were to see a telephone call from Illinois portal Airport Authority a chief Hamilton and did you speak to chief Hamilton yourself I did and without telling me what was said what was the purpose of the call chief Hamilton advised that he had an acquaintance what was the wr-- old chief Hamilton left I advised that he had a an acquaintance that may have some information and did he give you a name of the acquaintance he did her name at that time we only had a first name and we conducted a three-way call and did you actually also have a conversation with the person who mr. Hammill chief Hamilton was calling about yes we do and as a result of that discussion what happened we found that this lady lived in Illinois and detectives at time scepters downs and Sergeant Leppard traveled to Illinois to obtain a personal face-to-face interviewer because you weren't able to go at that time no sir sustained or on are we tender the witness defense good afternoon sir I think you testified earlier that you have been working in homicide for approximately nine years and no sign on the side up to then I've been an airport event three years three years - okay and at that time how many homicides did you had occasion to work out personally and what assisting yes numerous I couldn't tell you how many sir okay you said you you went to the crime scene correct yes sir and while you were there you met with one of the crime scene techs Kimberly van was correct not initially no sir initially met with Mark then monk botrytis dr. marcado's okay eventually once the crime scene unit came out there I met with the King my yes and you said you put on your your gloves and your booties indeed at an initial walkthrough sir no that's before papers with Kim Benoit okay when you did your initial walkthrough did you disturb anything no sir Did you touch anything no sir is it fair to say that the crime scene when crime scene tech van woz was able to photograph that crime scene was in the same condition as it was when you did your initial walkthrough yes sir okay you said there was a lot of blood you said and it's a fair to say that with this type of trauma you would expect to see what we call cast-off I'm no blood I'm not a blood spatter expert sir don't let me be of my opinion but in your opinion you were surprised that there wasn't cast off all right sustained he said the person's body Teresa's body was still present correct yes sir and you've had training in medical as well as legal issues with homicide is that correct and medical whereas you mean what sir as far as reviewing crime scenes correct I'm not understanding a medical part okay well let me ask you this before he went to the Homicide Unit what type of training did you undergo I went to police academy okay I've gone she was a gang investigator narcotics investigator numerous drug courses and gang investigation courses did becoming a homicide investigator require any special or additional training in yes sir death investigation courses and medical legal in Miami okay so you said medical legal in Miami yes okay what does that attempt basically we do and you got there and you learn about long crimes suicides other death investigations so it's just from experts in the field okay so when you first did the walkthrough were you able to come up with any conclusions about how the how the murder was committed not at that time no sir at it yeah I mean they're obviously obvious signs there how it may have happened but not at that time until the medical examiner Kover okay and the obvious signs were there was a hammer with hair wrapped around it that was lying several feet away from a dead body correct yes sir okay and so was your with your first instinct I believe that this person was murdered with a hammer they look that way you said okay and when someone is murdered with a hammer is it very common in those instances to see what we call this cast-off Your Honor may we approach your objections overruled you can answer sir when someone is murdered with a hammer is a very common to see the presence of cast-off this is only an opinion but there's many factors to take into account yeah there could be some kind of can depend on the angle of the blows so he depends where that cast-off goes and what I say cast-off can you tell the jury what I mean when I say cast-off her stuff is where there's a impact with the victim if this image of you has bleeding with if it's a hammer you expect to see some kind of blood coming off the hammer as a spray but there's a lot of factors that go into that hair length clothing obstructions in a way Oh angle of blows and cast office is caused by the centrifugal force of an object moving in motion correction you said you were not the one who actually was on the phone with mr. Seavers when that call was made is that correct correct item the cool I don't know cool making in touch one cool song yourself you don't make remember making the call you don't recall if he was told that his wife had been injured if I'm sorry if his wife was killed correct yeah number cool sir oh thank you [ __ ] further state witness to be released or retained okay you're subject to recall Thank You detective because we'll let you know if you're need it again Thank You next witness do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth thank you good afternoon would you state your name for the record please Kimberly van los and would you spell your last name VA n space W a us and where do you work I work at the Lee County Sheriff's Office and how long have you worked at the Lee County Sheriff's Office I started with the Sheriff's Office in September 2001 and in what capacity or capacities have you worked at the Lee County Sheriff's Office I started as a records assistant then I moved into the evidence room where I was an evidence custodian and then in October 2006 I began in crime scene as a crime scene technician and what does a crime scene technician do we respond to crime scenes where we process a crime scene document and collect all the evidence were you called out to a crime scene at 2 7:03 for Jarvis Road yes I did and when were you called out to that crime scene on June 29 2015 and when you are called out to a crime scene do you have a certain method or procedure that you follow for every crime scene yes I do and what is that method or procedure that you use to generalize what I do it's documentation assessment collection and processing is the best way to describe it and when you turn is that about the order in which you do those yes what didn't you say documentation what do you mean by documentation I document a crime scene in a variety of ways it's mostly photographs but we also take rough notes we take video we have a 3d scanner that scans the entire crime scene and I also do a diagram an assessment or when do you yes when do you begin an assessment because that was the second one you listed correct yes the assessment stage actually begins when I'm documenting the crime scene because as I'm document documenting that crime scene I'm looking and what is assessment thank you just began to talk about it but what is assessment so when you're on a crime scene you don't you don't know all the facts so you're assessing everything you're looking around you're looking at the house you're looking at possible pieces of evidence I'm assessing this situation and my surroundings trying to figure out what I'm going to be collecting and processing later let's talk about when you responded on June 29th to two 7:03 for Jarvis Road how did you approach that particular crime scene what were your first steps my very first step is always to meet with the detective if he's on scene and did you do that in this particular case yes it did and why do you meet there's usually pieces of information that I need to know before I start documenting and processing a crime scene there might be pieces of information he received from first responders or things that he noted that I might need to know for my documentation purposes and after having spoken with the detective how did you approach this particular crime scene I approach this crime scene as I do most others from the exterior and when you say you approached it from the exterior what do you mean I always start my photographs from the outside of the residence usually in the roadway and I do the entire perimeter of the exterior of the residence before I go inside and did you do that in this case yes I did and was there any particular area outside that you ended up focusing on or spending more time in terms of documentation yes there was and what was that area that was the south garage door of the residence on the south side of the residence and what led you to spend more time in that particular area of the terior during my briefing with the detective when I arrived on scene he did tell me about the condition of that door there was damage to the door and how it was found a what from first responders now after documenting that what was your next step so enter into the either the garage or the residence after I documented the exterior the residence yes I went into the residence through the garage and did you document as you were going through the garage or did you document as you were going through the residence both now before you entered in through the garage did you take any or put on any protective gear absolutely yes what did you put on for especially homicide scenes we always wear gloves nitrile gloves and in this case we also were wearing tie-back booties which are shoe covers that go over our shoes when we go into a residence so as you did that in this case yes I did every single person did as you did you say you entered through the garage before entering inside yes I went through the garage did you take did you document did you take photos of the inside of the garage yes I did and then when you entered into the residence what room did you end up entering into the residence from the room next to the garage would have been the laundry room and did you take photographs of that area that you entered the laundry room yes I did and what was the next room that you ended up at well documenting as you went through the home the next room next to the laundry room would be the kitchen did you go through each room in the house during your documentation yes I did I want to show you what's been marked for identification as state's exhibits three three a and excuse me three a and B I may approach the witness your honor we may showing three a and B what are we looking at what are they these are photographs I took a present these are of the outside yes I do show them both admit it I also want to show you what's been marked for identification purposes as state's exhibit these are photographs I took of the garage of the residence and do those fairly show how the garage appeared on June 29th 2015 when you were documenting the scene yes I do move to introduce state's exhibits for a through show them admitted I want to show you what [Music] yes I can and what are those these are photographs I took of that south garage door on the south side of the residence let me just show you at this point what's been marked for identification of states six a B and C before I do that are those photos an accurate representation of how that appeared on June 29 2015 yes yeah and that's five a three D yes we'll show them in a minute I'm gonna have you it's been marked as six ad yes and what are six a B and C these are photographs I took of the laundry room of the residence well show them admit it before we go any farther permission to publish your honor you may proceed just let us know which ones you're publishing introduced exhibit number three a yes ma'am this is a photograph I took of the front of the residence I'm standing in the roadway outside taking a photograph up to the residence this is the rear side of the residents I'm from the front of the residence I'm standing at the back right corner of the property and I'm photographing along the rear side of the residence this is a photograph of the South garage door from the yard so a gun standing from the front of the house I'm actually standing on the right side of the property looking at the south side of the residence so this is the exterior portion of that door where is can we see the area of the door it's no it's not in this photograph the door there's actually a three-car garage and you can see a two-car garage in this photograph and the south side garage doors on the right side of this photograph that isn't shown you can see a portion of the wall that that South garage doors on I can circuit on the left side of this photograph that's the wall that it's on is just further to the left of this photograph showing you five this is the exterior side of that south garage door the wall I circled in that last photograph this is an extension of that wall towards the front of the house yes this is the edge of that south garage door and you can see the damage that's present on this door at the end yes you can the left side of that photograph you can actually see into the garage and you tell me what we're looking at exhibit five it's it's actually upside down this is another photograph showing the damage of that south garage door this is more of the exterior side of that door the right side of the photograph shows the exterior side of that door and the left side of this photograph shows slightly the inside of the garage it does up to a I'm sorry it this photograph shows the locking mechanisms of the door there's actually two there's a padlock at the top and a door handle with a lock on the bottom both these locks are actually unlocked now you've indicated that after you went through the garage that you went through the garage before entering into the home is that correct yes I did I want to show you what's that introduced in Devin's state's exhibit this is the right side of the garage so I told you there's a two-car garage and a single car garage the single car garage is on the right this is the back wall of the single car garage and on the right side of the photograph you can actually see that South garage door can you indicate where the door into the residence it's on the left side of this photo so it's actually if this photo kept going it would be in this general location on the left side of the photograph this is again the south side of the garage it's the single car garage side of that three-car garage and again you can see the South garage door that we photographed I'm circling that on the left side of the photograph I'm actually standing in front of the entryway into the residence it was placed there by crime scene these are items that were on the ground just in front of the doorway so on the right side of the photograph this door this actually leads into the residence into the laundry room and the left side of the photograph shows a portion of the vehicle that was parked on the left side of the garage and these shows a piece of luggage and items that were removed and placed on the ground in the center of the photo when you arrived and we're documenting the scene on June 29th is this how you saw the suitcase placed in those items around them yes it is so you didn't move the items were seeing that overruled that was exactly how I found it when I arrived on scene this is a close-up photograph of that piece of luggage with the items laying on the ground next to the piece of luggage yes it is finally I want to show you this is another photograph of that back wall of the garage where things were stored and you could also see the South garage door in this photograph I entered the garage after doing your walk-around an examination did you enter through the big garage doors did you enter through a side door how did you enter the garage when I was documenting this crime scene I did the exterior and entered through that South garage door yes it does where the door is that you walked through when you begin your processing of the garage and entered into the residence it's on the left side of this photograph I'm sorry right side that door from which you're circling the laser pointer were you able to walk from that door to the entry door into the laundry room without moving anything Hey I didn't move anything because I try not to when I'm walking through scenes but it was a struggle there was items on the ground that I had to walk over I want to show you what's been marked for identification at state's exhibits 7a through G and asked and asked if it give me just a moment and ask if you can identify them what our state's exhibit 7 a through G these are photographs I took of the kitchen area in the residence those photos accurately reflect how you found that kitchen area on June 29th 2015 yes it does move dinner do state's exhibit 7a through G yes sir State aisle prior objections are noted for the record overruled will show them admitted this is a photograph where I'm actually standing in the doorway from the garage into the laundry room and I'm photographing just from my direction the left side of the laundry room so you see a washer and a dryer along the wall as well as a hamper this is the walkway through the laundry room that enters into the kitchen so I'm standing in the garage through ting shoot shooting through the doorway into the laundry room in kitchen there is a dog bowl and you can also see a portion of the victim this is the alarm panel that was on the wall in the laundry room it was from the doorway going into the laundry room from the garage it was on the left side of the doorway so above that hamper on that wall it was above that hamper along that this white area along the left side of the photograph is actually the doorframe of that doorway and around this area in the center left side of the photograph is the door or the alarm panel on the inside wall above this hamper on the bottom left portion of the photo we want to show you what's been marked for identification as state's exhibit 8a through C I'm gonna show you what the market state's exhibit a B and C and actually show them admitted and which ones are those again we're looking at and we'll show them in a minute this is a photograph of the family room of the residents and the big piece of furniture would be the entertainment center along the wall and you can also see on the right side of the photograph I'll use the laser pointer on the right side bottom right corner there's a section of the sectional sofa that was also in this family room you can also see an ottoman and an exercise ball there is a small nook near the kitchen on the outer edge and I'm actually standing in that nook photographing into the family room yes from I'm sorry what on this photograph I would be to my right so the right it's ad so it's not in this photograph but if it were in the photograph it would be to the right in this general location you'd be able to see a portion of the kitchen so from my point of view in looking at the family room from this photograph it's to my right this is a coffee table that's in the center of this big sectional sofa that's in that family room this is a portion of that nook that I was talking about that's next to the kitchen there were some boxes and a piano type keyboard in this area there was no table or anything that would normally be in a Nuke that was utilized with these boxes and there was a big window of the note that looked out onto the lanai yes yes this might step down and show the pictures okay and if counsel needs to move to get a better look you may as well if she's gonna step down you may step down now step down and I'm gonna hand you each picture I want you to describe for the jury what they're seeing in each of these pictures and I'm going to start with 7f you could hold up and show the what they're seeing so in this photograph this I'm actually standing in the kitchen and I'm photographing for the family you can see a portion of the kitchen counter as well as the entertainment center and so that entertainment center that you referred to as we were looking at it in photo and States exhibit six in fact the same entertainment center yes it is now I want to show you state 7e and if you tell us what we're seeing that also the perspective of where you're standing and in relation to the direction of 7f this again I'm standing in the kitchen and I'm photographing or to the front door of the residence so you can see a portion of the kitchen counter in the photograph as well as what's beyond the kitchen counter to my left if I'm facing a family we're going to show you state's exhibit 7a you could just fry what the two members of the jury are seeing and from where the photo is taken the perspective in it this photograph shows the victims dr. Teresa severs on the kitchen floor I understanding in the kitchen photographing the center of the kitchen trying to get the entire floor and what you see on the and 7b whether are we seeing in 70 this is a close-up photograph of a red-handled hammer that is found over the floor near the victim in the kitchen 7c what are the members of the jury seeing on the 7c this is a photograph of Teresa severs wallet that's lying on the floor of the kitchen I had identification and cards inside the wallet belonging to her there's also numerous receipts on the floor around the wallet he's probably ladies and gentlemen degree but we've seen a 70 and where that is in the kitchen this is a photograph at the inside of the pantry so standing in the duct it would be straight ahead so from the laundry room walking into the kitchen and be on my brakes and let me show you state's exhibit 7g first before you show it to the ladies and gentlemen the jury is this how you saw Theresa severs when you were in the scene doing your initial documentation yes and do we see in that the wall is that you just referred to from in photograph seven feet yes you would show that ladies and gentlemen the future 7g the wallet is on the right side of the photograph I want to show what's been marked for identification at stage exhibits States [Music] showmen minute this room i labeled a sitting room but it is also utilized somewhat as an office you can see do you want me to describe what's in it okay the on the left side of this photograph there's a desk with a computer straight ahead is a bookcase and on the right side is a couch when walking through the front doors of the residence it's directly to your right this is a close-up photograph of the laptop that was on the small desk on the left side of the last photograph in that city same sitting room this is another photograph of the desk it you can see a portion of that same laptop that was in the last photograph as well as some documents and a picture and other items on the desk this I'm actually standing in that same sitting room so on the left side of the photograph are those front doors you can see open doors to the right of the front door those go into an office to the right of those right laser so the left side of the photograph our front doors so this would be the foyer this doorway in the center of the photograph goes into an office with double doors to the right of those double doors is a hallway that leads to the master bedroom and bathroom on the right side of this photograph is the dining room with sliding glass doors that go out onto the lanai this is a photograph of that same piece of furniture I would call it a hutch on the wall of the dining room and it was in the last photograph as well yes it's on the right side of this photograph that's the hutch that's in the close-up photograph I want to show you now what's been marked as evidence as 10a through Q 10 a through cute well show them admit it I want to start with States 9d you mentioned doors that went into double doors I said towards the center of the picture there I said it double doors into the office this is a photograph showing those double doors going into the office I'm actually standing between the foyer and the dining room in this for this photograph yes did you when you were doing this no I did not I'm actually standing in those double doors the doorway for those double doors and I'm starting to document the entire room so this is the right portion of the room you can see on the left side of this photograph this is a desk that's in the center of the room these doors on the right side of the photograph go into a closet and then you can see that there's stuff all over the floor and on top of tables I'm continuing to document the entire overall inside of this office this is it's actually two desks but I call it an l-shaped desk in my you know when I'm describing it this desk is below a window on the left side of this photograph there's a window and this desk and this is that Center desk on the right corner of this photograph is the desk that you saw in the last photograph when you walk in it's in the center of the room you can see this portion that I'm circling this is the front side of that desk and then this is all the items that are on top of that desk it's showing the items on top of the desk and I want to make sure that I show that there is money on top of the desk this is another photograph showing the overall layout of this office you can see this is the longer portion of that l-shaped desk that I described and this is that window that I described earlier do we see any electronic devices in Tennessee yes there's a computer monitor and there is also a computer underneath and I believe that's a printer on the right side of the photograph the monitor is on top of the desk and the computer actual CPU the tower I believe was underneath the desk there's something on the right side of this photograph I don't know if it's a scanner a printer or combo so this photograph is I'm in the office to the left so I walked in and kind of went to the left a little bit and I'm photographing along the left wall of this office and in this photograph I was documenting the jug of money yes it is show you stage as we look at this photograph can we see where the dining room yes in the top center portion of this photograph you can actually see the dining room table through the double doors I'm because I'm standing in the center of the office so as I'm documenting the residents I'm opening drawers and documenting inside drawers as well this is one of the drawers of that center desk and I hold it open to document the money inside the the desk drawer this is a video camera that was found while going through the closet of that office and there's a marker establishing its marker number for that piece of evidence this is a photograph of frame US currency money and it's above the closet in the office I was again I was documenting that there was money present this is a document shredder that was found in the office and uh the blue gloves are holding a document that were stuck in the sharp edges of that shredder that was pulled out and documented yes it is yes I was photographing where the the paperwork was from these are items that were documented underneath the l-shaped desk in that office which was below the window and I was photographing the holster and the ammunition that was underneath the desk this is a close-up photograph of the firearm holster and live ammunition this is another overall photograph showing the layout of the room the contents and how it was found when I arrived on scene of the again this is mostly that l-shaped desk as well as a file cabinet and the window I was at the top of the photograph yes it does I in this photograph I had not moved anything I was documenting it as is how I got on scene that day I want to show you what's been marked for identification is 11 a through C I'm gonna show you what your honor state moves to introduce 1181 without objection so 11a Lucy admitted and 21 this is an overall photograph I took of the master bedroom of the residence [Music] yes it was next hallway that's next to the office it's the same design just not the same suitcase they have the same power guess I did this one that you can see on the screen now is smaller I would say that that's kind of like the carry on version of a set of luggage and the one that's in the master bedroom is the larger one because there was also a medium one inside I wanted to document inside this luggage so I opened it and photographed inside which was the medium sized piece of luggage that matched in this set this is the South closet in the master bedroom which had primarily female clothing so this would be Teresa severs closet no did not this is the North closet in the master bedroom which had primarily male clothing so I would say that this would be mr. Seavers closet I found four safes in this closet there were three safes on the right side of this closet from orientation of how this photograph is there's three safes on the right and a tall safe on the left-hand side they were locked all of them there was a small safe in the office I believe it was unlocked it was closed but unlocked this is a photograph I took of the guest room so in this house there was a I call it a guest suite I guess there was a bedroom down a little hallway in a bathroom kind of in its own little corner of this residence and in this bedroom there was a piece of furniture with a TV and I'm documenting inside that bedroom we're there also other bedrooms in this house yes were you able to determine if they were the bedrooms of young children yes they were did you document those bedrooms with photographs yes I did did you find anything in those bedrooms of any evidentiary value pertaining to this case no I did not you indicated that in your documentation you often create or always I don't know whether it was often or always create a diagram of a crime scene yes I did in this case yes and did you create one in this case yes I did I want to show you what's being what is being marked for identification yes yes it does for the witness may step step down and defense counsel you can move if you need to the state various photos that energy of evidence and I want you to place where they are on this diagram and describe to the ladies and gentlemen if any will reduce their viewing these particular I start at 19 where is none so in that photograph I'm standing in the foyer here further back things in that direction so if you could mark that could be 90 D and perhaps a few arrows that show one where you're standing and then the direction at what the ladies and gentlemen [Music] out showing those and the direction at which they are where were you standing and what was your I'm trying to show a nice overall nobody talks about here there was a desk with a computer on it in kitchens markets see for where the computer was in that city I want to show you 10 Q where if you if you could show us where you're standing and the view of what we are seeing in so I'm kind of in the center to the or this diagram on the right of that vest and I'm just photographing over all of this portion of the office so everything on that desk now we've got in picture ten give you just a moment we saw in 10 let me start with this we saw in the state's exhibit 10g a big black container of money where is 10g in the office can you just designate where this this money is all right and then you talked about when we were looking at photos there's a photo with money with a framed money that was over some doors in the office where was that photo in the office this regular says posit this is the closet at the office and these are the doors that are entered into that closet is actually above those and we also talked about there was a shredder in which a document let me just take 10 today and hey and you also spoke about a shredder I got a shredder from which a life insurance policy was removed where was that shredder in the office and that's 10 L so the shredder was actually next to the jug of money we also talked about the master bedroom photograph 11a can you show us where photograph 11a whatever we're looking at in the house and again the direction from which I'm photographing into I'm trying to show it over all of this bedroom and then we stopped photographs of two of the closets can you just mark with those closets that we saw there's two closets on either side love awkwardly going into the bathroom this is the male clothing closet and this is the female clothing closet you also talked about a guest room Thank You 7 Stacey 721 we're with state's exhibit 21 we're doing speed that particular vendor so I kept calling it a suite because there's a doorway from the family room that goes into this section of the house whereas it's all the bedroom closet and bathroom so I was calling this a guest suite so this is actually a photograph of this rectangle in the diagram which is a chest of drawers with TV on you just mark 21 again with your arrow so that we sense [Music] now you spoke about I wanna show you what a season 8 a a if you could show us where that photo was taken the direction so we know what we're looking at so in a a the photograph we see a doorway leading off of the inside of the boat again but this doorway right here which is going into that guest suite quarter so on 8a you can see that doorway going into the guest suite now we also talked about two bedrooms that belongs to the daughters you just show us where on this diagram [Music] [Music] [Music] I think you just put the number 80 I wonder Sherrington what in evidence as seven he he isn't guilty in the kitchen and into the office [Music] I'm sitting in the kitchen more importantly right now you found in the kitchen fewer and you found a wallet can you mark where on this diagram found the wallet and put a w-4 wallet and an h4 camera [Music] [Music] so I'm going to show you state 7b the hammer any market that 70 beside where you place a hammer and I'm going to show you seven C which is the wallet you just place at seven see here where the wallet was he has one more question for the 7d the pantry can you show the ladies and gentlemen jury where the pantry is the also the corner of the arrow for the direction [Music] and would you just market CB passes like that because finally you talked about the garage door that you photographed I think those photographs work or you just mark where the garage side door is that through which you saw these pry marks on the door I'm sorry what would you like in a market that's well you can start on the outside it's 5 D from the outside yes ma'am [Applause] [Music] now after your initial documentation and your assessment as you were documenting did you begin to collect evidence yes I did and did you collect a hammer yes I did this is Lee County Sheriff's Office property number 15 p 0 1 6 3 7 3 and this is a hammer from marker number 1 [Applause] yes it is on June 29th of 2015 yes it is well show it admitted would you open and it may already be open for you but would you open state's exhibit number 12 and show the ladies and gentlemen of the jury the hammer laughs I need some gloves please we'll get yourself thank you thank you [Applause] [Applause] yes [Applause] I'm sorry well I was gonna wait till we got to cross task but since it's been brought up do any of our jurors need to use the restroom at this time or need them I see multiple hands I will ask you to not talk about the case among yourselves or with anybody else or look up in the people are places involved and we'll give everybody five minutes including everybody out here and we'll be with you very shortly please be seated okay five minutes or so you can step down if you want to do you want me to give you your gloves [Applause]