Witness places Coleman at scene the weekend of Christian's murder7:06 PM, Nov 14, 2012
The jury in Vanessa Coleman's retrial has now heard from the first witness to place her in the Chipman St. house the weekend that Channon Christian was murdered. Up until Wednesday afternoon, much of the evidence that prosecutors have presented has not established that Coleman aided in Christian's killing; it's laying the ground work for evidence still to come.
Wednesday afternoon, more forensics experts took the stand to explain evidence they collected in the murders of Christian, and her boyfriend Chris Newsom. The state then called several people who knew or who had met some of the suspects the murders, including Lamaricus Davidson, Letalvis Cobbins, George Thomas, and Coleman.
One of those witnesses was Davidson's former girlfriend, Daphne Sutton. She told the court she went to the Chipman St. house on Sunday January 7, 2007 to get some of her stuff. She said Davidson gave her a plastic shopping bag full of clothes. Police later identified those as belonging to Christian. Sutton also said Davidson forcibly blocked her from going in the bathroom of the house, which she thought was strange.
"Was the door leading to the bathroom, was it open or closed?" asked Knox Co. Assistant District Attorney TaKisha Fitzgerald.
"St was closed," said Sutton.
"Did you hear anything in the bathroom?" asked Fitzgerald.
"I heard somebody in there. I didn't hear any voices or anything. Just somebody in the bathroom," said Sutton.
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