Laura McLaughlin

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Paul O'Keefe described the January 29 hospital aftermath and identified people, vehicles, and snow-removal activity in Ring videos from the Meadows Ave. home.

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The Commonwealth objected to defense opening remarks as suggesting a third-party culprit, and the judge said she would instruct jurors that openings are not evidence.

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Counsel agreed to premark Exhibits 26 through 159 before the court session.

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Counsel agreed to premark photographs, a Cellebrite extraction report, and a motor-vehicle rendering; two jacket photographs were marked for identification.

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Agreed photographs and a dash-cam thumb drive were entered into evidence; the judge instructed jurors on evaluating testimony, video, and audio.

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The Court set jury-view procedures, scheduled Teri Kun for May 15, restricted recording of children, and required video materials for review.

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The court denied the defense request to reconsider four excluded photographs, then supervised a jury view and cautioned jurors not to conduct independent measurements.

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The court coordinated replacement and identification of redacted reports and photographs, corrected exhibit numbering, and admitted the redacted Ms. Read report by agreement.

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The court resolved duplicate use of Exhibit 20 by directing that the photograph already referenced to jurors be marked as Exhibit 20A.

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The judge excluded proposed material at sidebar and sent jurors out briefly while counsel addressed witness availability and further discussion.

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The court preserved a foundation objection and restricted substantive contact with witnesses during testimony.

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Counsel raised that the available call records ended on February 1 and discussed possible additional records through March; the Court had the clerk search while cross-examination continued.

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The court noted discovery objections and ruled that anticipated Aruba-trip testimony could be admitted with limiting instructions, subject to question-by-question objections.

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Counsel discussed using redacted text-message exhibits for the record while using typed transcripts to help the witness and counsel follow the material.

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The court and counsel discussed clearer formats and copies of Higgins text-message exhibits so the jury could follow the communications.

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Counsel agreed on a redacted physical copy of text messages for the jury, and the court addressed the order and marking of the message exhibit.

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The court addressed avoiding proffer questioning and authorized redaction of a photograph of two sleeping children from pages of Exhibit 104A.

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The court addressed next-week witness scheduling, defense expert disclosure, and redactions to Exhibit No. 48.

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Exhibit 463 remained in evidence after the defense withdrew its authenticity objection; the court ordered paper exhibits kept with the clerk during the day.

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Bukhenik was questioned about the mirrored sally port video, its limited runtime, and gaps in the footage; an inverted version was admitted as Exhibit 542.

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Counsel discussed the video’s start and end times and its five-minute, 51-second runtime, while the judge declined to have the witness perform a demonstration.

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The judge excluded proposed phone-search evidence from the Commonwealth’s case-in-chief for the time being, requested further argument and a proposed instruction, and set a one-hour closing-argument limit.

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Guarino presented phone, voicemail, and location-data evidence; Judge Cannone excluded a Google search for DUI attorneys from the Commonwealth's case-in-chief.

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Rentschler was questioned about limits in the materials reviewed for his report; the defense then rested, the court denied a renewed required-finding motion, and the parties began the charge conference.

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Counsel reported that Exhibit 604's disk was blank and requested a replacement video exhibit; the judge said she would allow it later and called a brief recess.

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Counsel disputed whether questioning implied the defense was paying a salaried witness for time, citing May 1 billing and an invoice; the judge overruled the objection.

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Counsel discussed an unauthored April 2023 narration and potential impeachment of Mrs. McCabe; the judge required defense counsel to come to sidebar before using it for impeachment.

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Counsel debated admitting selected text messages and related messages for context, with the judge allowing the offered messages for state of mind subject to instructions.

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The court marked Clip 15 as Exhibit 83 and addressed witness scheduling, directing that an expert review the newly received ARCCA report before any remedy is considered.

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Bukhenik described evidence recovered at 34 Fairview, reviewed surveillance video and taillight images, and acknowledged two sustained internal findings related to his supervision of Michael Proctor.

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Counsel and the court examined conflicting sneaker-bag labels and discussed handling the remaining clothing before resolving the sneaker issue during a break.

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Counsel discussed storing an item in plasticine and replacing or remarking a shoe evidence bag to clarify the record while preserving the old bag.

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The court discussed the remaining presentation time, a required 4:00 break, a child witness anticipated for the next day, and releasing waiting witnesses.

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Counsel discussed showing a photograph to the jurors while giving the family advance notice and accounting for the courtroom cameras.

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Counsel disputed authentication and use of text messages during cross-examination; the court admitted the material with authentication and non-hearsay limiting instructions tied to the officer's knowledge.