Tristin Morris

Key Points

• Morris explained that he drove Caitlin's white Jeep Cherokee rather than his own Ford Fusion because it handled better in snow, and that he had been driving cautiously — 'ten and two the whole time' — establishing the severity of the snowfall that night.
• When asked about Caitlin Albert's demeanor when he picked her up, Morris described her as normal with nothing out of the ordinary, a detail that bore on whether anything alarming had occurred inside 34 Fairview Road before his arrival.
• On cross-examination, Yannetti asked Morris whether he had seen a black baseball cap, a sneaker, red plastic pieces, or a man on the front lawn. Morris answered that he had not and said he saw nothing unusual.
• Yannetti showed Morris a June 2022 photograph of a gathering that included members of the Albert and McCabe families and asked whether the group had been celebrating Read's indictment. An objection was made, and Morris answered, 'No.'
• Morris revealed on cross that despite being present at the scene in the hours surrounding O'Keefe's death, he was never substantively interviewed by investigators over the course of more than two years, with his only contact being a May 7, 2024 conversation with the DA's office about his upcoming testimony.