Summary of Court proceedings on Day 15, Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Today’s proceedings were live on KTVB.com. Court is in recess until 9 am Wednesday, June 8th which would have been Robert’s 10th birthday.
Melissa and Daniel shared a car and Melissa drove it to work the day Robert went missing. Melissa worked the evening shift this particular day and left for work before 3 pm. She had been working at Blackhawk Industries for about 1 year.
Ehrlick said Robert had to return to the apartment and check in with him every 15 minutes whenever he went outside and Robert was restricted to the playground.
Throughout today’s proceedings, numerous detectives stated they did not at anytime directly accuse Daniel Ehrlick of committing foul play in Robert’s disappearance.
Daniel Ehrlick Jr told detective his father visited his apartment that evening around
8:15 pm and the last time he saw Robert was when he came into the apartment approximately 5 minutes after his father left to ask if he could attend the birthday party. Daniel’s father has not testified in Court and we don’t know if he will.
Melissa told the detective who testified in Court today suspects should include her mother, sister, God, detective and president, but not her and Ehrlick.
Witness who lived across from Erhlick/Jenkins in Summer of 2009 has two sons around Robert Manwill's age. Neighbor saw Melissa Jenkins talking to an officer who wanted to check Melissa’s apartment for Robert. She heard Jenkins ask the officer why.
Witness asked Ehrlick if he thought Robert really went to birthday party and he replied “if he thought Robert was going to be back, he’d be back by now.” Witness moved out of apartments in Oct. 2009 partly because of the Robert Manwill case. Said she didn't want her children there.
Next witness: BPD Patrol Officer who is believed to be witness #80 for the prosecution. Officer heard Ehrlick cursing and crying and saw him punching walls of the apartment during search. When Daniel realized she'd seen him, he was shocked.
Next witness is BPD Sgt. who was initially the lead investigator in the case. He testified on Day 2 of the trial and recorded interview with Ehrlick Sgt. says he doubted a stranger could've taken Robert Manwill because there were a lot of people around that evening. Sgt. explained why Amber Alert was never issued for Robert Manwill - didn't meet state requirements and they require evidence the child was abducted.
Sgt. recorded conversation with Ehrlick and Jenkins about Amber Alert which was played in Court. Jury given transcripts.
When Sgt.asked Ehrlick about the sausage biscuits, Ehrlick changed his mind and said they were a different size than the ones they had at home. Yesterday we heard Ehrlick say the biscuits found in the bush prove Robert ran away.
Sgt. says as the investigation continued, there were inconsistencies in Ehrlick’s statements. "His timeline was getting farther and farther apart."
Ehrlick told Sgt. he noticed Robert missing at 8:30 pm, called 911 at 9:00 pm. He really called after 10 pm and told dispatcher Robert gone since around 7 pm.
Daniel ended an interview with detectives when he heard a dog was searching his apartment. Detective decided not to interview Ehrlick because he became extremely irate when he learned police took a dog into his apartment. Daniel accused the Police of being disrespectful.
During an interview, neighbor interrupted and said she thought it was weird trash got picked up and that in her opinion, the birthday party was a 'great diversion'. Neighbor says to Ehrlick in front of detective, “It could have been any of our kids. Every summer 1 of these kids go missing…but they find them.” This neighbor didn't realize who Ehrlick was and when she finds out he is Robert’s stepdad, she says 'I'm so sorry!"
Ehrlick told detectives the reason he felt guilty for Robert being gone was because he was supposed to be watching him.
Ehrlick told detective he told Jenkins that Robert was missing after 35 minutes and she told him to call 911 which would have been just before 9 pm. Past testimony indicates Ehrlick called 911 after 10:00 pm, more than two hours after his call to Jenkins at 7:30 pm according to Jenkins’ co-worker who testified.
Ehrlick told detective he had a 'good relationship' with Robert considering he's his stepdad. Said they called each other 'dad' and 'son'.
In an audio recording played in Court, a Special Victims detective is heard talking to Ehrlick after Robert goes missing. Ehrlick sounds stressed and said, “I’ve been punching things all night… Let’s see I punched that, I punched my cabinet, I punched my garage...”
The defense is again trying to show Ehrlick cooperated with investigation because he allowed officers to take his cell phone to get its contents. We know from previous testimony there were only about 12 text messages which didn’t raise any red flags but we know Ehrlick sent and received many more. Ehrlick told the officers there should be some text messages "still on the phone" but he didn't say any were deleted.
Pros. wanted to give jurors a list of each officer who talked to Ehrlick and Defense objected because they say it presents information not yet discussed in Court.
Judge rules prosecution can't present that list until those people have testified and that evidence is presented.
On cross examination, defender mentions that we've heard a number of witnesses “were directed to write reports substantially after the fact.”
Motion: Pros. wants to be allowed to question Melissa Jenkins about her guilty plea for aiding and abetting if they call her.
Prosecution said they will not call Melissa Jenkins this week. Attorneys will argue a motion about her testimony on Monday.
Without jury’s presence, we learned some of the information on the previous tape was removed because of pretrial motion restricting discussion of Jenkins' statements. After some debate, Judge informed the Jury that some of the audio recording was deleted and they are not to worry about the gaps.
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Today’s proceedings were live on KTVB.com. Court is in recess until 9 am Wednesday, June 8th which would have been Robert’s 10th birthday.
Melissa and Daniel shared a car and Melissa drove it to work the day Robert went missing. Melissa worked the evening shift this particular day and left for work before 3 pm. She had been working at Blackhawk Industries for about 1 year.
Ehrlick said Robert had to return to the apartment and check in with him every 15 minutes whenever he went outside and Robert was restricted to the playground.
Throughout today’s proceedings, numerous detectives stated they did not at anytime directly accuse Daniel Ehrlick of committing foul play in Robert’s disappearance.
Daniel Ehrlick Jr told detective his father visited his apartment that evening around
8:15 pm and the last time he saw Robert was when he came into the apartment approximately 5 minutes after his father left to ask if he could attend the birthday party. Daniel’s father has not testified in Court and we don’t know if he will.
Melissa told the detective who testified in Court today suspects should include her mother, sister, God, detective and president, but not her and Ehrlick.
Witness who lived across from Erhlick/Jenkins in Summer of 2009 has two sons around Robert Manwill's age. Neighbor saw Melissa Jenkins talking to an officer who wanted to check Melissa’s apartment for Robert. She heard Jenkins ask the officer why.
Witness asked Ehrlick if he thought Robert really went to birthday party and he replied “if he thought Robert was going to be back, he’d be back by now.” Witness moved out of apartments in Oct. 2009 partly because of the Robert Manwill case. Said she didn't want her children there.
Next witness: BPD Patrol Officer who is believed to be witness #80 for the prosecution. Officer heard Ehrlick cursing and crying and saw him punching walls of the apartment during search. When Daniel realized she'd seen him, he was shocked.
Next witness is BPD Sgt. who was initially the lead investigator in the case. He testified on Day 2 of the trial and recorded interview with Ehrlick Sgt. says he doubted a stranger could've taken Robert Manwill because there were a lot of people around that evening. Sgt. explained why Amber Alert was never issued for Robert Manwill - didn't meet state requirements and they require evidence the child was abducted.
Sgt. recorded conversation with Ehrlick and Jenkins about Amber Alert which was played in Court. Jury given transcripts.
When Sgt.asked Ehrlick about the sausage biscuits, Ehrlick changed his mind and said they were a different size than the ones they had at home. Yesterday we heard Ehrlick say the biscuits found in the bush prove Robert ran away.
Sgt. says as the investigation continued, there were inconsistencies in Ehrlick’s statements. "His timeline was getting farther and farther apart."
Ehrlick told Sgt. he noticed Robert missing at 8:30 pm, called 911 at 9:00 pm. He really called after 10 pm and told dispatcher Robert gone since around 7 pm.
Daniel ended an interview with detectives when he heard a dog was searching his apartment. Detective decided not to interview Ehrlick because he became extremely irate when he learned police took a dog into his apartment. Daniel accused the Police of being disrespectful.
During an interview, neighbor interrupted and said she thought it was weird trash got picked up and that in her opinion, the birthday party was a 'great diversion'. Neighbor says to Ehrlick in front of detective, “It could have been any of our kids. Every summer 1 of these kids go missing…but they find them.” This neighbor didn't realize who Ehrlick was and when she finds out he is Robert’s stepdad, she says 'I'm so sorry!"
Ehrlick told detectives the reason he felt guilty for Robert being gone was because he was supposed to be watching him.
Ehrlick told detective he told Jenkins that Robert was missing after 35 minutes and she told him to call 911 which would have been just before 9 pm. Past testimony indicates Ehrlick called 911 after 10:00 pm, more than two hours after his call to Jenkins at 7:30 pm according to Jenkins’ co-worker who testified.
Ehrlick told detective he had a 'good relationship' with Robert considering he's his stepdad. Said they called each other 'dad' and 'son'.
In an audio recording played in Court, a Special Victims detective is heard talking to Ehrlick after Robert goes missing. Ehrlick sounds stressed and said, “I’ve been punching things all night… Let’s see I punched that, I punched my cabinet, I punched my garage...”
The defense is again trying to show Ehrlick cooperated with investigation because he allowed officers to take his cell phone to get its contents. We know from previous testimony there were only about 12 text messages which didn’t raise any red flags but we know Ehrlick sent and received many more. Ehrlick told the officers there should be some text messages "still on the phone" but he didn't say any were deleted.
Pros. wanted to give jurors a list of each officer who talked to Ehrlick and Defense objected because they say it presents information not yet discussed in Court.
Judge rules prosecution can't present that list until those people have testified and that evidence is presented.
On cross examination, defender mentions that we've heard a number of witnesses “were directed to write reports substantially after the fact.”
Motion: Pros. wants to be allowed to question Melissa Jenkins about her guilty plea for aiding and abetting if they call her.
Prosecution said they will not call Melissa Jenkins this week. Attorneys will argue a motion about her testimony on Monday.
Without jury’s presence, we learned some of the information on the previous tape was removed because of pretrial motion restricting discussion of Jenkins' statements. After some debate, Judge informed the Jury that some of the audio recording was deleted and they are not to worry about the gaps.
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