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HAPPENING NOWChad Doerman is back in court. He allegedly confessed to deputies during his interrogation that he killed his three sons. His attorneys claim his confession was coerced and today they want the judge to keep it out of the trial.
Prosecution is giving its opening statement arguing there wasn’t any coercion — that Doerman voluntarily speak to law enforcement. They’re calling up two deputies to testify. Their body worn cameras recorded conversations with Doerman.
Doerman’s attorney are now giving their opening statement. They say they fundamentally stand by their motion and that the video recordings speak for themselves, loud and clear. Says Doerman had the wherewithal to say “I want a lawyer. Period.”
The state now calls the first of two deputies to the stand. Deputy Chad Popham assisted in Doerman’s arrest on June 15, 2023.He says when he got to the scene, he saw Doerman sitting on the porch, a gun by his side, and his wife giving CPR to their three sons.
Popham says Doerman started saying he didn’t hurt anyone and was worried about his dog getting out, assuring deputies it wasn’t going to bite anyone. Popham says after Doerman was put in a cruiser, Doerman started banging his head saying it was too hot.
Popham says he lowed the windows for Doerman who then complained his handcuffs were too tight. Pooham says a detective showed up, looked at Doerman, and asked “is that the motherf*****?”
Popham says once the cruiser door was closed the detective walked away and said “close that door before I kill that motherf*****.”
@WCPO That concludes prosecution’s questions. The defense is up now.
The defense says during this time Doerman never did anything aggressive or threatening and for the most part, sat still looking stunned. The deputy agrees with that.
The defense says to Deputy Popham, “you heard what the detective said. Did it seem uncommon to you? Did he seem agitated?”Popham responds, “I’d say so, a little. Or at least upset.”
Deputy Jeffrey Rudd is now on the stand.He walked Doerman to his cruiser. Rudd says Doerman asked about his wallet in his back pocket. To that Rudd tells prosecutors he told Doerman to “shut up” that he has the “right to remain silent and to *advertiser censored**ing use it.”
Rudd says Doerman was calm during all of this. “Like it was a normal day.”After Doerman banged his head in the cruiser, the windows were lowers and his cuffs were checked, Rudd says Doerman yelled out, “take my *advertiser censored* to jail.”Rudd says he didn’t respond.