Homicide Trial Day 4: Assistant Principal Testifies In Fuller Homicide Trial - Mar 18, 2021
"In the weeks before she died, 15-year-old Kaylie Juga told a friend she thought her former boyfriend Martice Fuller might kill her."
"On Thursday, in the fourth day of testimony at Fuller’s trial in Kenosha County Circuit Court, Juga’s friend Jennifer DeZoma told the jury she had been worried about Juga’s relationship with Fuller because of his controlling and sometimes violent behavior, and that she continued to be worried after the breakup as Fuller continued to attempt to contact Juga by phone, through friends, at her job and at her home."
"At the trial Thursday, former Bradford High School Assistant Principal Jill Schwenzen testified that she had been extremely concerned for Juga’s safety."
"Although Schwenzen said she was used to dealing with students who were upset with her because of her role as a disciplinarian at school, “This was an extreme case for me. I was scared,” she said."
"In other testimony Thursday, Kenosha Police Detective Jason Kenesie testified that home security video from a home across the street from the Juga home had shown a person wearing a hoodie watching the Juga home for several minutes during the night days before Juga was shot, then riding past the home on a bike.
On May 9, 2019, the day of the shooting, at 2:56 p.m. a person wearing a black hoodie, black pants and white shoes is seen entering the Jugas’ open garage and going into the house shortly after Stephanie Juga returned home from picking up Kaylie Juga at school."
"Kenesie testified that 90 seconds after the person enters the house, a gunshot can be heard on the video. There is a pause, followed by six more shots. According to earlier testimony, Kaylie Juga was shot five times at close range, Stephanie Juga shot twice. Kenesie said there is a 16-second gap between the first shot and the second shot. The rest follow in quick succession.
The person can then be seen leaving the house and sprinting away."
"Prosecutors completed presenting evidence in the case Thursday. Fuller declined to testify, and the defense presented no evidence and rested their case.
Evidence against Fuller appears overwhelming. Attorneys are expected to make their closing arguments Friday morning, and then the case will go to the jury for deliberations."