2:12:00
Joseph...
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...you said that you told your sister
to bury your stepfather.
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- That's right. She didn't want to.
- I see.
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How old were you when you told her,
when she did what you wanted?
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About 8.
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In other words...
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...a 19-year-old girl didn't know
what to do with the body...
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...until an 8-year-old boy told her.
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Yes, sir.
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I have no further questions.
2:12:32
- No questions.
- You may step down, Joseph.
2:12:36
I wish to recall Selena Cross
to the stand.
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Miss Cross, yesterday
you told the jury...
2:13:00
...that your stepfather
disappeared from home...
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...a year and a half
before you killed him.
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Do you have any idea why he left?
2:13:13
I'm not sure. I'd only be guessing.
2:13:17
You hesitated. Why?
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I don't know.
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Do you know what he did
during that year and a half?
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He was in the Navy, he said.
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Do you imply that he came home
from the war...
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...from combat duty,
just to beat you up?
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We object, Your Honor. The defendant
has implied no such thing.
2:13:37
Sustained.
2:13:39
Did your stepfather
own the house you live in?
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- Well, my brother and l, we fixed it up.
- Answer the question, please.
2:13:49
- It wasn't a house when he left...
- Please answer the question.
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Yes, but it was a dirty shack
and nothing else!
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But you had the freedom to come
and go and invite boys in...