Hollifield dressed in baggy jeans and a brown t-shirt for his court appearance. He admitted when asked by Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty that he still considered Chris Lee - and wife Nichole Lee - to be good friends. Key point in his testimony was how Hollifield denied knowing Lee planned to visit the same mining area the week after their June 22nd trip. Daugherty even confronted Hollifield with the undeniable fact he had texted Lee on the day Erin disappeared with the question, "How are the mines?" Hollifield said he didn't know if Lee planned to visit the mines or not. It was just a random text.
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The next two witnesses were the San Bernardino Sheriff's deputies who questioned Chris Lee the day after Erin went missing. Both Dep. Danny Millan and Dep. Cathy Tabor described how at first Lee denied knowing Erin as anything more than an acquaintance. Later in in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket, Lee admitted he had a romantic relationship with Erin that involved kissing but not sex. That conversation was tape recorded and played in open court. It was difficult to understand much of what was being said, but one thing that was audible to me was when Chris Lee said with very little emotion that Erin was "a pathological liar." My jaw dropped when I heard that. Both Millan and Tabor reminded Lee many times that he was the one who had lied to them the very first time they interviewed him.
The final two witnesses were involved in the discovery and recovery of Erin's body in the mine shaft. They were Cpl. Robert Whiteside, the program coordinator of the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department's Search and Rescue Unit; and Brenton Baum, an Engineer Paramedic for San Bernardino County.
This was the toughest part of the trial so far, because it involved playing video that showed Erin Corwin's body at the bottom of the mine shaft. I won't go into detail. I will say that from my vantage point in the courtroom, it appeared the defendant never took his eyes off the screen. By his own admission, he was romantically involved with Erin at one point. It was horrifying for pretty much everyone in the courtroom to see what had happened to Erin - but not to the man who once kissed and held her. I suppose a guilty man does not know how an innocent man acts.
That scum. She was NOT a pathological liar, although she may have been trusting to a fault. She made a real tragic mistake, having anything to do with this gutter slime. CL is a sociopathic piece of lying murderous trash. He'd best never make his way over here. I've got some Southern hospitality to show him for what he did to my sweet little friend. This is so upsetting to read, and I can't imagine how upsetting it must be to be in that courtroom. Thank you for keeping us in the loop. #justiceforerin
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reporting on this trial. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteI keep coming back for updates. Thank you for reporting. I knew Erin as a young teenager and was shocked by this story since I heard about it. So sad.
ReplyDeleteOk wow!! i just found a peace of an interesting thery on twitter http://bit.ly/2efGWZZ Did nyone look in to what nicole was doing the day of?
ReplyDeleteNo. There is text evidence that she willingly went with Chris because he told her he had a surprise for her. She told her friends before leaving.
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