Day Two - The Prosecution's Case Continues

Day two of the prosecution's case consisted of just three witnesses, but there was no shortage of bombshell testimony. I will try and cut to the chase in terms of the highlights of each witnesses testimony.

The first witness of the day was Douglas Billings. I would say this man knows caves and mines in the the vast desert near Joshua Tree National Park and Twentynine Palms like a mother knows the freckles on her child's face - and with that much affection. He's been exploring the area since he was a kid, and he's now 53.

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Billings was able to use photographs taken on June 22, 2014 by a civilian friend of the defendant to zero in on the mine where searchers ultimately found Erin Corwin's body.

The next witness was Aisling Malakie. Aisling lived with her husband, Conor, and young son in the apartment directly downstairs from Erin and Jon Corwin in 2013-14. Aisling and Erin were close friends at one point - close enough that Aisling took Erin to the hospital when she suffered a miscarriage.

Aisling also discovered the relationship between Erin and the defendant, and ended up telling the defendant's wife Nichole, and Jon Corwin.

Two points Aisling made that gave me chills:

• She said Christopher Lee talked about murder more times than she could count. She found it odd because, "No one else I knew talked about snapping necks and hiding bodies with coyotes."

• After Erin went missing, Aisling called the Lee residence to let Nichole know that investigators were looking for Chris. According to Aisling, Nichole replied (referring to Erin), "I don't care what happened to that little bitch."

The final witness of the day was Aisling's husband, Conor Malakie. Conor said he considered Christopher Lee to be a close friend. On the day Erin disappeared, Chris made a vague invitation to Conor to go coyote hunting. An hour after Chris Lee left to "go hunting" Conor attempted to get in touch with him. Chris texted Conor to meet him outside Joshua Tree National Park. Conor spent as many as three hours trying to find Chris, but to no avail. All calls and texts to Chris went unanswered. Later that afternoon, when Chris returned home, Conor noticed the propane tank that was in the back of Chris's Jeep earlier that morning was no longer there.

The big moment for me was when Conor explained what happened the morning after Erin disappeared. Conor saw Chris at the apartment complex and asked him if her knew where Erin was. Chris said he didn't. Then Conor asked his very good friend, "Did you do what I think you did?"

Let that sink in. If a young man who had great affection for the defendant immediately suspected he had murdered Erin, I can't help but think the jurors will draw the same conclusion, considering the mountain of evidence the prosecution is in the process of presenting.