by Masoninblue
Three More Witnesses Change Stories In Zimmerman Case
2:18 pm in Uncategorized by Masoninblue
Cross posted from Frederick Leatherman Law Blog.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting today that three more witnesses have changed their stories in the Zimmerman case.
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Witness 2
She originally told the police she saw one person chasing another person, who was about 10-12 feet ahead, up the sidewalk between townhomes in the direction of the T-intersection with another sidewalk that connects Twin Trees Street with Retreat View Circle (this is very close to the location where Zimmerman shot Martin). She now says that she only saw one person running. She originally said she could not identify either individual because it was dark and she had taken her contacts out before it happened. That part of her story remains the same.
She changed her story when John Batchelor of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement interviewed her on March 20th.
Witness 12
Witness 12 is a young mother who did not give a recorded statement to the Sanford Police. The Orlando Sentinel reports,
During that session [with an investigator of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on 3/20/2012 when she gave her first recorded statement], she said she saw two people on the ground immediately after the shooting and was not sure who was on top, Zimmerman or Trayvon.
“I don’t know which one. … All I saw when they were on the ground was dark colors,” she said.
Six days later, however, she was sure: It was Zimmerman on top, she told trial prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda during a 2 1/2-minute recorded session.
Since she saw the two individuals after the shot was fired, and we know that Trayvon Martin was shot, we can infer that she must be right. Zimmerman was on top.
She explained that the person on top was definitely bigger than the person on the bottom and when she saw pictures of them on TV after the shooting, she realized Zimmerman was the guy on top because he is much bigger than Martin (he’s 2 inches shorter but 42 lbs heavier).
Witness 13
