Sarah Boone Trial: Boone's ex-husband testifies | FULL — Transcript

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1. 0:00good afternoon
2. 0:02sir good afternoon uh can you tell us
3. 0:05how it is that you know the
4. 0:07defendant um I dated her for quite a
5. 0:11while and then we eventually got married
6. 0:14when you say you dated her for quite a
7. 0:16while um how long are we talking um I
8. 0:19met her in the late
9. 0:2290s and I believe it was
10. 0:25around 2005 when we got
11. 0:28married did do you have any children as
12. 0:31a result of your marriage with the
13. 0:32defendant yes we had one
14. 0:34son and how old is that son um he is
15. 0:38currently getting ready to turn
16. 0:4114
17. 0:42um did your marriage with the defendant
18. 0:45asked no it did
19. 0:48not and
20. 0:50approximately when was it that you uh
21. 0:54separated and began proceedings for a
22. 0:57divorce um
23. 1:00probably
24. 1:032017 I'm thinking
25. 1:06maybe and at that time um when was your
26. 1:11divorce actually
27. 1:13finalized um oh maybe it was 2016 I
28. 1:16think the divorce was
29. 1:192017 I
30. 1:22believe and after your divorce uh what
31. 1:28was your custody the arrangement uh with
32. 1:31your son that you had in common with the
33. 1:34defendant um she was supposed to have
34. 1:37him on Mondays in Tuesdays I would have
35. 1:39them Wednesday Thursdays and then we'
36. 1:42alternate Friday through Sundays every
37. 1:44other week so one week you would have
38. 1:47five days with your son and another week
39. 1:51she would have five days with it
40. 1:54correct
41. 1:56and was this still the same custody
42. 1:59arrangement in February of 2020
43. 2:04yes and in February of 2020
44. 2:09um did you have uh do you recall the
45. 2:12events that occurred I guess first on
46. 2:16the the late evening of February 23rd
47. 2:222020 um on that evening yes uh uh well
48. 2:27apparent uh Sarah called me at one point
49. 2:29during the
50. 2:31nights do you recall about what time she
51. 2:34called you I think it was 11
52. 2:38something when you answered the phone
53. 2:41how did Sarah sound on the phone she
54. 2:44sounded like she had been drinking was
55. 2:46pretty
56. 2:47drunk were you able to understand what
57. 2:50the defendant was saying um somewhat but
58. 2:54she woke me up I had work the next day I
59. 2:58was asleep when she called
60. 3:01um she's done this before calling me
61. 3:03late at night and generally I kind of
62. 3:05just try to ignore it so I wasn't really
63. 3:08paying
64. 3:09attention um who was she living with at
65. 3:13the time uh George
66. 3:15Torres when she called you late that
67. 3:19evening uh could you hear George in the
68. 3:21background at all not that I remember
69. 3:26now did you pay much attention to this
70. 3:28phone call
71. 3:31no now the following morning on February
72. 3:3524th
73. 3:372020 did you begin to call the defendant
74. 3:41yes I did and approximately what time
75. 3:46did you begin to call the defendant um I
76. 3:48think it was like 11:00 or
77. 3:51something and why was it that you were
78. 3:53calling her um well it was going to be
79. 3:56Monday um I had had him on Sunday and
80. 3:59dropped him off at school and I was
81. 4:00calling to try to find out if she was
82. 4:03going to be actually picking him up that
83. 4:05day why would you have a question about
84. 4:08whether or not she was picking him up
85. 4:10she wasn't generally very good about
86. 4:12actually getting him on the day she was
87. 4:14supposed
88. 4:16to so it was not uncommon for you to
89. 4:19have to remind her uh to pick him up or
90. 4:24to make sure that she she was going to
91. 4:26pick him up well I mean remind or just
92. 4:29just find out if she was going to or if
93. 4:32she was just going to give him over to
94. 4:34me as what
95. 4:37happened do you remember at what time on
96. 4:41February 24th you actually got in touch
97. 4:45with the defendant um I think it was
98. 4:47like 12:30 or
99. 4:48something and when you actually got in
100. 4:52touch with her what did she tell you on
101. 4:55the phone um that George was dead and if
102. 4:59I would come
103. 5:00over did she say what happened to him um
104. 5:05I don't remember if she told me then on
105. 5:07the phone or when I got there but she
106. 5:10told me they had been playing hide and
107. 5:12seek and that she fell
108. 5:14asleep what did you advise her to do um
109. 5:18I told her she needed to call 911 and
110. 5:21that I would come over as soon as I
111. 5:25could and this is on your first phone
112. 5:28call here at approximately 12:30 yes on
113. 5:33224 29
114. 5:37yes did she did she call you again while
115. 5:40you were in route to her residence she
116. 5:43did she called to find out if I was um
117. 5:46still going to be coming
118. 5:47over and when you spoke with her while
119. 5:52you were in route what if anything did
120. 5:54you advise her I told her she needed to
121. 5:57call 911 and told her I was on my way
122. 6:00but she needed to get somebody over
123. 6:03there how long did it take you to
124. 6:06arrive at her residence from the first
125. 6:10phone call or yes from the first phone
126. 6:15um well I mean I don't live I mean I
127. 6:20live a minute or two drive away but I
128. 6:22had to get my puppy we we had just
129. 6:25gotten a puppy recently I had to get him
130. 6:26in his crate and stuff like that and put
131. 6:29some something on because I was working
132. 6:31from home and
133. 6:34um total time maybe 10
134. 6:38minutes when you arrived at her
135. 6:44apartment um tell us tell us what she
136. 6:48told you when you
137. 6:50arrived
138. 6:52um that um I mean George was dead and I
139. 6:56once again I don't remember if she told
140. 6:58me now or before before that um they had
141. 7:02been playing hide and seek and she fell
142. 7:03asleep but I that time told her again
143. 7:07she needed to get 911 called to get
144. 7:09somebody over
145. 7:11there had she called 911 at this point
146. 7:14no she had
147. 7:17not so you've advised her now three
148. 7:20times to call 911
149. 7:25yes did you go inside of her apartment I
150. 7:30walked in the front door into the little
151. 7:32tiled area like entrance way
152. 7:36thing what if anything did You
153. 7:38observe when you made it to that point
154. 7:43um looking into the living room I could
155. 7:45see like the end of his feet and maybe a
156. 7:48little bit of some legs that were kind
157. 7:50of coming out around uh the backside of
158. 7:53the kitchen area did you continue to go
159. 7:57into the apartment no
160. 8:00where did you go um Sarah told me she
161. 8:03was going to call 911 and go outside and
162. 8:06have a cigarette and a drink and asked
163. 8:09me to come out there with her and I told
164. 8:10her that I didn't really feel
165. 8:12comfortable being inside and I went out
166. 8:15front and got in my car and waited for
167. 8:17people to show
168. 8:19up did you witness the defendant call
169. 8:23911 um I think I was in there when she
170. 8:25dialed it and first got somebody on the
171. 8:28phone but I wasn't there for the whole
172. 8:31conversation now I was
173. 8:33outside did you stay there at the
174. 8:37scene while police arrived yes I I was
175. 8:42there I was part of it I knew I'd have
176. 8:44to talk to somebody
177. 8:47so did you talk with law enforcement I
178. 8:52did I have no further questions at this
179. 8:56time thank you any cross-examination we
180. 8:59want to reserve our questions for when
181. 9:01we call in in our
182. 9:03case okay all right sir you're subject
183. 9:06to recall okay thank you thank you