7.Katie Halbach — Direct

MR. KRATZ: Hi, Katie. How old are you?

MR. KRATZ: Could you tell us, please, who Teresa Halbach was?

MR. KRATZ: And was Teresa older or younger than you?

MR. KRATZ: How much older?

MR. KRATZ: Now, some sisters are closer than others. Could you describe how close you were to Teresa and what kinds of things you used to do together?

MR. KRATZ: All right. What kind of things would you shop for?

MR. KRATZ: Do you know where Teresa did, uh, most of her shopping? Or was it all over?

MR. KRATZ: Teresa ever shop at a department store called Kohl's?

MR. KRATZ: Katie, were you the closest in age, at least, uh, female sibling, the closest to Teresa?

MR. KRATZ: And your other sister is younger; is that correct?

MR. KRATZ: By the way, would you, um, do other recreational kinds of things with Teresa?

MR. KRATZ: Was Teresa involved in coaching any sports?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. And would you ever go watch those games or anything?

MR. KRATZ: I'm going to show you what has been marked as Exhibit No. 11. Can you tell us what that is, please?

MR. KRATZ: And who is she?

MR. KRATZ: Is she in that picture?

MR. KRATZ: All right. I think you had mentioned, Katie, that, um, after shopping with, uh, your sister, um, it wasn't unusual for you guys to buy some clothes together; is that right?

MR. KRATZ: Had you ever purchased or gone with Teresa, uh, and purchased any specific articles of clothing like jeans or anything like that?

MR. KRATZ: As her closest sister, at least closest in age, uh, I know we talked about clothes, generally, but you -- were you aware of the jeans that she owned?

MR. KRATZ: Do you know and can you tell the jury, please, what kind of jeans your sister owned?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. Let's just start with those. What are Daisy Fuentes jeans?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. How is it that you remember the Daisy Fuentes jeans?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. At some point, Katie, had you, um, been told that your sister, Teresa, had been killed?

MR. KRATZ: After, um, Teresa's death, were you asked to go to her, um, apartment, her residence, and look through some of her clothing?

MR. KRATZ: When you looked through your sister's clothing, were you able to find those Daisy Fuentes jeans that you teased her about?

MR. KRATZ: Mr. Wiegert's handed you a pair of, uh -- of jeans with an exhibit sticker on them. I think it's a gray or a blue sticker. Can you tell me what exhibit number that is?

MR. KRATZ: And have you ever seen those jeans before?

MR. KRATZ: What is Exhibit No. 13?

MR. KRATZ: Did a law enforcement officer or officers take you on a -- a shopping trip and have you find the jeans that your sister used to own?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. If you can hold up Exhibit No. 13 and show the jury, please, um, what kind of jeans are those?

MR. KRATZ: And are those jeans, uh, at least to the best that you were able to determine, uh, the same or similar jeans that your sister had owned prior to her death on the 31st of October?

MR. KRATZ: You know what a rivet is on a jean?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. And those rivets on those jeans, do they say anything on them?

MR. KRATZ: I'm going to have you give those jeans back to Mr. Wiegert at this time. I'm going to have Mr. Wiegert take them over to the ELMO machine and see if we can show the jury what we're talking about. Just as he's doing that, those little brass buttons, or those, um, little things, are those the rivets that you were talking about?

MR. KRATZ: When Mr. Wiegert zooms in, it looks like that's as far as it zooms in, the little black lettering that goes around the rivet, um, since you've seen it, and we have a hard time seeing it, that says "Daisy Fuentes"; is that right?

MR. KRATZ: Katie, do you know what a lanyard is?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. And do you know if you ever gave your sister, Teresa, a, uh, key chain thing, a lanyard, for around her neck?

MR. KRATZ: Mr. Wiegert is going to have another exhibit marked for you, and we're going to show you, I'm sure, what will be Exhibit No. 14.

MR. KRATZ: Tell the jury what that is, please?

MR. KRATZ: Do you recognize Exhibit No. 14?

MR. KRATZ: And do you remember where you got that and where you -- when you gave it to Teresa?

MR. KRATZ: Now, that particular lanyard, if you can hold it up for the jury so that they can see what you're talking about, it's got a plastic thing on the end of it. Can you show them that? That plastic end to the lanyard, do you know what that goes into?

MR. KRATZ: All right. And can you tell the jury what a fob is, if you know?

MR. KRATZ: To help the jury, I'm going to show you Exhibit No. 12, which is a photograph. Ask if you have seen that before?

MR. KRATZ: And does Exhibit No. 12, that is, the photograph, include the key part of it, that is, the fob that clicks in or goes into that particular key chain?

MR. KRATZ: Does that key chain and that fob depicted in Exhibit No. 12 look the same or similar as the key chain and, uh, fob, or lanyard and fob, that you gave to your sister a couple of summers ago?

MR. KRATZ: Do you know whether or not your sister ever used that key chain and -- and, uh, um, that lanyard and fob?

MR. KRATZ: How do you know that?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. Katie, on Sunday nights did your sister, Teresa, and you make a habit of watching some television shows together?

MR. KRATZ: Where would you guys usually watch those shows together?

MR. KRATZ: All right. Do you remember the day before she was killed, that is, on the 30th of October, if you and Teresa and your other sister spent that night together and watched those shows together?

MR. KRATZ: All right. You remember that birthday party that night?

MR. KRATZ: Or that day at least?

MR. KRATZ: Last question for you. Um, do you know what kind of soda that, uh, your sister, Teresa, used to drink? Did she have a brand of soda she liked?

MR. KRATZ: Do you know if she liked Wild Cherry Pepsi brand soda?

MR. KRATZ: That's all I've got, Katie. Thank you.

MR. KRATZ: Judge, I would move the admission of -- Uh, Berta, I'm sorry.

MR. KRATZ: Eleven through fourteen?

MR. KRATZ: And 14.

MR. KRATZ: Eleven through fourteen, Judge.

MR. KRATZ: May we just have a brief sidebar, Judge?