6.Jodi Stachowski — Direct/Cross

MR. KRATZ: State would call Jodi Stachowski to the stand.

MR. KRATZ: Ms. Stachowski, you'll have to speak right into the microphone so that we can all hear what you're saying. Ms. Stachowski, in, um -- during the year 2005, and up to and including Halloween of 2005, were you involved in a, uh, relationship with an individual?

MR. KRATZ: Who was that relationship with?

MR. KRATZ: And what, in fact, was your relationship with Mr. Avery during that year?

MR. KRATZ: Ms. Stachowski, I'm going to direct your attention to October 31 of 2005, uh, ask if you'd tell the jury, please, where you were physically, uh, located that day, if you recall?

MR. KRATZ: And can you tell the jurors, please, why it was that you were in jail at that time?

MR. KRATZ: All right. During your stay at the Manitowoc County Jail, uh, which included, uh, Halloween of 2005, did you have occasion to remain in contact with your then fiancé, Steven Avery?

MR. KRATZ: When was it, Ms. Stachowski, that you went into jail? That is, when was it that you had to report to jail, if you can remember?

MR. KRATZ: All right. And how long of a stay? That is, how long were you scheduled to be in jail from August, '05?

MR. KRATZ: Between August, then, and October 31 of '05, uh, how regularly would you remain in contact with Mr. Avery?

MR. KRATZ: Were there any occasions, Ms. Stachowski, when you would talk to Mr. Avery on more than one occasion during a particular day?

MR. KRATZ: All right. And how would those conversations occur? In other words, were they in person or were they on the telephone?

MR. KRATZ: Could you tell the jurors, please, how those phone calls would be placed? That is, would you place the calls to Mr. Avery or would he call you?

MR. KRATZ: Let me ask you, Ms. Stachowski, do you remember October 31 of 2005? And, specifically, do you remember placing any calls to your fiancé, Steven Avery?

MR. KRATZ: On October 31, 2005, on how many occasions did you talk to Mr. Avery?

MR. KRATZ: And could you tell the jurors about what times those two calls were placed?

MR. KRATZ: All right. Are those estimates, Ms. Stachowski?

MR. KRATZ: How long would those phone calls last?

MR. KRATZ: And how do you know they lasted 15 minutes? In other words, was there something with the jail that --

MR. KRATZ: All right. Ms. Stachowski, the last area of -- of inquiry I have for you for this trial is the, um, arrangement or setup of Mr. Avery's, um, trailer. First of all, are you familiar with, uh, Mr. Avery's, um, residence? With his trailer?

MR. KRATZ: Did you live in that trailer prior to you having to go to jail in August of '05?

MR. KRATZ: And at the time that you lived there, did you and Mr. Avery share the same bedroom?

MR. KRATZ: Describe, if you will, um, the kind of furniture that Mr. Avery had, or that you and Mr. Avery shared, in his bedroom? Uh, that is, prior to you going into jail.

MR. KRATZ: All right. Do you remember, Ms. Stachowski, prior to your going into the jail, if Mr. Avery had any, uh, gun racks or firearms on the wall?

MR. KRATZ: Do you know what kind of guns those were? If you don't, that's fine. I'm just --

MR. KRATZ: just asking. All right. I'm going to show you what has been received as Exhibit No. 73. This is a computer-generated diagram. Um, first of all, at least from the standpoint of having a bed, uh, a desk, a bookcase, uh, and a nightstand, or filing cabinet, and a dresser, assuming that's what that is down there, uh, is that the same kind of furniture that Mr. Avery and you had in that bedroom before you went into jail?

MR. KRATZ: Now, before you went into jail, looking at Exhibit No. 73, was the room set up or configured that way?

MR. KRATZ: Could you tell the jurors, please, how it was different? What -- First of all, where was the bed when -- uh, when you went into jail? How was it situated?

MR. KRATZ: All right. And so if I'm taking a laser pointer, uh, and pointing, um, what would be to the, uh, top right, or towards the bottom left, uh, is it a fair characterization that the bed was facing this way?

MR. KRATZ: Which, uh, side, or which wall was the headboard on?

MR. KRATZ: And I'm pointing, uh, to, uh, the wall, which would be the east wall, of the trailer. Um, is that the wall that the headboard was on?

MR. KRATZ: The headboard was here and the bed was, uh, along, um, that way; is that -- is that correct?

MR. KRATZ: Okay. Now, was the bed all the way against this right-hand or, uh, south wall, or was it away from the wall?

MR. KRATZ: So it was abutted all the way up against --

MR. KRATZ: -- the wall? The, um -- This bookcase, um, that we see, uh, depicted in Exhibit No., uh, 73, can you tell us where that was located while you were there?

MR. KRATZ: All right. And where was the nightstand?

MR. KRATZ: um -

MR. KRATZ: Would be right next to the door?

MR. KRATZ: So the nightstand would be here, and the bed would -- would -- would be this way right next to it; is that right?

MR. KRATZ: All right. A -- assuming that this dresser -- and I can show you another version if I need to -- but assuming the dresser is kind of kitty-corner, uh, in the, uh, southwest corner of the bedroom, would that have been in about the same place?

MR. KRATZ: I'm going to show you one more photo just to kind of orient us. This is Exhibit No. 75. I think you've told us that the bed was along, uh, this wall with the headboard underneath, uh, the east window; is that correct?

MR. KRATZ: As you looked down this hallway, then -- This is a hallway; is that right?

MR. KRATZ: As you looked down this hallway, uh, and through the open doorway, uh, would you be able, then, to see the bed?

MR. KRATZ: All right.

MR. KRATZ: That's all the questions today for Ms. Stachowski, then, Judge. Thank you.

MR. KRATZ: This might be a good time for our afternoon break, Judge.