Kevin Told His Sister On Tape Their Mom Planned It | Pt 19 | Grist Trial

Описание: Kevin pulled the trigger. His oldest sister testified today, and the jury heard a recording where he told her their mother told him what she was going to do.

Teralyn Fischer is the oldest of Tracey Grist's seven children. She lives in California, never moved to Utah, never got pulled into the investigation. The state called her for one reason. After Kevin Ellis was convicted of murder, Teralyn sat down with him and recorded a conversation. The state wants the jury to hear what Kevin said.

Watch what defense attorney Dana Facemyer does with this witness. By the time cross is over, the jury has seen a fifteen-minute video of Matt screaming at Kate and their eight-year-old, they have heard Teralyn describe watching Matt hit his three-year-old son in a Disneyland hotel bathroom, and they have seen photographs from the day Matt shot his own dog. The AirTag in Matt's truck gets explained for the first time in the words of the person who put it there.

The state is a witness away from resting. What the jury carries into closing arguments gets built around what they heard today and what the defense put in front of them in response. Both sides ended the week heavier on the record than they started it.

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WATCH WITH JUSTICE

0:00 to 6:22 - State walks through the text evidence one exhibit at a time. Watch for the August 6 message where Tracey tells Teralyn she is mad at herself too. The state wants the jury to read that as responsibility.

6:22 to 11:00 - State's Exhibit 132. The recording. Kevin Ellis tells his sister their mother told him what she was going to do, that he tried to warn her, and that she said yes. This is the piece the state is building the closing argument around.

11:00 to 16:00 - Facemyer opens cross. Cocaine on the night of the shooting. Kate's fear of Matt. Then a careful exchange about whether Kate told Teralyn a plan to kill Matt existed before California. Watch what the judge allows and where he draws the line.

16:00 to 22:30 - Teralyn tells the jury what she watched Matt do to his three-year-old and his eight-year-old in a Disneyland hotel bathroom. Firsthand. No secondhand. The first eyewitness account of Matt's violent behavior the jury has heard.

22:30 to 35:30 - Defense plays the wet tortilla video for the jury in full. Fifteen minutes of Matt screaming at Kate and their daughter over tortilla chips on a plate. The jury sees Matt the way Teralyn says the family saw him.

35:30 to 41:00 - The hour-and-a-half call on June 16 gets confirmed in principle. A conversation about Tracey registering a gun gets walked through. And the Adelson case comes up as something Teralyn and her mother talked about on TikTok.

41:00 to 50:30 - The AirTag was Teralyn's idea. She gives three reasons. None of them involve killing Matt. Then Facemyer closes cross with photographs of the injuries Matt had the day he shot his own dog. The defense rests its cross with Matt's own use of a firearm on the record.

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Tracey Grist, 60, is charged with orchestrating the murder of her son-in-law Matthew Restelli inside her Utah home. Her co-defendants have already been convicted or pleaded guilty. Complete case overview including charges, timeline, key players, and legal analysis.

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