Barisone Trial Starting Monday, 3/28

[RND]

@MHM

I have to say that seven minutes is a long freaking time to be beating somebody over the head. I mean, put a potato in the microwave for seven minutes to cook it and see how long that takes. That’s a long time.

If he was getting beaten over the head for seven minutes, no wonder he has memory loss. He’s lucky he didn’t end up in worse shape from such a beating.

Plus didn’t it sound like MB was unconscious for at least part of that time, according to RG’s testimony? Why would you be beating him over the head if he was already unconscious?

And where exactly would that seven minutes fit into the timeline of the events, since LK and/or RG said that the police showed up almost instantly as soon as they called 911? Does that mean they beat MB unconscious for seven minutes and then called 911?

Did the seven minutes thing come from anyone but LK and/or RG? If not, I wouldn’t waste my time pondering it too much since they can’t keep anything straight. They’re just throwing numbers and words out there without even thinking.

[MHM]

@Libby2563

There’s at least a few minutes of 911 call before the officer’s voice is audible so he arrived quickly but not instantaneously.

I believe the first officer on the scene testified that he got there within about a minute after the 911 operator told him about it, because he was only about a mile away, or something like that. And the 911 operator said she had somebody on the way pretty darn close to the start of a call, the way I heard it.

And the second officer to arrive was also quite close by when he got the call, I believe.

[Sdel]

@RegentLion

My impression is that the gun owner is ultimately the one responsible for their weapon, and keeping it safe and secure.

She was a regular to the farm. She probably knew about the safe and it was implied he was locking it up because of something else going on that hasn’t been made known.

[Knights_Mom]

If I asked for a gun that I knew was in someone’s car (many folks on farms never lock their cars) it would be for me to take it and put it away and the safe in a locked office makes perfect sense.

No idea if he locked the safe that was in an office that could be locked.

[ToN_Farm]

@RegentLion

I listened from that point until the end… So I’m not sure what you’re getting at.

What she’s getting at is trying to make a good excuse for RC.

[RegentLion]

That assumption is logical, but according to RC he they didn’t discuss what he was doing with the gun. I am sure she regrets her part in this now.

[Jealoushe]

In the Dellen Mallard case here in Ontario, the man who sold him the gun went to jail. For a good time considering Canadian sentencing. Lucky LK survived for RC

[MHM]

@CindyB59

One thing I noticed with RG is that when the defense attorney asked him to read, he had a difficult time grasping what to read and had to borrow the attorneys glasses.

When the prosecutor asked him similar things, he could find the correct place on the page, and read unaided.

I believe RG explained that at one point by saying the print was bigger. Whether or not that was actually true…

[ToN_Farm]

@RND

Did the seven minutes thing come from anyone but LK and/or RG?

LK said something about the last 7 minutes of her life, and trying to help Rob. Somehow it got translated to her hitting him with the phone for 7 minutes. That’s hard for anyone to believe.

[RegentLion]

I agree, that would be logical.

But why, now, does he suddenly want to lock up the gun? Is this the first trip she brought it on? Is this the first he’s heard of it? Or is this a common thing that they had going on (it wasn’t made out to be).

RC giving the gun to MB effectively removed it from her control.

[MHM]

@RegentLion

I find it astounding that someone would just hand over a gun with no questions, particularly in light of the overall tense situation.

Same.

And then some.

[RegentLion]

@MHM

Same.

And then some.

Makes me wonder if there was more discussion of this gun that has been brought forward.

[Sdel]

Again, they were being terrorized. It might have been understood that her truck was not a safe place for it to be. It seems that LK/RG were a lurking around at night that might have been an accurate assumption. It is reasonable to think the safe was a better option, even if he was starting to lose it by then.

[Joanne]

@RegentLion

But why, now, does he suddenly want to lock up the gun?

Because things were getting worse.

[MHM]

@RND

Did the seven minutes thing come from anyone but LK and/or RG? If not, I wouldn’t waste my time pondering it too much since they can’t keep anything straight. They’re just throwing numbers and words out there without even thinking.

So then wouldn’t the same thing apply to their description of what happened in the altercation?

[Sdel]

MHG was asked if she saw LK hiding in the woods with a flashlight that was being shined in the windows. She said “no, that was MB”.

[Knights_Mom]

@RegentLion

I agree, that would be logical.

But why, now, does he suddenly want to lock up the gun? Is this the first trip she brought it on? Is this the first he’s heard of it? Or is this a common thing that they had going on (it wasn’t made out to be).

RC giving the gun to MB effectively removed it from her control.

Maybe it coincided with a LK or RG FB post about guns or other threatening thing.

[RegentLion]

I can totally see that.

I could ABSOLUTELY see them discussing the situation at the farm, concern about the gun getting into the wrong hands, MB offering to lock it in the safe, her agreeing.

But according to MC’s testimony, they didn’t even discuss that. MB wanted to see the gun, and then walked off with it toward the office. No mention was made of him putting it in the safe to keep it safe.

[Joanne]

Remind me of what was said, who said it: MB was going to install cameras around the barn. Did LK imply she was going to disable them, remove them, destroy them?

[RegentLion]

I heard that, yes, but I don’t know where the information came from. I believe LK was asked about that in one of her sessions.