On Friday, the jury heard from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department as well as friends and family of Boswell, her boyfriend Hunter and her ex-boyfriend Ethan.
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Megan Boswell Trial Day 4 | Jury views new interviews, details shared about last sightings of 1-year-old
The murder trial for a Sullivan County woman accused of murdering her daughter and covering it up continued Saturday, entering Day 4 of testimony.
On Friday, several people were called to the stand including a representative from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and friends and family of Megan Boswell, Hunter Wood and Ethan Perry. The validity of text messages shown in court was also questioned by the defense.
Steve Williams called to the stand
Steve Williams, formerly employed with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office as the lieutenant of Criminal Investigations, took the stand Saturday morning.
Williams expressed that Boswell had never asked for an attorney but that if something happened, she wanted one. Williams claimed that Boswell had been Mirandized but not by him and that he does not know who Mirandized her.
Williams said Boswell shared that the last time she saw her daughter Evelyn was right after Christmas at the home of the grandfather of Evelyn’s father, Ethan.
Joseph Strickler's interview with Boswell shown
Joseph Strickler, the Victim Witness Coordinator at the Second District Attorney General’s Office and former Captain of Criminal Investigations at the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, was called to the stand. Strickler said his role at the sheriff’s office was administrative and included helping out with resource and manpower efforts.
A recorded interview was shared with the court of Strickler's meeting with Boswell on Feb 20, 2020, two days after Evelyn was reported missing. Strickler met with Boswell twice that day for one-on-one interviews.
In the first interview, Megan shared that she had initially planned for her boyfriend Hunter to come pick her up but asked for her mother to come get her instead. She also said that an officer she was with had been accused of domestic assault and she wanted to have that information confirmed because she didn't want to be around them.
Strickler explained that with the details of the case, there was a possibility that Megan would be blamed.
“God forbid if something bad happened to this baby," Strickler said in the interview. "Everyone’s going to point the finger at you.”
It was shared that Evelyn had broken her arm. Megan claimed that she only knew that her daughter’s arm had been bruised, but had not seen it broken. Megan said that Evelyn's bruised arm was due to falling off the bed at Ethan’s.
She said she dropped Evelyn off on Christmas and saw her briefly the next day.
At that time, Megan said she had moved out of the trailer park she’d been living in and had moved in with Wood. She said that she generally did not bring Evelyn around Wood as she had only known him for a couple of weeks.
Stickler assured Megan that the department’s priority was to locate the baby.
“I pray to the good Lord above that we’re going to find her alive," Strickler told her. "The worst thing I've ever had to deal with is a dead child."
Strickler asked her why she had not contacted Perry's family after Christmas while he had Evelyn. Megan said she was trying to resolve things just between them.
She denied ever hurting Evelyn and said she did not believe Wood or Perry hurt Evelyn either.
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