The defense will continue to call witnesses in the George Zimmerman trial after a day that focused almost entirely on the 911 call that recorded the last moments of the altercation between Zimmerman and 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to NBC News.
The biggest bombshell to be dropped on Monday was that Tracy Martin, Trayvon's father, told police that the voice on the 911 call did not belong to his son, or at least that's what two of Sanford police testified. Lead investigator Chris Serino and Officer Doris Singleteon both testified that after hearing the 911 call Tracy denied that it was Trayvon's voice on the recording, reports NBC News.
When Tracy Martin was called to the stand later he had a different recollection of his meeting with the Sanford Police Department.
"As best as I recall, after he played the tape, he basically just said, 'Do you recognize the voice?'" Tracy said. "My response was....I didn't tell him, 'No, that wasn't Trayvon. The chairs had wheels on them and I kind of pushed away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said, 'I can't tell.' I never said that 'No, that wasn't my son's voice.'"
Tracy testified that when he heard the tape multiple times later, perhaps after as many as 20 times, he was able to recognize that it was his son's voice crying for help. Tracy said that when he first heard the call with Sanford police he was still in a state of such intense grief that he was unable to listen clearly, reports the Los Angeles Times.
"I listened to my son's last cry for help, listened to his life being taken," Tracy said. "I was trying to come to grips."
In addition to the two Sanford police officers the defense also called several friends of Zimmerman to testify as to whether or not they recognized the voice in the 911 call, all of whom said under oath that the voice belonged to Zimmerman, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Late in the day with the jury excused Judge Debra Nelson ruled that the defense would be allowed to introduce Trayvon's toxicology report into evidence. At the time of the incident Trayvon had a low level of THC in his system; the defense is arguing that it was enough to impair his judgment, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
When the trial opens on Tuesday Judge Nelson is expected to rule on whether the defense will be allowed to submit an animation depicting their version of the events leading to the shooting as evidence.
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