Zachariah Anderson Rosalio Gutierrez Trial

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The Wisconsin trial of obsessed ex-boyfriend Zachariah Anderson — who’s accused of murdering his ex’s new lover — continues because the jury hears the twelfth day of testimony from witnesses.

Investigators declare Anderson stalked his ex-girlfriend, Sadie Beacham, for weeks — placing a burner telephone in her automotive and utilizing a GPS tracker to look at and hearken to the brand new couple. Detectives discovered Rosalio Gutierrez Jr.’s blood in Anderson’s van, and cadaver canine discovered items of clothes and a bleach bottle in a burn pit on his property, authorities mentioned. Gutierrez’s physique has by no means been discovered.

12:30 p.m. – Searches, Motion & Money

After a quick morning break, jurors heard testimony from one of many state’s witnesses, Detective Vicente Correa. Detective Correa was concerned in investigating Anderson’s alleged involvement in Gutierrez’s homicide.

Detective Correa confirmed a number of textual content messages have been despatched between Anderson and Beachum within the week earlier than the sufferer’s loss of life — and confirmed jurors the actions Anderson made earlier than the homicide by utilizing his cell-phone historical past.

That is an exhibit jurors have been offered displaying telephone exercise from Zachariah Anderson’s cellphone on Could 13, 2020.

Jurors additionally noticed pictures of a bag of money that was present in Anderson’s ottoman — totaling about $48,000.

That is an exhibit jurors have been offered displaying a bag of money detectives present in Zachariah Anderson’s ottoman once they searched his residence.

The detective additionally confirmed Anderson looked for the shop hours of some basic residence enchancment shops the day after he allegedly killed Gutierrez.

2:30 p.m. – Blood, A Footprint & Pizza Field

Following Thursday’s lunch break, Detective Correa instructed jurors about what he and different officers discovered once they started investigating at Gutierrez’s condominium. Inside, Detective Correa mentioned they discovered a pizza field and a receipt together with his identify and tackle on it. Officers hoped to make use of the receipt to find out a timeline as much as his disappearance.

The detective additionally confirmed there was blood “in lots of areas of the house” and a neighbor had instructed officers on scene that they heard “one thing taking place” the night of Could 17, 2020.

The state additionally requested the detective a few footprint recorded as proof on the scene — the detective mentioned officers couldn’t decide who that footprint belonged to or whether or not or not it was concerned in Gutierrez’s disappearance.

3:00 p.m. – Search Warrant Discoveries

Earlier than taking a fast break, jurors heard from Detective Correa about what investigators discovered once they served a search warrant at Anderson’s residence.

Detectives searched Anderson’s van and located carpet had just lately been ripped up, the van smelled like bleach and it appeared there have been some blood stains in a number of areas.

Officers additionally famous a fireplace pit in Anderson’s yard that was lively and smoldering. In revealed court docket paperwork, detectives have beforehand mentioned a bleach bottle and burned items of garments have been discovered charred inside a fireplace pit on Anderson’s property.

3:45 p.m. – Garments In The Hearth Pit

The state requested Detective Correa about what officers discovered within the fireplace pit on Anderson’s yard.

The detective mentioned investigators recovered buttons from Levi denims Anderson had owned within the fireplace pit, together with related underwear and socks he was carrying on the time of his arrest.

This photograph is an exhibit offered to the jury displaying buttons from a pair of Levi denims Zachariah Anderson owned.

A digicam that had been wrapped in a sock and shoelaces have been additionally recovered.

4:45 p.m. – Protection Questions Detective

The protection started their flip at questioning Detective Correa by asking about Anderson’s cellphone knowledge he had simply testified to — working to poke holes at whether or not or not cell towers actually present an correct image of the place an individual is positioned at any given time.

Anderson’s protection lawyer additionally introduced up the truth that simply because Anderson could have searched about when residence enchancment shops open, doesn’t imply that detectives know why he was trying to find that info.

This exhibit offered to jurors reveals a photograph taken of Zachariah Anderson the day he was arrested.

Earlier than taking a fast afternoon break, the protection confirmed the jurors a number of pictures of Anderson the day he was arrested, noting how clear his garments have been, together with how there have been little to no accidents on his physique, apart from a small scratch on the defendant’s finger.

This exhibit offered to jurors reveals a small scratch on Zachariah Anderson’s proper pointer finger on the day he was arrested.

6:00 p.m. – Crime Scene Investigation

Anderson’s protection lawyer questioned Detective Correa about sure issues at Gutierrez’s condominium that have been by no means checked or collected for proof, together with a kitchen and fridge.

The detective additionally confirmed once more that Gutierrez’s stays have by no means been discovered. Following that affirmation from the detective, the state objected a number of instances when the protection began asking the detective about Gutierrez’s father.

The decide initially allowed the protection to proceed with their questioning, however when the protection lawyer requested about whether or not or not the detective knew about Gutierrez’s father, who additionally randomly disappeared and is “MIA,” the state instantly objected and mentioned, “come on, decide.” The decide agreed with the state saying that Gutierrez’s father doesn’t have something to do with this case, regardless of the protection arguing that it’s associated to the detective’s investigation.

Courtroom adjourned for the day simply earlier than 6 p.m.

This week’s testimony has included some highlights from Anderson’s daughter and ex-girlfriend.

Anderson’s daughter testified her father allegedly had a marijuana develop operation arrange in his Wisconsin residence. The 15-year-old said she additionally noticed what gave the impression to be a jar of mushrooms the place the butter was usually put inside his fridge.

A good friend of Beacham mentioned obsessive ex-boyfriend Anderson confirmed up on the residence of Anderson’s former lover whereas she was on trip on March 5, 2020. “The defendant was standing on the finish of the sofa simply smiling at me,” she mentioned.

Beachum additionally testified in a Wisconsin court docket that she was harassed at two within the morning whereas her new love curiosity was sleeping over. Beachum mentioned her residence was ding dong ditched and her visitor, Gutierrez, believed that his automotive was damaged into. The subsequent day, Beachum mentioned she spoke with Anderson, who knew details in regards to the sleepover that nobody would know until they have been there.

Final week, jurors heard testimony from Anderson’s former cellmate. The cellmate, Marquan Washington, mentioned Anderson admitted to the homicide. “He instructed me they referred to as him Houdini due to his case, and he mainly made a physique disappear,” Washington mentioned.

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