Day Two of the Kozloff Trial
Day two of the Rachel Kozloff murder trial began this morning in Judge
Shad Connelly's courtroom. The defense is expected to present their case
today.
Yesterday we told
you Kozloff's lawyer Jamie Mead deferred his opening statement he's expected to
present the defense this afternoon after the Commonwealth tried to Peg Kozloff as
a jealous girlfriend.
This morning District Attorney Jack Daneri continued with his case calling
final witnesses to the stand.
Daneri began
questioning the
The detective, Julie
Kemling, read text messages between Kozloff and her 31 year old boyfriend Michael
Henry.
In those messages,
30 year old Kozloff sent her boyfriend a text saying quote she "smelled
sex on him" and believed he was cheating on her.
More texts were
read by Kemling one message stating Kozloff telling Henry she missed him and
she missed being around him... that text sent two hours before Henry was killed.
Detective Kemling said
she gave Henry numerous chances to confess to the murder of Mike Henry, including
self defense, but Kozloff denied killing him saying she loved him.
During cross
examination, Mead says there are consistencies in Kemling's initial interview
with Kozloff like Kozloff saying to Kemling she was afraid of retaliation
because no one messed with "Big Mike."
During cross examination yesterday, mead said Kozloff possibly acted in self
defense because she was afraid of Henry. But the prosecution still states that Kozloff
was desperate for a relationship with Henry.
Kozloff said in her interview with Kemling that she hasn't seen her gun since March
25. The alleged murder weapon has still not been recovered.



