Gribble s father told the court he hadn t seen his son since July of last year. Gribble was an Eagle scout and his father a scout leader said he was proud of Chris s scouting accomplishments. He said problems started in 2007 when Chris was accused by another worshiper at their Mormon church of repeatedly touching his wife inappropriately. Chris was taken to counselors and put on prozac but a cadet leader from a military camp told him to get him more. He said he wanted to pour boiling water between his mother s legs.
Throughout the day the accused sat entertaining himself taking notes and rearranging files on the desk.at times detached, so much so that he apparently felt the need to look after his defense attorney s clothing.
Boston Police Officer Alvin Holder, the first to reach the child. The child was struggling to breathe, he had what I thought was three gunshot wounds to his body, testified Holder.
Prosecutors asked Holder to look at the shirt the child was wearing at the time of his death. He recounted the last moments of the child s life. And as he struggled to breathe, I did what I thought was best to keep him breathing and alert, as EMS responded, testified Holder.
Smith, his mother and two others all would die on that Mattapan street. But Marcus Hurd would survive a direct shot to the back of the head. Set to testify later this month, Hurd is now paralyzed from the shoulders down.