SANFORD, Fla. — Testimony continued Wednesday in the murder trial of woman accused of fatally shooting her husband at their Casselberry home in 2021.
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Prosecutors said Sherry Fitzpatrick murdered Tim Fitzpatrick. But she claims that he was shot as she was trying to fire a warning shot. She said she was afraid because her husband had behaved violently toward her several times before.
On Wednesday, jurors were shown hours of police body-worn camera video recorded after Fitzpatrick reported her husband’s death.
One video showed Fitzpatrick receiving a text message from her husband’s ex-wife in which was asked her if she had killed Tim Fitzpatrick.
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In another bodycam video, jurors saw Fitzpatrick’s daughter discussing the shooting and asking if it was done in self-defense because of previous confrontations Fitzpatrick had with her husband.
A third video showed Fitzpatrick answering detectives’ questions about when she had dyed her hair.
She told them that she had done so several days earlier. And then they asked her why there was not any hair dye on gloves found in a trash can.
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Jurors were shown another video -- recorded several weeks after the shooting -- during which Fitzpatrick attempts to come clean with the state attorney about the circumstances that led up to the shooting.
Later Wednesday, a defense attorney asked a detective when she knew that Fitzpatrick was the primary suspect in the case.
“I would say it’s after speaking with Ms. Fitzpatrick and entering the bedroom and the observations made during that,” the detective testified. “It didn’t seem like there was consistent information coming from Ms. Fitzpatrick.”
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The attorney also asked the detective about the trauma that domestic violence victims face, alluding to the fact that Fitzpatrick initially lied to investigators about the physical violence she had endured.
“Having dealt with cases like this, is it uncommon for someone who is a victim of domestic violence to hide or conceal their victimization?” the attorney said.
“No. That is common,” the detective said.
Earlier Wednesday, the judge dismissed a juror because someone at a Halloween party the previous night approached her and began discussing the case with her.
The case is expected to continue through the week.
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