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when Patrick Nicholas went on trial for the murder of Sarah yarboro prosecutors showed the jury the evidence law
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enforcement found at his house back in 2019 it was almost like a lair there was no working electricity at this house
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stacks of pornography all throughout the the place we also found a newspaper from
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1994 that had on his front page an article about the Siri aru and going through one of the kitchen drawers we
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found a torn photograph taken from a magazine a woman in a cheerleading outfit when the
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prosecutors showed that photo in the courtroom the oxygen left the room yeah Nicholas's public defender David Montes
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downplayed their significance I think both of those pieces of evidence were not especially
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strange given the General State of his house there were Stacks and stacks of newspapers all over his house this is
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evidence tape the case number Patrick Nicholas didn't Flinch as the evidence was shown showing no emotion throughout
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the trial but Sarah Yarborough's presence was felt especially when now retired Captain Scott strathy carefully
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unpackaged and displayed Sarah's clothing that had been in storage for over 30 years her drill team jacket shoes
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sweater even her nylon stockings this was like an opening a a time capsule all of a sudden they were
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real things they weren't even photographs they were the things she had on her body when she
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died you just you S Felt yourself crumble after nine long days of testimony the case went to the
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jury all R for the jury it took them just over a day to reach a verdict I was shaking and like
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just that like there was so much adrenaline and so much anticipation we the jury find the defendant Patrick Leon
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everything just dropped and it's like what