Day 3 of Nicolae Miu’s Apple River stabbing trial brings more victim testimony, new video

He advised Anderson he works as {an electrical} apprentice and installs photo voltaic panels. Anderson additionally identified Martin had two legal convictions earlier than the assault.

Martin mentioned when he approached the chaos on the river, he sought to cease the altercation, citing his expertise breaking apart fights whereas working at elementary colleges.

He mentioned he was making an attempt to maintain Miu down within the water earlier than Miu reached up and “bought me with the knife.”

“Essentially the most obvious factor clearly was that my abdomen was open and my intestines had been in my fingers,” Martin mentioned.

He remembers telling Carlson, “100% I will die right now.”

Martin advised Anderson he remembered waking up within the hospital with a respiration tube put in and his mother and father him.

He mentioned he spent 27 days in hospital, dropping 50 kilos throughout his keep.  

A wound vac was positioned over his gash for every week whereas docs performed exploratory surgical procedures to test in the event that they missed some other lacerations or accidents.

“They did not need to open me up, I used to be already open,” Martin mentioned.  

Every week later, he obtained inside stitches however his torso remained open, lined by a smaller wound vac.

Martin mentioned he had a number of feeding tubes and a few nasogastric tubes to assist with the fluid buildup in his abdomen. He later developed an intestinal hematoma.

“There was no meals and no water and IV vitamin wasn’t doing sufficient,” Martin mentioned.

Martin confirmed the jury his massive scar, which runs from his ribs right down to his belt line.

He admitted to Anderson he drank on the river and was “most likely” intoxicated.

He advised police his aim was to interrupt up the battle, and he did not contact Miu with power.

Martin advised Nelson in cross-examination he remembered every little thing up till he was stabbed.

When questioned about inconsistencies between his account to investigators and his testimony on Wednesday, Martin mentioned he spoke to police within the hospital days after the assault and was beneath the affect of ache remedy.

Nelson additionally identified Martin incorrectly advised police he thought he noticed “the Black man” hit Miu, referring to Jawahn Cockfield, a member of Schuman’s group who filmed the assault.

Martin mentioned his hair was in his eyes and he did not see Dante Carlson strike Miu whereas he was within the water.

Martin mentioned he briefly held Miu down within the water by his shoulder to purchase time, separate everybody and discuss issues via. Martin mentioned he had not heard Miu converse in the course of the encounter.

Nelson requested why Martin did not converse to Miu first earlier than restraining him.

“The best time to make use of phrases was earlier than (Miu) hit a lady within the face,” Martin mentioned.

He mentioned whereas others had laid fingers on Miu, Martin believed Miu was the true aggressor as a result of he struck Cohen.

Nelson requested Martin if holding Miu down within the water would make him really feel endangered. 

“It was shallow, his head wasn’t going beneath, he could be OK,” Martin mentioned.

Gabriella “Gabby” Khazraeinazmpour testifies

Gabriella “Gabby” Khazraeinazmpour was subsequent up on the witness stand. She was a member of the Carlson group.

She advised prosecutor Anderson she too had been ingesting that day however she did not keep in mind what she drank or the amount.

Khazraeinazmpour mentioned she noticed a bunch of children asking for assist as a result of they mentioned “(Miu) was a pedophile.”

She mentioned her buddy Cohen had requested Miu to depart a number of occasions and he didn’t.  

She mentioned she was standing between the Schuman and Carlson teams when she noticed Miu strike Cohen within the face.

Protection lawyer Cory Chirafisi quizzed Khazraeinazmpour over inconsistencies between her statements to police and her testimony on Wednesday concerning the style of how Miu struck Cohen, and the hand he used.

Khazraeinazmpour advised police it was an open-hand slap along with his left hand, however on Wednesday mentioned it was a closed-hand punch along with his proper hand.

She defended the inconsistency by stating she’s “very dangerous along with her lefts and rights.”

Sondra Miu testifies

After a quick dialog with out the jury within the room, Sondra Miu — Nicolae Miu’s ex-wife — took the stand on Wednesday afternoon. 

The choose was deciding whether or not to play a recorded dialog between the couple, and whether or not the prosecution was permitted to deliver up the divorce. Ultimately, the choose decided that jail recordings between the 2 could possibly be admissible as proof, although couldn’t be known as jail recordings. The divorce was additionally related data, the choose decided. The jury then got here again into the room.

Sondra Miu, who goes by Sandi, lives in Lakeville. She testified that she was on the water that day with Nicolae Miu and associates.

“I used to be simply trying on the sky and the bushes and simply enjoyable and having fun with my day,” she mentioned. She was sober that day, and had solely been ingesting water. Nicolae Miu had about two beers on the day of the stabbing, she mentioned.

She testified that Nicolae Miu went out to search for a lacking mobile phone. She appeared up from her tube and “impulsively I noticed him on his fingers and knees within the water and any person was hitting him,” she mentioned. She was involved that he was outnumbered and despatched associates Ariel and Ernesto to go assist him. Then she mentioned she noticed Nicolae Miu strolling again. A number of minutes later, she testified she noticed somebody getting CPR on the facet of the river.

When Nicolae Miu got here again in the direction of her, she mentioned she did not see any blood on him, so she assumed he wasn’t too badly damage.

For the reason that stabbing, she testified that Nicolae Miu had expressed frustration in the direction of her for not listening to his requires assist. Sandi Miu mentioned she wears listening to aids, and wasn’t sporting them on the water that day. The water was loud and he or she could not hear him.

Throughout cross-examination, Sandi Miu described the 2’s early relationship; they met in 2008 at work, and bought married in 2011. She nonetheless cherished him, she mentioned, and added that he was a “very peaceable individual.”

She mentioned she’d seen him use his utility knife again at residence. Nicolae Miu additionally wasn’t a frequent drinker, and he or she wasn’t involved about his intoxication stage on the day of the stabbing.

New video reveals moments of stabbing

After Sandi Miu testified, Larrion Davis, 24, took the stand. He was on the river that day along with his associates. He was taking a video of himself and managed to seize some moments of the stabbing. 

The video itself, he mentioned, was blurry as a result of it was a Snapchat video, and he transferred it from his iPhone to a police officer’s Android. His telephone was broken by the water that day, and was unable to retrieve the whole lot of the video. 

After exhibiting the roughly 20-second video, Davis described what he noticed: 

“I noticed him stab the sunshine skinned dude earlier than and slice his entire abdomen open, and you may see him like push the subsequent individual in that video, however it’s actual blurry, that is just about it,” he mentioned. After the stabbing, Davis mentioned his group helped a lady who was stabbed, and one other man who was stabbed in his arm.

The cross-examination pushed again on Davis, who had spoken to police in regards to the case twice for the reason that incident. In an interview final month, Davis mentioned he noticed Miu absolutely clothed, and he was taking photos of little ladies earlier than getting within the water.

Nonetheless, the protection argued that Miu was not absolutely clothed, as demonstrated within the video, and was not taking images of little ladies that day. Davis mentioned his reminiscence was foggy, and struggled to parse out what he advised police and what he noticed on the day of the stabbing.

“What I noticed was a scuffle and a person stabbing individuals,” he mentioned.

Sheena Lowell testifies

One other member of the Carlson group took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon. Sheena Lowell says she had been courting Quinton Carlson on the time of the incident, although famous the 2 are now not collectively and haven’t talked since.

She mentioned she had not been ingesting on the day of the incident and was fully sober.

Lowell recounts coming down the river bend after they noticed a “group of youthful children screaming for assist.”

“They had been yelling, ‘Assist please get this individual away from us,'” she mentioned.

Miu was holding the Schuman group’s tubes and wouldn’t allow them to go, Lowell advised the protection.

She says that is when Cohen approached Miu, pointing down the river and telling him to depart Schuman’s group alone.

Lowell says she had been standing over 100 ft away when she noticed Miu punch Cohen within the face. She was undecided which hand Miu had used and mentioned that Cohen didn’t get in Miu’s face or private house.

When requested to explain Miu’s punch, Lowell mentioned, “It was a fast punch, as how you’ll see any person punch any person.”

After Miu punched Cohen, Lowell says she then noticed Dante Carlson punch Miu. Miu fell into the water and as soon as he bought up, Dante punched him once more, based on her account.

Lowell says at first she thought Miu started punching again, however he was truly utilizing the knife and had stabbed Dante Carlson.

Tamburino, who’s not affiliated with the case, mentioned Lowell had stable solutions and didn’t waver in her account of the incident.

Eric Von Williams testifies

Eric Von Williams was the final witness of the day. He was a part of Miu’s group and mentioned he had simply met Miu the day of the incident. Their group primarily consisted of individuals Williams labored with.

Williams confirmed {that a} member of their group had misplaced their telephone, however he wasn’t positive who. Miu indicated he wished to search for the telephone and mentioned he went down the river about 20 or 30 yards from their group along with his snorkeling gear.

Williams advised the prosecution he had considerations about Miu being in snorkeling gear.

“[I didn’t want people to think] he was as much as no good, as a predator or no matter,” Williams mentioned.

He clarified later that he didn’t personally assume Miu was a predator, however was fearful what different individuals would assume.

Williams mentioned that he was involved about Schuman’s group being intoxicated and didn’t wish to work together with any teams of younger individuals in the course of the journey.

He mentioned he had been watching Miu from upriver as a result of he “did not need anybody to assume he was as much as no good.” He claims he appeared away for a minute and when he turned again, that is when he noticed a “brawl.” Although he mentioned he didn’t see Miu injuring anybody.

Williams advised prosecutors that he referred to as 911 a number of occasions and even led paramedics and regulation enforcement to the victims.

Williams mentioned he by no means talked to Miu once more after the incident.

Day two recap

Among the many first to take the stand within the first two days of the trial have been individuals who might give their direct accounts of what unfolded that day, together with Schuman’s associates.

On day two, Alina Hernandez, Schuman’s mom, recounted the second she noticed her son lifeless on the river financial institution.

Jawahn Cockfield, the teenager who recorded movies of the lethal confrontation, advised the court docket he began recording when he first encountered Miu and requested him what he was doing close to his group. Miu allegedly mentioned he was “in search of little ladies.”

Cockfield added he thought Miu was appearing unusual, particularly when he ran as much as his group and grabbed their tubes and his leg.

The prosecution additionally began calling witnesses who had been extra on the skin trying in, together with a bystander who ran to assist. 

Dante Carlson was there that day with one other group that included his father and brother. He advised prosecutors he heard the kids yelling for assist and went over to analyze “as a Good Samaritan.”  

Carlson mentioned he noticed Miu punch one in all his associates and he instantly punched Miu in retaliation, inflicting Miu to fall into the water. Miu finally stabbed him within the stomach, and Carlson stood as much as present the jury his scar. 

Carlson additionally admitted he was mistaken on which sufferer was punched first, and he admitted to the protection he had consumed extra alcohol than he first reported to the police. His blood alcohol stage was greater than twice the authorized restrict in Wisconsin.  

The protection has been eager to level out that quite a few the victims who had been tubing and had been concerned within the incident had been intoxicated and a few had been additionally excessive on marijuana, which goes to be an vital level for the jury to contemplate within the credibility of the witnesses and their capacity to recall correct info.