Prue Update

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Created on Friday, 17 October 2014 19:54
Written by Ron Kauffman

prues in courtBURLINGTON- Today the trial of Allen Prue continued today with the prosecution bringing up Patricia Prue's internet search history. Accordring to a Vermont State Police Digital Forensics expert, Patricia Prue searched for how to kidnap, rape someone, and get away with it.

The judge then gave the jury a break for the weekend as the court handles some legal paperwork.For the past 11 days the trial has been ongoing for Allen Prue, the man charged with First Degree Murder of Melissa Jenkins. Jury selection for the trial was on October 6th, with the defense and prosecution agreeing on a jury consisting of 9 men and 7 women. The opening arguments were heard on October 8th. 

The prosecution is placing the murder on Allen, who confessed to the murder in a 7 hour long audio recording that the courtroom heard on October 10th. The defense has stated that it was not Allen who killed the former St. Johnsbury Science teacher, but Patricia. 
 
The defense claims that the confession that Allen gave was to protect Patricia and that the investigators evoked a confession out of Allen. The defense, in its cross examination of the police, asked about tactics the police used on Allen to evoke and confession, as well as show the courtroom an audio recording of Allen telling police about another man, Kevin. 
 
Allen claims that Kevin told him to not only kidnap, but to kill Melissa Jenkins and how to dispose of the body. 
On October 14th, Captain JP Sinclair, the Chief Criminal Investigator, testified that the markings on Melissa's body the day she was found was similar to those left by a stun gun. The police search of Allen Prue's computer showed he had been shopping for a stun gun online. 
 
Patricia herself took the stand on October 15th to testify. After responding to questions about her residence and the current date, she then invoked her right to not testify. A friend of the Prues, Lynda Spinner, claimed that she was with Allen the day Melissa disappeared and testified that Allen was not acting like himself and was remaining quiet. 
 
The prosecution is hoping to wrap up Monday.