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Live coverage: Griego rape trial

Follow The Billings Gazette's live coverage of the Toby Griego trail. Griego is accused of committing a series of home-invasion sexual assaults.

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Victim 4: She payed very close attention to his voice, because hearing was one of the few senses she had control over. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:41:19 PM
Victim 4: She knew his accent would be an important detail to report to investigators #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:42:10 PM
Victim 4: She thought he had done "this" before. He was calm. He wasn't rushed. He knew what he was doing. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:42:44 PM
Victim 4: The tone of his voice stood out to her. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:43:15 PM
Victim 4: She told detective that she would know that voice anywhere #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:43:40 PM
Victim 4: She was told she would played a voice recording. She was skeptical that anything would come of it. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:44:37 PM
And court is in recess for a 15 minute break #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 9:46:14 PM
and the prosecution bombshell comes? next? she identifies the voice ? as HE sits there? pleeeese!

by jacq 4/9/2014 9:47:59 PM

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she already id'd his voice to police

by js01 4/9/2014 9:56:12 PM

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she said without a doubt that is the man, the defense tried to w/hold it as they said the recording was not taken legally to be used for this purpose

by js01 4/9/2014 9:57:05 PM

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Court is back in session. Victim 4 is back on the stand #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:00:28 PM
Pierce is admitting as evidence a recording of Victim 4 listening to an earlier recording of Griego. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:04:08 PM
The recording is being played for the court #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:04:24 PM
The recording was made during a police interview with Griego several years ago in connection to another investigation #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:05:12 PM
Griego can be heard talking with detectives. It seems Griego was a suspect in something #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:07:40 PM
Victim 4 on the recording: "That voice. That's his voice. I'm shaking. My hear is going to come out of my freaking chest." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:08:22 PM
Victim 4 to a detective on the recording: "I didn't know what it would be like to hear that voice again." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:09:03 PM
The Souza is admitting as evidence the photos of the staircase. The photos are now being shown to the court #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:55:02 PM
We're now looking at a photo of a muddy shoe print on a window ledge by the stairs #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:56:14 PM
Richardson: the shoe prints on the window ledge are "similar" to the prints he made casts of. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:58:02 PM
Souza said this is a good stopping point in testimony. Court is in recess until 9 a.m. tomorrow #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/9/2014 10:58:49 PM
Here's a final recap of what happened in day 3 of #griegotrial bit.ly/1sDkWLp 2 more victims testify in #griego rape, kidnap trial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 2:57:54 AM
Richardson is slowly looking thru a series of photos from the May 27 crime scene #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:05:06 PM
Souza: The photos are of the interior of the victim's residence #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:05:36 PM
The photos are being projected for the court to see #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:06:02 PM
Richardson: He tried unsuccessfully to collect fingerprints from the front door #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:07:06 PM
We're now looking at a photo of the living room #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:07:47 PM
Richardson: Not much was found out of place in the apartment #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:08:08 PM
Richardson: The living room is about 15x20 feet. The entire apartment is about 1,400 sq. feet #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:09:01 PM
Now we're being shown photos of the hallway, kitchen and dining room #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:09:30 PM
These photos were all taken on May 27 #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:09:48 PM
Richardson: There was no sign of forced entry at the sliding door to the dining area #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:10:55 PM
We're now looking at photos of the laundry room #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:11:29 PM
Now a photo of the main bathroom #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:11:51 PM
Now a photo of a towel on the bathroom floor. It's has a marker next to it. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:13:20 PM
Richardson: The towel was taken as evidence because the victim had been forced to shower. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:13:42 PM
We were just shown two photos of the shower in the bathroom. Now looking at photos showing the bedrooms in the apartment #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:14:32 PM
Now a photo showing a dresser with open drawers. There is a bucket and cleaning solution on top of the drawer #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:15:19 PM
Now we're seeing a photo of the victim's bed. There is a red stain on the sheets near the head of the bed #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:15:58 PM
Richardson: The sheets were taken as evidence. There was no sign of forced entry at the bedroom windows #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:16:30 PM
We're now looking at a small safe the victim had in her room. And a photo of a a trash can #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:17:38 PM
Richardson: There was vomit in the trashcan and on the floor #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:18:03 PM
And now photos of a gun case. Richardson: the victim's gun was not found #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:18:43 PM
We just saw a photo of an extension cord. Richardson: The cord may have been used as a binding #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:19:30 PM
We're now looking at photos taken in the roommate's bedroom. Richardson: red stains were found on the bedding in that room #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/10/2014 3:20:23 PM