David Henneberry testified about finding blood and a motionless person in his backyard boat and calling 9-1-1. He identified blood and writing absent when he stored the boat, while acknowledging on cross-examination that he had not inspected it after the incident.
Witness
David Henneberry
Lifelong Watertown resident and owner of a SeaBird boat stored in his yard.
Appeared2015 Federal Trial
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David Henneberry testified for the prosecution on Day 34 about discovering blood and a motionless person in his backyard boat on April 19, 2013. He noticed fallen chafing guards and loose-looking shrink-wrap but waited until the shelter-in-place restriction ended at about 6 p.m. before investigating. From a ladder, he followed blood inside the boat and saw someone lying beyond the engine. He then returned to his house and called 9-1-1.
During direct examination by William D. Weinreb, Henneberry authenticated photographs of his property, boat, pencil, and wooden slats. He said the blood, interior writing, and carved writing had not been present when he stored the boat for winter. The pencil had already been aboard, but the blood on its tip had not. His testimony established the carvings' absence at storage, not who made them. Asked whether the engine could stop bullets, he said he did not know.
On cross-examination by Timothy G. Watkins, Henneberry distinguished the boat's earlier condition from the holes, markings, and red-brown stains shown in photographs. He emphasized that he had not personally inspected the boat afterward and had not been allowed back to it. He identified his toolkit and a pencil bearing Duffy Plumbing lettering but could not remember whether the toolbox had been open when he stored the boat. Seven defense photographs were admitted without objection.
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