"Beaten, stabbed, chopped, murdered."

Mendocino Assistant District Attorney Paul Sequeira, who is prosecuting the Jason Warren case for Humboldt County started his opening remarks, "Dorothy Evelyn Ulrich, 47 years old, married, husband Tim Ulrich Sr, homemaker from Hoopa, three adult children. Suzanne Seemann, married, husband Hank, two children. These Humboldt County women didn't know each other and had no connection in life. In the early morning hours of September 27, they would be horribly connected in death."

"You are going to take the journey how law enforcement came to investigate this case."

"In the early mornings of September 27, on Old Arcata Road, three buddies got together three times a week to run, Jessica Hunt, Terri Vroman Little and Suzanne Seemann. They would get up and meet before work. They met at different areas in the County. They had run on Myrtle Avenue/Old Arcata Road number of times. Traffic was light, area was flat. These were serious runners, they wore reflective clothes, wore head lamps, most of the time they ran against northbound traffic so they could see it, they ran in a line. They were running northbound in the Southbound lane on the shoulder with Maggie, Jessica Hunt's dog. They met sometime around 5:20 a.m. at Three Corners Market.  You will hear Terri Vroman Little has one of those fancy watches that times everything. She started it at 5:23 in the morning. The first lap was 9 minutes and 58 seconds. Sometime before 5:38 in the morning, as they are running, everything comes to a screeching halt because they are run down from behind from a car. We know that because you will see evidence in the roadway, their bodies, shoes, lights, headpieces all littered across Old Arcata Road."

"You will hear from Lalanya Beck who works at the Post Office. As she is coming to work, she sees a car, looking like it is making a U turn, looks like it is turning eastbound in northbound lane. When that car/truck turns, it heads southbound to Eureka in the northbound lane for a distance. She doesn't think much about it until she sees debris in the road and realizes it is a body. It's Jessica Hunt who was left in the roadway. She calls law enforcement. Sgt. Ron Sligh who lives in Eureka and works in Arcata comes across Lalanya Beck and sees body in the road, he tends to Ms. Hunt. At points, she is moaning, tries to ask her questions, looks around a little more, hears a woman screaming, it's Terri Vroman Little who is in a ditch, dealing with her own catastrophic injuries, shines lights some more and sees Suzanne Seemann in a ditch, doesn't hear any sound, tries to perform CPR, can't feel pulse, comments she's gone."

At this point, Mrs, Shirley Ortega, Dorothy Ulrich's mother, left the courtroom.

"Shoes knocked off victims. When you think of the force that ran them down, you will see Suzanne Seemann's shoe in the middle of the field, almost 80 feet away. You will hear what all that means. In the ditch, Maggie, Jessica Hunt's dog is also dead. Law enforcement collects some evidence; pieces of headlight glass, side mirror of car, a chrome hood. They want to ID the car in the hit and run collision. There was something they did not find. No skid marks, no braking, something that would leave evidence in the roadway. None."

"Suzanne Seemann's fatal injuries also told a story. She had a gaping wound in back of her thigh consistent with bumper impact, hot her head going forward, tore the inside of her mouth, again indicator of being hit from behind. What ultimately killed her was horrific fractures in skull and deadly brain injury."

"You are going to see Jessica Hunt and Terri Vroman Little testify today. The brain injuries have affected their memory. Rods and pins put in but they are here today, to tell you their story."

"An EPD police officer's wife, Debbie, going to work on California street in Eureka. At 6:30, no one is usually there. She sees a car parked across two spaces. Goes over to see, is on the phone with her daughter. She sees a broken windshield and gaping hole in the middle, dens, does not see anyone in the car. Calls it in right away. Police converge on it and take car to be processed. What happened on Myrtle was broadcast all over. First thing they find out is who the car is registered to. Find out the car belongs to Deborah Morton in Hoopa. CHP heads to Hoopa. Officer Nelson contacts tribal officer Kane. They contact Deborah Morton. Comes out of home sleepily, tells them I haven't had the car for a few days, lent it to my friend Dorothy Ulrich. It is not licensed or insured. They go to Dorothy Ulrich's mobile home and pound on the door, announce who they are, pound on the door again, door does not open. Law enforcement thinks someone in there maybe hiding. Tiffany Matson, a neighbor comes over and says KIA was here last night and she saw her last night. Tim Ulrich is a long haul driver, gone for months. Maria Ulrich is on the phone with her brother. Tiffany calls Dorothy Ulrich,  answering machine picks up. With permission from Tim Ulrich, ladies get in the house, officers hear screaming by Maria Ulrich, she's dead, she's dead. Police officers go in and make a grizzly discovery. Dorothy Ulrich is face down in a pool of blood. You could see brain matter. Blood spattered all over boxes, she was moving."

"One thing they find near her body a lanyard, a metal decorative piece. When they processed the house, they found a decorative metal sword, like the lanyard that came off the sword during killing. They talk to Tim Ulrich. There were two swords. They haven't found the sword by the front door, they have not found the murder weapon."

"Dorothy Ulrich suffered four penetrative wounds, defensive wounds, cuts to her chest and lungs. Fingers swollen as if she was beaten. At least 4 lacerations to her head. Some evidence of strangulation. Hemorrhage of the brain. Beaten, stabbed, chopped, murdered."

"Now you have two murder scenes, Myrtle Avenue and Hoopa and they are looking for a connection. I tell you what the connection is, the defendant. Dorothy Ulrich and family had surveilance camera, videos, police collected and viewed from 26th of September to 27th of September. Defendant there most of the day on the 26th. Video in the mini market. You see victim and defendant meet. Defendant was supposed to be there to help victim pack up. Cameras at 4:30, you will see defendant walks out in the morning carrying what appears to be a sword in a sheath and a bag . You are going to hear audio of Dorothy Ulrich dying and her begging defendant for her life with her last words."

Ulrich family members, Hunt and Vroman Little leave the courtroom.

In the beginning, there is silence for a couple of minutes. Then, Ulrich's voice, "Oww, Oww. What are you doing?" You hear sounds like a thud. "Please stop, Please stop, Jason, stop you are hurting me. What are you doing? Jason, stop,  Jason, please, stop, what are you doing? Jason, please, stop it." You hear whacking sounds. "Jason, aah, Jason, I can't do this, oww. "  You hear a man's voice say what sounds like be quiet. "Oww the silence."

After audio is over, Mr. Sequeira facing the jury said, "Dorothy Ulrich's dying words. Please stop. I can't do this anymore. The voice not responding to her pleas to live will be identified as the defendant by his wife."

"At the adult day car center, an employee, police officer Zanotti's wife, sees a wallet belonging to Dorothy Ulrich. Now they have a suspect. They trace him to a home at West Sonoma, belonging to a friend Eddie Cook. That home is walking distance from adult day care center. Defendant said he came for a visit. He was arrested shortly after 5 p.m. when he was driving away with his wife and a friend in a truck."

"We have surveilance, audio, abandoned KIA near where he was arrested. Now forensic evidence. DOJ and criminalists do their work. Hairs stuck in front of the bumper similar to Maggie's hair. Mirror found on the scene, fits together in the KIA, even scratches are matching. Left window blood matched Jessica Hunt's DNA, other parts matched Suzanne Seemann's DNA and Terri Vroman Little's DNA."

"When they arrested Jason Warren, they got his clothes and shoes. Fibers in KIA consistent, not DNA but similar to Jason Warren's jacket. In defendant's clothing and shoes, right pocket of jacket, both socks, there is glass. When compared with windshield glass, again this is not DNA, it's consistent. Left shoe collected and defendant's shorts, blood matched Dorothy Ulrich's DNA."

"Let's put it together in real time. On September 26, 2012, defendant spent a lot of time with Dorothy Ulrich and at 4:30 he decided to brutally murder her with her husband's sword, takes her KIA and drives to Eureka, takes Old Arcata Road to Eureka. You will see a video from Old Indianola storage. It's dark but you can see a similar car going by. He drives on Myrtle Avenue, sees joggers, turns around and runs them down. Drives into Eureka, abandons car, throws victim's wallet in the patio, and hides out at his buddy's house."

"The video IDs him as the killer, the audio IDs him as the killer, the fibers ID him as the killer, the glass IDs him as the killer, the DNA IDs him as the killer."