Male with dark clothing carrying a bundle in his arms and walking like a tweaker seen night of shooting in Bodhi Tree case

Nicholas Hoyt,  a neighbor who lived across the street from the Eye Street last year testified this morning. He said he got home at 1:30 and went out to smoke a cigarette around 1:30 p.m. and a few minutes later he saw a male with dark clothing, a hoodie, carrying a small bundle in his arms, and he walked slowly as if tired and walked north to 2nd driveway and then to back of house.

Then Hoyt came out and talked to police when he heard sirens an hour later. On cross Ms. Holmquist asked him if he remembered making a statement in the preliminary hearing about this person walking like a tweaker.

Michael Edwards was the second witness to testify this morning. He is another neighbor who saw a person in sweatshirt, possibly with a baseball cap yelling angrily and epithets, having a temper tantrum. One phrase he remembered was, "I hate it when people steal my shit." He said the same thing that Hoyt did which was a cloth object, maybe a bag or blanket on the ground. The person was "backlit by a street light" so he could not see if it was male or female but above average height and slender build which fits Tree's physical description. This was between 1:35 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. He did not call the police because there was no fight and no other person involved. He said he did not find out what happened until the next day when police had knocked on his door. It was graduation, frequently cars or fireworks so he would have dismissed any loud sounds.

This witness was very precise, great memory, details very specific. He was a very strong witness. Lived in the neighborhhod, very knowledgable about the house.