Jason Warren's wife says it is traumatic to hear attack on Ulrich, ids Warren but not definitively this time

Jason Warren's Ti-san-che Lincoln resumed her testimony this afternoon. The audio of the attack was played the third time for the jury. She closed her eyes and winced at it was played. The quality was better today and you could hear the thuds and stabbing sounds very clearly and the frequency.

While she definitively identified Warren on the surveillance video and audio at the preliminary hearing, in court today, she kept saying it sounds and looks like "Jason."

She also visited Warren before court. But she also said she does not answer his calls from jail.

Lincoln said she "could not recall" if Warren said anything when they were being pulled over by the EPD on the day he was arrested after leaving Eddie Koch's house.

Last time she was in court, she said the video image she saw at the preliminary hearing was better. Today that image had been made clearer and Lincoln said, "This one is better than the last time. It looks like the one I saw. Looks like Jason to me."

Mr. Sequeira responded with, "You have testified that it's Jason before in another hearing?"

Lincoln acknowledged with a yes.

The audio of the attack with Ulrich pleading for her life was played. Mrs. Ortega, Ulrich's mother and friends left the courtroom, so did Hank Seemann and Jessica Hunt. Those who remained behind in the courtroom included Terri Vroman Little and Eureka Councilmember Kim Bergel, who covered their ears.

Mr. Sequeira asked Lincoln if she recognized the voices on the audio.

Lincoln: "I can't say I do. It is really traumatic to hear." "

Mr. Sequeira: "You remember hearing this when you testified at the preliminary hearing. You remember former prosecutor Mr. Paul Gallegos asking you if you remember whose voice this is? Do you remember saying it's Jason's"

Lincoln: "I do."

Mr. Sequeira: "Are you having a hard time today saying it's Jason?"

Lincoln: "It's been so long hearing his voice to decipher it."

Mr. Sequeira: "When is the last time you heard his voice?"

Lincoln: "Right now before we came into court."

Mr. Sequeira then said to Lincoln that she visited Warren in jail, she talked with him, she had plenty of opportunities to hear his voice. "When Mr. Gallegos asked you at the preliminary hearing, you told the truth?"

Lincoln responded, "It is really hard to hear with everything else in the video."

Mr. Sequeira: "Do you want to hear it again?"

Lincoln: "No."

Mr. Sequeira: "Is what you heard in the audio today the same you heard in the preliminary hearing?"

Mr. Glenn Brown  was going to cross examine Lincoln and Warren stopped him from asking his first question and whispered in his ear. This is the most reaction from Warren seen in the trial and this is the first communication with his attorney during a witness' testimony. The only other time Warren spoke was when he was sick and needed repeated breaks.

Usually, Mr. Brown's cross examinations have been clarification of witness testimony or explainations. Today, he seemed to want to emphasize that Lincoln was unable to identify Warren's voice in the audio.

Mr. Brown: "You seem to be visibly having a hard time right time now? Pretty difficult for you?

Lincoln: "Yes, it is."

Mr. Brown: "Pretty chaotic video? Some yelling?"

Lincoln: "Yes, it is."

Mr. Brown: "How many occasions did you hear the voice? Could you make out every word that person was saying?"

Lincoln: "Possibly, the f word. Not very clear"

Mr. Brown asked her that in the past there were times on the phone that she did not recognize Warren's voice on the phone unless he identified himself.

Lincoln acknowledged that with a yes.

Mr. Brown: (referring to the preliminary hearing) Were you called up to the DA's office? Did you spend time listening to that tape over and over again?

Lincoln: "I spent some time."

Mr. Brown: "Were helpful suggestions given to you about the male voice?"

Lincoln: "I don't recall."

Asked about the video, Lincoln repeated that it "was not too clear."

"It looks like Jason?" asked Mr. Brown.

"Yeah, it's the demeanor I remember of him," said Lincoln.

On redirect, Mr. Sequeira asked her, "Did you hear the name on the audio?"

"It sounded like she was saying Jason."

Mr. Sequeira then read some lines from a transcript of Lincoln's testimony from the prelimnary hearing, in which he questioned her about the audio.

Mr. Paul Gallegos: "Who is that person?"

Lincoln: "Jason Warren."