Jurors At Creato Trial Listen, Again, To Defendant
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS) -- David Creato's words from the fall of 2015 echoed through the courtroom where he's on trial for the murder of his 3- year-old son.
Jurors asked Judge John Kelley to replay three recordings of the defendant that they were presented with first during his month-long trial.
The first was a lengthy encounter with Camden County detectives and Haddon Township police about an hour after Brendan Creato's body was found, atop a rock in a creek in Cooper River Park. After briefly breaking down, Creato answers a myriad of questions about his activities in the hours and days beforehand.
Next was a brief 9-1-1 call the defendant made to report the boy had disappeared from his apartment, over a half mile from where the body was discovered.
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Both recordings were replayed before Kelley ended proceedings on Wednesday.
First thing Thursday, the panel will hear a half hour recording made by the victim's mother a month after the murder. Samantha Denoto secretly recorded the encounter with Creato at the behest of investigators. In the recording, Creato suggests that "spirits" might have led the boy to where he was found dead.
The panel of 9 women and 3 men have spent a total of four hours in closed-door deliberations considering murder and child endangerment charges.
Kelley has asked jurors to check their availability to deliberate Friday, if they have not reached a verdict by then. This case does not normally meet on Mondays or Fridays. If the discussions are not concluded, they would continue after the Memorial Day holiday.
