Witnesses interviewed early on in the Trayvon Martin case later changed their accounts in ways that could undermine suspect George Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. Three of the witnesses’ new statements, may complicate Zimmerman’s case. Click below to read the rest of the story.
The Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday that the four witnesses were reinterviewed in the weeks following the Feb. 26 shooting of Martin in Sanford, Fla.
Three of the witnesses’ new statements, according to The Sentinel, may complicate Zimmerman’s case. This is how their accounts have changed:
Witness 12
A neighbor in the complex first told an agent March 20 that she saw two people on the ground, but wasn’t sure who was on top.
Six days later, after seeing news reports, she said she believed Zimmerman was on top of Martin.
Witness 6
He first told an investigator that he saw a black man (presumably Martin) “throwing down blows†on a lighter-skinned man (presumably Zimmerman). He also believed the one being hit was calling out for help.
But three weeks later, while he still claimed “the black guy was on top,†he wasn’t sure who was actually calling for help and wouldn’t assume Martin was the one hitting Zimmerman.
Witness 13
This witness interacted with Zimmerman before police arrived, according to the evidence, and noted the blood on the back of his head.
In two interviews a month later, he detailed how Zimmerman that night acted casually like “nothing†had happened, as opposed to “‘I can’t believe I just shot someone!’†according to the evidence.
Witness 2
She initially told police that she saw two people running, although she couldn’t say who was chasing whom.
On March 20, she told a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent that she remembers seeing only one person running and heard them as well, but still couldn’t say who that was.
