HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Testimony continued Monday within the capital homicide trial of Christopher Henderson, a north Alabama man accused of working together with his first spouse to kill his pregnant second spouse and 4 members of her household.
Prosecutors say Christopher Henderson was nonetheless legally married Rhonda Carlson, when he married Kristen Smallwood Henderson. They mentioned Christopher Henderson and Carlson later plotted to kill Kristen Henderson and her household in 2015. The 5 members of the family, together with two kids, have been shot and stabbed earlier than the home was set ablaze, authorities mentioned.
Carlson, who took a plea deal to keep away from the demise penalty, testified final week, information shops reported. Protection legal professionals cross-examined her Monday.
Kristin Smallwood Henderson was 9 months pregnant with Henderson’s little one on the time of the killings. Her 8-year-old son, Clayton Chambers, her mom, Jean Smallwood, and her 1-year-old nephew, Eli Sokolowski, have been additionally killed. The Huntsville-area home was engulfed in flames with the victims’ our bodies inside when authorities arrived.
Carlson testified final week that Christopher Henderson deliberate and orchestrated the killings. She mentioned when she introduced a fuel can to the house, she noticed two of the victims and didn’t suppose anybody was alive within the house. Christopher Henderson then poured the gasoline and lit it on fireplace, she testified.
Henderson’s legal professionals informed jurors in opening statements that Carlson was in charge for the murders.
Throughout questioning by protection legal professionals on Monday, Carlson acknowledged she had informed a number of variations about what occurred that day.
