Tracey Grist Takes the Stand and Acknowledges the Deleted Searches | Pt 21 | Grist Trial

The defendant took the stand. The defense rested after her. That's the entire defense case: Tracey Grist, alone, explaining every text and every search. Kate pled. Kevin was convicted of murder and acquitted of conspiracy. Tracey is what remains of the Family Trap Murder Trial. After eleven state witnesses built a digital trail, a staged scene, and family voices corroborating a plan, the defense called one witness to answer all of it: Tracey herself. She sat for roughly three and a half hours. Watch James Watabe on cross. He doesn't fight her. He walks her through her own texts, her own searches, her own phone calls, and gets her to acknowledge each one on the record. Then watch what Dana Facemyer does on redirect to try to recover the pieces. Closing arguments start tomorrow. Whatever the jury decides on conspiracy, the defense bet its entire case on the defendant's own voice. --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 0:00:07 to 0:30:17 - Direct opens. Facemyer walks Tracey through June 20, 2024 and the Disney trip dispute. Her first words on the dark texts. I would drive 10 hours and strangle him. I'm going to kill him. She calls them harmless expressions of frustration. 0:30:17 to 1:05:02 - Tracey's version of Kate's time in Utah leading up to July 12. Kate's marriage, the dating in Utah, the rental car plan, the fake sprained ankle idea, and her explanations for the June 16 searches before the state gets to them. 1:05:02 to 1:30:00 - The night of the shooting in Tracey's own words. Matt's arrival. The gunshots she heard but didn't see. Going upstairs to tell Kate. Checking Matt's pulse on the wrist with the knife. The 911 call. 1:30:00 to 1:43:30 - Direct closes. Facemyer asks Tracey directly whether she planned or conspired with Kevin or Kate to shoot Matt. Her denials on the record for closing argument. 1:43:30 to 2:28:46 - Cross opens. Watabe walks Tracey through her own texts. The dab instruction for Kate's drive. The Amy McQuillen titles her daughter took without the owner's knowledge. The mountain lion search the day after Matt said she was welcome back. All ending with her own June 29 text to her brother. I want him to show up. 2:28:46 to 3:15:10 - The digital trail, the aftermath, and the Kevin recording. The Utah gun law search while she's on the phone with Teralyn. The Costco credit card call the same day. The deleted search history the next day. The knife she checked for a pulse around but never saw. The 911 call. Kevin's Exhibit 132 recording replayed in her presence, and her live denial. 3:15:10 to 3:47:59 - Redirect and recross to the defense rests. Facemyer's reframing of every cross piece and his if you were to plan a conspiracy would you have come up with a really good plan sequence. Watabe's four minute recross. The defense calls no more witnesses. Closings tomorrow. --- COMPLETE CASE COVERAGE justiceisaprocess.com SUBSCRIBE for daily trial coverage and hit the notification bell so you never miss testimony. JOIN to unlock the Case Notebook powered by NotebookLM, where you can chat with the evidence, ask questions about the testimony, and go deeper than any comment section allows. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/ut-... Tracey Grist, 60, is charged with orchestrating the murder of her son-in-law Matthew Restelli inside her Utah home. Her co-defendants have already been convicted or pleaded guilty. Complete case overview including charges, timeline, key players, and legal analysis. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/ut-... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • Utah v. Tracey Grist — Full Trial Live Bro...   No Breaks Edition:    • Utah v. Tracey Grist — No Breaks Edition   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • Utah v. Tracey Grist — Trial Podcast   Key Moments and Testimony:    • Utah v. Tracey Grist — Key Moments & Testi...   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #TraceyGrist #UtahMurderTrial