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And then you had no contact with Charles after that, correct?

Well, he was dead, so clearly I didn't have contact with him. What did you tell

them about me in those interviews? Uh, objection. Do you feel like you have something to offer here

today in relation to the crime that I'm charged with? Objection relevance. Did you see or hear

or personally witness me conspire with Alex Cox to kill my husband,

Charles Vallow? No, but I saw a ton of evidence that did. Call mom back in court today,

potentially for the closing argument. Will we hear any Doomsday talk? We're previewing the day ahead in Arizona.

Plus, as this trial wraps up, Lori Valadeva will be back in court for another trial soon.

This one for the attempted murder of her niece's ex-husband. So will she act as her own attorney again?

Also this hour, we've got new information pouring in on the deadly shooting at Florida State University.

We're digging deeper into the suspect's background and shining a light on the victims.

And tensions rising in Texas, the family of the deadly track meat stabbing victim targeting by swatting calls.

It's all coming up next for you right here on opening statements.

Good Monday morning to you. I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend if you were celebrating. I'm Julie Grant and this is opening statements. We're so glad you're here and we've got a great show for you. Grab the cup of coffee or tea, whatever you like in the morning. It's time for my opening statement.

Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. My nana always

used to tell me that and she was right. I'm thinking about nana's wise words this

morning as we're getting ready to watch together the final chapter of Lori

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