# 272: Brandon Chicklis

An episode of [Morbidology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1463979546), 2 Sep 2024, 1 h 03 min.

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## Transcript

[0:34] Speaker 1: On June twenty ninth, because cow was discovered in the
[0:37] Speaker 1: parking lot the hand of its supermarket on Route two
[0:40] Speaker 1: O two in Ridge, New Hampshire.
[0:51] Speaker 2: Nestled in the north central part of Massachusetts, Ashburnham is
[0:55] Speaker 2: a small town with a rich history that reflects the
[0:58] Speaker 2: broader story of New England. With its rolling hills, dense forests,
[1:03] Speaker 2: and tranquil lakes, Ashburnham is a picturesque example of rural
[1:08] Speaker 2: New England. The town's origins traced back to the early
[1:12] Speaker 2: eighteenth century, when the land was first settled by European colonists.
[1:19] Speaker 2: Originally part of a land gran known as Dorchester, Canada,
[1:23] Speaker 2: the area was awarded to soldiers who had fought in
[1:26] Speaker 2: the Canadian campaigns of the French and Indian War. The
[1:30] Speaker 2: settlement began in earnest around seventeen thirty six, and by
[1:34] Speaker 2: seventeen sixty five the town was officially incorporated as Ashburnham,
[1:39] Speaker 2: named after John Ashburnham, an English statesman and confidante of
[1:43] Speaker 2: King Charles the First. As the nineteenth century dawned, Ashburnham
[1:48] Speaker 2: began to experience modest growth. The Industrial Revolution brought changes
[1:53] Speaker 2: even to this rural town. Water powered mills sprung up
[1:57] Speaker 2: along the town's rivers and streams, including on the south
[2:01] Speaker 2: branch of the Southigan River, leading to the development of
[2:04] Speaker 2: small scale manufacturing. By the late nineteenth century, Ashburnham had
[2:09] Speaker 2: developed into a robust community, with schools, churches, and businesses
[2:14] Speaker 2: that serve the local population. Throughout the twentieth century, the
[2:19] Speaker 2: town remained a predominantly rural community, but it slowly transformed
[2:24] Speaker 2: as forming declined and more residents sawn employment outside of
[2:27] Speaker 2: the town. The natural beauty of the area attracted those
[2:31] Speaker 2: seeking a quiet country life. The town has maintained much
[2:35] Speaker 2: of its historic architecture, with well preserved colonial homes and
[2:39] Speaker 2: buildings that harken back to its early days. Yet even
[2:44] Speaker 2: in a place as tranquil at Ashburnham, the pass can
[2:48] Speaker 2: sometimes intrude in unsettling ways along the quiet winding Packard
[2:54] Speaker 2: Hill Road, The Androy awoke one night in June of
[2:57] Speaker 2: two thousand and eighteen to the sound of a blood
[2:59] Speaker 2: curve scream. Brandon Chickliss was born on the twenty fourth
[3:18] Speaker 2: of July nineteen ninety seven in Lowell, Massachusetts, to parents
[3:23] Speaker 2: Paul Chickliss and Tricia Edwards LaMarsh. From an early age,
[3:28] Speaker 2: Brandon exhibited a natural curiosity and a bright, eager spirit
[3:33] Speaker 2: that endeared him to everybody that he met. Brandon's academic
[3:38] Speaker 2: journey began in Fitchburg schools, whereas enthusiasm for learning quickly
[3:42] Speaker 2: became apparent. He excelled in his studies, showing a particular
[3:47] Speaker 2: aptitude for drafting, a skill that combined his love for
[3:51] Speaker 2: precision and creativity. His dedication and hard work paid off
[3:56] Speaker 2: when he graduated from Monte Tech in two thousand and fifteen.
[4:01] Speaker 2: Throughout his time in school, Brandon was known not only
[4:03] Speaker 2: for his academic achievements, but also for his easygoing nature
[4:08] Speaker 2: and ability to make friends effortlessly. His peers and teachers
[4:12] Speaker 2: alike admired his diligence and positive attitude. In addition to
[4:19] Speaker 2: his academic pursuits, Brandon was an active member of the
[4:22] Speaker 2: Junior Reserves Officers Training Corps for a year, where he
[4:26] Speaker 2: demonstrated leadership and discipline. This experience further shaped his character,
[4:33] Speaker 2: instilling in Brandon a sense of responsibility and commitment. One
[4:38] Speaker 2: of the defining aspects of Brandon's youth was his involvement
[4:41] Speaker 2: with the Boy Scouts of America. He joined Troup forty
[4:45] Speaker 2: one in Fitchburg as a young boy and quickly fell
[4:48] Speaker 2: in love with the adventures that scouting offered. Over the
[4:52] Speaker 2: course of ten years, Brandon dedicated himself to the values
[4:55] Speaker 2: and challenges of scouting, ultimately achieving the rank of Life Scout.
[5:01] Speaker 2: He had always loved the outdoors, hagging and camping, which
[5:04] Speaker 2: made the Boy Scouts the perfect fit for him and dispersonality.
[5:10] Speaker 2: His favorite trip was when Troop forty one spent over
[5:12] Speaker 2: a week at Filmont's Scout ranch in New Mexico. By
[5:18] Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, Brandon Chickliss was a twenty year old man
[5:21] Speaker 2: living in Westminster, Massachusetts with his girlfriend of four years,
[5:26] Speaker 2: Joscelyn Williams. Tricia and Paul had broken up, but Brandam
[5:31] Speaker 2: maintained a close relationship with his mother, who lived nearby,
[5:35] Speaker 2: and his father, who had moved to Wyndham. Frequent visits
[5:40] Speaker 2: to his father's home were a testament to their strong
[5:42] Speaker 2: bond and the importance of family in Brandon's life. Professionally,
[5:48] Speaker 2: Brandon found fulfillment working for a local HVAC company, a
[5:52] Speaker 2: job he had been dedicated to for the past two years.
[5:56] Speaker 2: His enthusiasm for his work was evident to everybody who
[5:59] Speaker 2: knew him. His colleagues admired his diligence and passion, and
[6:04] Speaker 2: he quickly became known for his reliability and technical skill.
[6:08] Speaker 2: Whether it was installing new systems or troubleshooting existing ones,
[6:12] Speaker 2: he approached each task with a positive attitude. His love
[6:17] Speaker 2: for his job often extended beyond his workplace. Brandon enjoyed
[6:21] Speaker 2: applying the skills he had learned at work to fix
[6:24] Speaker 2: things around the home, whether it was repairing a malfunctioning
[6:28] Speaker 2: appliance or fine tuning the homes each fact system. He
[6:32] Speaker 2: found joy in solving problems and improving the comfort of
[6:35] Speaker 2: his own home. Brandon had hoped that one day he
[6:40] Speaker 2: would own his own age fac company. It was just
[6:52] Speaker 2: after one pm on the twenty third of June twenty
[6:55] Speaker 2: eighteen when Brandon set out in his car to Windham,
[6:59] Speaker 2: New Hampy. He was heading there to celebrate a belated
[7:04] Speaker 2: Father's Day dinner with his dad, Paul, a tradition they
[7:07] Speaker 2: had held on to for years, no matter how busy
[7:10] Speaker 2: life got. As he packed a small overnight bag into
[7:15] Speaker 2: the trunk of his car, Brandon felt a twinge of
[7:18] Speaker 2: guilt for not having made it on the actual holiday,
[7:22] Speaker 2: but work had been hectic, and his father had understood
[7:27] Speaker 2: they always found time for each other, even if it
[7:30] Speaker 2: wasn't on the exact day. Paul had always been the
[7:33] Speaker 2: patient type, especially since his girlfriend Kristin Beaver's had come
[7:38] Speaker 2: into his life. They were patiently waiting for Brandon to arrive,
[7:42] Speaker 2: but the hours gradually slipped by, and nightfall had descended
[7:46] Speaker 2: upon their home. Brandon should have been there by now.
[7:51] Speaker 2: Paul tried calling his son's phone, but it went straight
[7:54] Speaker 2: to voicemail. He frowned, but reassured Kristin that and was
[8:00] Speaker 2: probably just running late. Maybe he had stopped off somewhere
[8:04] Speaker 2: to pick up a bottle of wine, or maybe he
[8:07] Speaker 2: had decided on a whim to drive up to the
[8:10] Speaker 2: mountains for the night. It was the sort of thing
[8:13] Speaker 2: that Brandon might do. But as the night wore on
[8:16] Speaker 2: and the cause continued to go unanswered, Paul's casual concern
[8:21] Speaker 2: turned into a gnawing worry. The idea of Brandon camping
[8:25] Speaker 2: out didn't sit right with him anymore. Something felt wrong.
[8:30] Speaker 2: By the time the sun rose the next morning, bringing
[8:33] Speaker 2: with it no word from Brandon, Paul and Christen's worry
[8:37] Speaker 2: had deepened into something far more urgent. They tried calling
[8:42] Speaker 2: the rest of his family and his girlfriend, but nobody
[8:45] Speaker 2: had seen or heard from Brandon. It was as if
[8:49] Speaker 2: he had vanished into thin air with nowhere else to turn.
[8:54] Speaker 2: Brandon was reported missing. The police arrived and took statements
[8:58] Speaker 2: from the family. As the search for Brandon began. On
[9:10] Speaker 2: the twenty sixth of June, local and state police turned
[9:13] Speaker 2: to the public for their help in the search for Brandon.
[9:17] Speaker 2: They released some information about when he was last seen
[9:20] Speaker 2: and told the public he could be driving a gray
[9:22] Speaker 2: twenty ten on de Civic with Massachusetts registration seven NA
[9:29] Speaker 2: seven two three. They described Brandon as being five feet
[9:33] Speaker 2: five inches tall, weighing around one hundred and fifty five pounds,
[9:37] Speaker 2: with brown hair and brown eyes. They asked that if
[9:42] Speaker 2: anybody had seen Brandon or knew anything about his disappearance,
[9:46] Speaker 2: to contact their local police department or the Westminster Police.
[9:52] Speaker 2: Just two days later, a police officer in Ringe, New
[9:55] Speaker 2: Hampshire was patrolling the Hannaford Supermarket parking lot. He observed
[10:00] Speaker 2: that a car was still parked there. It was late
[10:04] Speaker 2: at night and all the other cars were gone. As
[10:09] Speaker 2: he drew closer, he saw that it was a Honda Civic,
[10:12] Speaker 2: much like the one Brandon had been driving. He ran
[10:16] Speaker 2: the license plate number and learned that it was indeed
[10:19] Speaker 2: Brandon's car. This was around twenty nine miles away from Windham,
[10:25] Speaker 2: where Brandon had told his family he was going the
[10:28] Speaker 2: day he vanished. More police arrived on Singe and found
[10:33] Speaker 2: nothing untowards about Brandon's vehicle. There was gas and there
[10:38] Speaker 2: appeared to be no problems with the car, ruling out
[10:40] Speaker 2: that he had car trouble on the way. However, the
[10:44] Speaker 2: keys were found in the car. Rynch Police Chief Daniel
[10:49] Speaker 2: and Are said in the media that his department was
[10:52] Speaker 2: now working alongside state police and Westminster Police to try
[10:56] Speaker 2: and locate Brandon. He commented, we're both working as many
[11:01] Speaker 2: angles as we can. We're still tracking leads. According to
[11:07] Speaker 2: New Hampshire State Police Lieutenant Michael Kokowski, there was no
[11:11] Speaker 2: reason to suspect foul play. The detectives had been investigating
[11:15] Speaker 2: in Wyndham, where Brandon had been driving to. They spoke
[11:20] Speaker 2: to people who knew him there, including his father, but
[11:23] Speaker 2: none of them had seen him. This led detectives to
[11:27] Speaker 2: believe that he never arrived there, but then where was he?
[11:38] Speaker 2: By Tuesday, the tenth of July. Brandon had been missing
[11:42] Speaker 2: for almost three weeks. That morning, the sun cast long
[11:47] Speaker 2: shadows along Route one one nine in Ringe as a
[11:50] Speaker 2: local woman set out on her daily jog. The air
[11:55] Speaker 2: was crisp, the sky a brilliant blue, and the jogger's
[11:59] Speaker 2: spirits were high as she rounded a bend in the road,
[12:02] Speaker 2: surrounded by dense woodland on either side. As she approached
[12:07] Speaker 2: a secluded stretch of the road, an unexpected and pungent
[12:11] Speaker 2: odor hid her nostrils, making her instinctively cover her nose.
[12:17] Speaker 2: She slowed her pace, her heart pounding not from exertion,
[12:21] Speaker 2: but from the growing sense of unease. The smell was
[12:26] Speaker 2: unlike anything she had encountered before, a sickly sweet stench
[12:31] Speaker 2: that turned her stomach. Curiosity and dread nodded the woman
[12:36] Speaker 2: as she veered off the road, following the scent into
[12:39] Speaker 2: a small clearing obscured by overgrown bushes. Her breath caught
[12:45] Speaker 2: in her throat when she sought a bundle lying motionless
[12:49] Speaker 2: on the ground, Wrapped in a blanket tarp and a
[12:53] Speaker 2: beige canvas sheet. The makeshift shroud did little to conceal
[12:58] Speaker 2: the horror underneath it. The edges were stained and flies
[13:02] Speaker 2: buzzed incessantly around it. It was clearly a human body
[13:08] Speaker 2: in an advanced state of decomposition. With trembling hands, the
[13:13] Speaker 2: jogger pulled out her phone and dialed nine one one,
[13:16] Speaker 2: her voice shaky as she explained the situation. The despatcher's
[13:23] Speaker 2: calm demeanor did little to sue her nerves, but they
[13:26] Speaker 2: assured her that help was on the way. Detectives and
[13:31] Speaker 2: forensic experts arrived at the scene in a matter of minutes.
[13:35] Speaker 2: The jogger pointed them to a forested area just about
[13:38] Speaker 2: thirty feet from the guard rail and explained what she
[13:41] Speaker 2: had just found. They quickly cordoned off the area and
[13:46] Speaker 2: made their way over to the body. They meticulously unwrapped
[13:51] Speaker 2: the layers, revealing the badly decomposed body of a young man.
[13:56] Speaker 2: Once the body was fully exposed, it was evident just
[14:00] Speaker 2: how advanced the decomposition was. The body was completely skeletonized.
[14:06] Speaker 2: The shirt that covered his chest had twelve slit marks throat.
[14:11] Speaker 2: The first task of the crimson investigators was to document
[14:15] Speaker 2: the saint thoroughly. Cameras flashed as they captured every angle
[14:20] Speaker 2: of the body and the surrounding area. Once this was complete,
[14:25] Speaker 2: the medical examiner arrived to transport the man's body back
[14:29] Speaker 2: to their office. Once there, he was transferred into the
[14:33] Speaker 2: examination room, where the state's chief medical examiner, Jenny Duvall,
[14:39] Speaker 2: unzipped the body bags. She saw bags and blankets, as
[14:43] Speaker 2: well as a blue torp and a beige canvas sheet
[14:46] Speaker 2: covering the body and these bags was jewelry and a
[14:50] Speaker 2: cell phone sim card. The young man was still clothed,
[14:55] Speaker 2: including a belt buckle that was buckled and a shirt
[14:58] Speaker 2: that was bunched up. Molds of his teeth were taken
[15:02] Speaker 2: for identification purposes, following which to have all began her
[15:06] Speaker 2: examination to recollect it. When we pulled that shirt downward,
[15:13] Speaker 2: there were at least a dozen slit like defects. The
[15:18] Speaker 2: young man had sustained ten to twelve stab wounds before
[15:21] Speaker 2: his body had been wrapped in a land's End blanket
[15:24] Speaker 2: and then placed into two trash bags. These were then
[15:28] Speaker 2: duct taped to his body. In addition to the stab wounds,
[15:33] Speaker 2: there appeared to be incisions or carvings in his skin.
[15:37] Speaker 2: The young man was soon identified as twenty year old
[15:41] Speaker 2: Brandon Chickless. The missing person investigation morphed into a murder investigation,
[15:57] Speaker 2: and detectives once more asked the public for their health.
[16:01] Speaker 2: They said they believed that Brandon had driven from Westminster
[16:04] Speaker 2: to Rne sometime between the twenty third and twenty fifth
[16:08] Speaker 2: of June. At some point when he was there, he
[16:12] Speaker 2: met his killer. Detectives didn't yet have a theory on
[16:16] Speaker 2: whether it was somebody known to Brandon or a stranger.
[16:21] Speaker 2: They asked that if anybody had seen a vehicle stopped
[16:24] Speaker 2: on the eastbound side of Route one one nine any
[16:26] Speaker 2: time between those states to reach out. Brandon's family were
[16:31] Speaker 2: completely heartbroken by the revelation that he was dead and
[16:35] Speaker 2: that he was the victim of a murder. They said
[16:39] Speaker 2: that he was an easy going young man who never
[16:42] Speaker 2: caused any trouble for anybody. His father's girlfriend, Christian, commented
[16:48] Speaker 2: in a telephone interview, it's horrific. It's unspeakable. I just
[16:54] Speaker 2: can't believe it. She said the Brandon would have done
[16:58] Speaker 2: anything to help anybody. She had set up a GoFundMe
[17:02] Speaker 2: page to help the family pay for Brandon's upcoming funeral.
[17:07] Speaker 2: It read, in part, we have unfortunately lost our dear son, grandson, nephew, brother, friend,
[17:14] Speaker 2: and much more under looking for any contributions towards funeral
[17:18] Speaker 2: expenses to this very tragic event that has occurred. We
[17:23] Speaker 2: appreciate any and all that you can give and thank
[17:26] Speaker 2: you immensely. Within a few days, it had reached more
[17:29] Speaker 2: than eight thousand dollars. The investigation pressed on and detectives
[17:35] Speaker 2: were keen to learn more about Brandon's movements. His cell
[17:40] Speaker 2: phone was missing, but detectives were able to use the
[17:42] Speaker 2: data from the SIM card to trace where his phone
[17:45] Speaker 2: was when he vanished. In the hours after he left
[17:50] Speaker 2: the home, his cell phone pinged at a home located
[17:53] Speaker 2: on one seven to one Packard Hill Road in Ashburnham.
[17:58] Speaker 2: The home was situated along a rural road and was
[18:02] Speaker 2: surrounded in dense woodland. It was just on the outskirts
[18:06] Speaker 2: of Uppernoikk Lake and had its own lake on the grounds.
[18:11] Speaker 2: It was just a few miles away from where Brandon's
[18:13] Speaker 2: body had been found. From this home, Brandon's cell phone
[18:18] Speaker 2: activity went completely silent, indicating that his phone was destroyed
[18:22] Speaker 2: or switched off while he was here. Detectives soon learned
[18:27] Speaker 2: that the home belonged to a man named John Enright,
[18:32] Speaker 2: and he had a twenty one year old daughter Julia
[18:36] Speaker 2: Enright was known to Brandon, they had gone to school together.
[18:49] Speaker 2: Julia Enright was raised by her single father, John, in
[18:52] Speaker 2: a close knit community where she quickly became known for
[18:55] Speaker 2: her intelligence and dedication. John, who was a volunteer firefighter
[19:01] Speaker 2: and active member of at least one time board, instilled
[19:05] Speaker 2: in his daughter a sense of duty from an early age.
[19:09] Speaker 2: His commitment to service in the community was a cornerstone
[19:12] Speaker 2: of their family life, and it deeply influenced Enright's own
[19:16] Speaker 2: aspirations and achievements. From a young age. Enright excelled in school,
[19:23] Speaker 2: demonstrating a natural aptitude for academics. Her love for learning
[19:28] Speaker 2: and her competitive spirit found an outlet in her participation
[19:32] Speaker 2: as an athlete at Monte Tech. She was also inducted
[19:37] Speaker 2: into the National Honor Society. En Wright's high school years
[19:42] Speaker 2: were a whirlwind of activity. She was a member of
[19:46] Speaker 2: the yearbook committee, capturing memories and moments for her classmates
[19:50] Speaker 2: to cherish. Her passion for anime led her to join
[19:54] Speaker 2: the Anime Club, where she found friends who shared her interests.
[19:59] Speaker 2: In the Junie in Your Reserve Officer's Training Corps, Enwright
[20:02] Speaker 2: honed her leadership skills and discipline She was also a
[20:06] Speaker 2: dedicated player on the basketball team. While studying at Monte Tech,
[20:12] Speaker 2: Enwright had met Brandon Chickliss, and they graduated in the
[20:15] Speaker 2: same year, twenty fifteen. Her yearbook entry stood out alongside
[20:22] Speaker 2: her smiling face. Her chosen quote read reality is not
[20:27] Speaker 2: merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. En Wright
[20:32] Speaker 2: and Brandon had dated in high school, but they eventually
[20:35] Speaker 2: drifted apart after high school, and Wright pursued a career
[20:40] Speaker 2: in healthcare, becoming a flebotomist at Quest Diagnostics Laboratory in Gruton.
[20:54] Speaker 2: After detectives learned the Brandon cell phone had last pinged
[20:57] Speaker 2: to Atar at Julia Enwright's home, they called her in
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[24:23] Speaker 2: her Miranda rides without hesitation and agreed to speak with
[24:26] Speaker 2: the detectives. Seated across from them in the interrogation room.
[24:32] Speaker 2: She recounted her history with Brandon. They dated in high school,
[24:36] Speaker 2: she said, and had a sexual relationship. She said that
[24:41] Speaker 2: it was poppy love. Despite the years that had passed
[24:45] Speaker 2: since their graduation, the connection between them had never fully dissipated. Recently,
[24:51] Speaker 2: they had reconnected and had been speaking on and off.
[24:56] Speaker 2: According to Enry, Brandon was a troubled kid who had
[24:59] Speaker 2: been having problems with his current girlfriend. She said to
[25:03] Speaker 2: State Police Trooper Douglas Grout, I know he had been
[25:07] Speaker 2: talking a lot about having issues with his girlfriend. It
[25:10] Speaker 2: appeared to be just unintelligent, petty arguments. Enwright went on
[25:16] Speaker 2: to describe Brandon as not very likable, aggressive, and a
[25:21] Speaker 2: little emotionally abusive. She said that she felt bad because
[25:25] Speaker 2: she liked Brandon's girlfriend and knew she wouldn't be happy
[25:29] Speaker 2: that they were seeing one another. Enwright said that Brandon
[25:33] Speaker 2: told her that he was only living with his girlfriend
[25:36] Speaker 2: because he had no other place to stay. The detectives
[25:41] Speaker 2: then asked Enwright if they could examine her cell phone,
[25:44] Speaker 2: and she freely handed it over. There were several text
[25:48] Speaker 2: messages where Brandon tried to set up a meeting, but
[25:52] Speaker 2: Enwright always rebuffed him. Then, on the twenty second of June,
[25:57] Speaker 2: she asked Brandon to come hang out over the week
[26:00] Speaker 2: end and mentioned that she hadn't been in the tree
[26:02] Speaker 2: house for a long time. It was a ramshackle tree
[26:07] Speaker 2: house located on the property of her home she shared
[26:10] Speaker 2: with her father. She and Brandon used to have sex
[26:14] Speaker 2: in the treehouse while in high school, she said. In
[26:18] Speaker 2: another text message, she wrote, also, I have a surprise
[26:23] Speaker 2: idea in mind, but it can only be done if
[26:25] Speaker 2: no one else knows we're hanging out. Brandon replied that
[26:30] Speaker 2: she was his only friend, so he had nobody to
[26:33] Speaker 2: tell anyway. Then, on the morning of the twenty third
[26:37] Speaker 2: of June, Enright told Brandon to arrive at the home
[26:41] Speaker 2: using the back drive so they don't have to deal
[26:43] Speaker 2: with her father. Brandon seemingly arrived at the drive and
[26:49] Speaker 2: texted her that he had passed some calls and asked
[26:52] Speaker 2: how far to keep going. Enwright responded that he was
[26:57] Speaker 2: almost there. Later, Ennwright texted Brandon asking where he was
[27:04] Speaker 2: and whether something had come up. After detectives read the
[27:09] Speaker 2: text messages, Enwright confirmed that they had arranged to meet
[27:12] Speaker 2: that day that Brandon disappeared, but she said that he
[27:16] Speaker 2: never showed up, despite the fact he had texted that
[27:19] Speaker 2: he was on her driveway. She stated, he did stuff
[27:24] Speaker 2: like that, That's why I never questioned it. Detectives found
[27:30] Speaker 2: it strange that Enwright never contacted them to tell them
[27:33] Speaker 2: that Brandon had arranged to meet her on the day
[27:36] Speaker 2: he vanished. It appeared as though he had arrived on
[27:40] Speaker 2: her driveway and then disappeared from here, but detectives were suspicious.
[27:46] Speaker 2: Why had she asked him to meet up with her
[27:49] Speaker 2: but to not tell anybody where he was going. She
[27:53] Speaker 2: must have known that detectives were having a hard time
[27:56] Speaker 2: believing her story. She asked them for a break to
[28:00] Speaker 2: gather her thoughts. She then said, I want to tell
[28:05] Speaker 2: you everything. After Julia Enwright had a break in the
[28:19] Speaker 2: interrogation room, she changed her story. She told detectives that
[28:25] Speaker 2: Brandon actually had arrived at her home on the twenty
[28:28] Speaker 2: third of June. She said that they got drunk in
[28:32] Speaker 2: his car, kissed, and then listened to music. According to Enright,
[28:38] Speaker 2: Brandon then said he had a large amount of cash
[28:41] Speaker 2: and wanted to go and buy cocaine. She agreed to
[28:45] Speaker 2: take the cocaine with him and went back to the
[28:48] Speaker 2: house while he went off to buy the drugs. Enwright
[28:52] Speaker 2: said that Brandon never returned, telling the detectives that's everything.
[28:58] Speaker 2: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have skipped any of that. The
[29:03] Speaker 2: detectives asked her why she hadn't come forward when it
[29:06] Speaker 2: was reported that Brandon had gone missing. She replied, I
[29:11] Speaker 2: guess I just hoped. I don't know. It was just
[29:14] Speaker 2: stupid of me. I figured he was fine. While Enwright
[29:20] Speaker 2: was in the interrogation room, Trooper Shawn Murphy went outside
[29:24] Speaker 2: to look at her car a praess. He walked around
[29:28] Speaker 2: looking for any dense or damage and noticed that there
[29:31] Speaker 2: was red or bronze stains on the floor mat behind
[29:34] Speaker 2: the driver's seat. It looked awfully similar to blood. The
[29:39] Speaker 2: detectives obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and a
[29:43] Speaker 2: cutting was taken from one of the stains on the mat.
[29:47] Speaker 2: They also collected a laptop that was found in the
[29:49] Speaker 2: back seat. A confirmatory test for blood was positive, so
[29:55] Speaker 2: detective sent it to the crime lab to be analyzed.
[30:00] Speaker 2: It came back as a match to Brandon Chickliss. After
[30:12] Speaker 2: the discovery of Brandon's blood in Enright's car, detectives obtained
[30:15] Speaker 2: a search warrant for the home she shared with her
[30:18] Speaker 2: father along Packard Hill Road. It was located just a
[30:23] Speaker 2: few miles away from where Brandon's body had been found,
[30:26] Speaker 2: and his cell phone had pinned here before all activity
[30:30] Speaker 2: fell silent. The detectives spread out systematically searching the property
[30:36] Speaker 2: while a team of divers prepared to score the pond
[30:39] Speaker 2: near by as detectives conducted a thirst search of the
[30:43] Speaker 2: hum Their initial focus was on Enright's bedroom amidst the
[30:48] Speaker 2: clutter of books and personal items. They discovered a stack
[30:52] Speaker 2: of handwritten notes tucked away in a drawer. The contents
[30:57] Speaker 2: of these notes were deeply unsettling. One particular entry stood out,
[31:03] Speaker 2: capturing their attention. It read, I daydream abided on occasion,
[31:09] Speaker 2: I just have this insatiable curiosity to kill a person.
[31:14] Speaker 2: Enwright also wrote that she wanted to cure the world
[31:16] Speaker 2: of overpopulation. The words conveyed a dark and disturbing insight
[31:22] Speaker 2: into Enright's mind, suggesting a preoccupation with violence and a
[31:26] Speaker 2: morbid fascination with death. In another entry, Enwright had detailed
[31:32] Speaker 2: a failed plot to get pregnant and have an abortion
[31:35] Speaker 2: and bring the fetus home with her. She had succeeded
[31:39] Speaker 2: in getting pregnant, and she had an abortion a planned parenthood,
[31:44] Speaker 2: but her attempts to bribe the organization to give her
[31:46] Speaker 2: the remains failed. This abortion had taken place just eight
[31:51] Speaker 2: days before Brandon had vanished. There was another entry in
[31:56] Speaker 2: which Enright self diagnosed herself as a sociopath. There were
[32:01] Speaker 2: further documents, notebooks, and business cards which had Enright's photo
[32:06] Speaker 2: emblazoned on the front. These indicated that she was a
[32:10] Speaker 2: dominatrix who participated in BDSM activities with people who paid
[32:15] Speaker 2: for her services. Some other notes mentioned Brandon, specifically Enright's
[32:21] Speaker 2: relationship with him. She wrote that their relationship was damn
[32:27] Speaker 2: near therapeutic. One part of the note read, I can
[32:32] Speaker 2: be main and rude to him or kind, and he'll
[32:35] Speaker 2: initiate a warm hug and invite me back soon after.
[32:39] Speaker 2: Within the bedroom, detectives also fond a collection of knives,
[32:43] Speaker 2: some small and some large. Adjacent to the bedroom, detectives
[32:49] Speaker 2: explored a smaller room that served as an unnerving contrast
[32:53] Speaker 2: to the ordinary appearance of the rest of the home.
[32:57] Speaker 2: This room contained skeletal remains of very animals, meticulously arranged
[33:02] Speaker 2: in what seemed to be an attempt at reassembly. The
[33:07] Speaker 2: bones were laid out in a manner that suggested Enwright
[33:10] Speaker 2: had been studying or experimenting with them, perhaps trying to
[33:14] Speaker 2: piece them back together like a macab puzzle. Further investigation
[33:20] Speaker 2: of this room revealed even more disturbing artifacts. Numerous phials
[33:26] Speaker 2: filled with blood, each carefully labeled with individual names, lined
[33:30] Speaker 2: the shelves. There was also a number of used condoms
[33:35] Speaker 2: that Enright appeared to be collecting, adding to the grotesque collection.
[33:41] Speaker 2: Was a glass picture a quarter full with a red
[33:45] Speaker 2: substance that appeared to be blood. There was also a
[33:48] Speaker 2: glass speaker containing what seemed to be a small heart,
[33:52] Speaker 2: most likely that of an animal. As detectives moved through
[33:57] Speaker 2: the garden, they came across a large plat the container
[34:01] Speaker 2: that contained the bodies of several decomposing animals. Their attention
[34:07] Speaker 2: was then drawn to a tree house nestled among the trees.
[34:12] Speaker 2: As they approached, a grim discovery halted them in their tracks.
[34:20] Speaker 2: Bloodstains marked the stairs leading up to the treehouse. The
[34:25] Speaker 2: detectives ascended the steps, each one marked with more dried blood.
[34:31] Speaker 2: Inside the tree house, the scene was even more unsettling.
[34:36] Speaker 2: Blood had pulled and spattered across the wooden floor. The
[34:42] Speaker 2: detectives quickly noted that the tree house had recently been cleaned.
[34:47] Speaker 2: The air held a faint scent of disinfectant, and a
[34:51] Speaker 2: new rug lay conspicuously in the center of the room.
[34:55] Speaker 2: Its presence seemed out of place. They lifted the rug,
[35:00] Speaker 2: revealing that blood had seeped through the floorboards, staining them
[35:03] Speaker 2: a dark red. The detectives continued in their examination of
[35:09] Speaker 2: the tree house, and they noticed that there were handles
[35:12] Speaker 2: attached to the walls near the four corners of the room,
[35:16] Speaker 2: low to the floor. They looked as though they had
[35:20] Speaker 2: been used to attach restraint devices. While forensic experts collected evidence,
[35:26] Speaker 2: detectives spoke with Enright's neighbors, Leanna and Roy lived next door,
[35:32] Speaker 2: and she told them she had awoken one night, around
[35:34] Speaker 2: the same time that Brandon vanished. Her heart was pointing
[35:39] Speaker 2: in her chest as a chilling scream pierced the night air.
[35:45] Speaker 2: The sound was raw, desperate, and it cut through the
[35:48] Speaker 2: stillness of the early morning like a knife. It went
[35:53] Speaker 2: through my spine, she would later say. Disoriented in alarm,
[35:58] Speaker 2: she quickly nudged her husband away and told him what
[36:01] Speaker 2: she had heard. Leanne's husband threw off the covers and
[36:05] Speaker 2: slipped out of bed, his bare feet meeting the cold floor.
[36:10] Speaker 2: With the shiver moving through the home, he double checked
[36:14] Speaker 2: the locks on the front door. He then made his
[36:18] Speaker 2: way to the sliding glass door that opened to the backyard.
[36:22] Speaker 2: The curtains were half open, allowing a slither of moonlight
[36:26] Speaker 2: to filter in. He reached out and quickly drew the
[36:30] Speaker 2: curtains closed. Leanne told detectives that the scream had shaken
[36:35] Speaker 2: her so much that she couldn't fall back to sleep
[36:38] Speaker 2: that night, Detectives wondered if the scream had come from Brandon.
[36:52] Speaker 2: One of the people that Enwright claimed to have used
[36:54] Speaker 2: the treehouse with was her boyfriend John Lynd. Detective tracked
[37:00] Speaker 2: him down and he came to the police station to
[37:02] Speaker 2: be interviewed. He confirmed that they had spent some time
[37:07] Speaker 2: together in the treehouse in recent months, and he had
[37:11] Speaker 2: an explanation for the blood. He said that they would
[37:15] Speaker 2: cut each other there and smear blood over one another's bodies.
[37:21] Speaker 2: According to John, the treehouse had to be cleaned because
[37:24] Speaker 2: he had defecated in it during sexual activity with Enright.
[37:30] Speaker 2: On the twenty fourth of July, Julia Enwright was charged
[37:34] Speaker 2: with the murder of Brandon and was ordered to be
[37:36] Speaker 2: held without bail after a not guilty play was entered
[37:39] Speaker 2: on her behalf. The courtroom was filled with Brandon's loved
[37:45] Speaker 2: ones and the grief on their faces was palpable. There
[37:50] Speaker 2: were tears, and when they left the courtroom that afternoon,
[37:53] Speaker 2: they refused to make a comment. They were followed out
[37:57] Speaker 2: by police Chief Michael McDonald. Mounted it's a step in
[38:02] Speaker 2: the direction to its closure, but it's still not going
[38:06] Speaker 2: to be a tough one for everybody. In January and
[38:09] Speaker 2: Wright was formally charged with first degree murder and she
[38:11] Speaker 2: pleaded not guilty. She was once more ordered to be
[38:16] Speaker 2: held without bail. District Attorney Joseph Earley Junior provided reporters
[38:21] Speaker 2: with a breakdown of the case.
[38:23] Speaker 1: On June twenty nine, his cow was discovered in the
[38:25] Speaker 1: parking lot of the Hand of Fits supermarket on Route
[38:28] Speaker 1: two O two in Ringe, New Hampshire. On July tenth,
[38:32] Speaker 1: his body was found on the side of Route one
[38:34] Speaker 1: nineteen in Ringe, about six miles from the supermarket. New
[38:38] Speaker 1: Hampshire State Police in the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
[38:41] Speaker 1: reached out to my office early in the investigation of
[38:44] Speaker 1: his death. Is believed that mister Chicklis, who would have
[38:47] Speaker 1: turned twenty one years old today, was killed in Ashburnham
[38:50] Speaker 1: and his body was taken to New Hampshire, left by
[38:53] Speaker 1: the side of Route one nineteen, where his body was
[38:55] Speaker 1: later discovered by a jogger. Mister Chicklus's cell phone records
[39:00] Speaker 1: placed them at one seventy one Packard Hill Road in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
[39:04] Speaker 1: On June twenty three, several search warrants were executed at
[39:08] Speaker 1: that address in evidence was gathered.
[39:11] Speaker 2: Around the same time, prosecutors were trying to get Enright
[39:14] Speaker 2: to turn over her laptop password. The laptop had been
[39:18] Speaker 2: found in her car, but the contents were encrypted and
[39:22] Speaker 2: they couldn't access it. During a jail house phone call,
[39:27] Speaker 2: Enwright had expressed concern that detectives were going to look
[39:29] Speaker 2: through her laptop. She had been speaking with her boyfriend
[39:34] Speaker 2: when she told him the only thing I'm worried about
[39:38] Speaker 2: and getting all anxious about I want to know if
[39:40] Speaker 2: they got into my computer. I assume they got into
[39:43] Speaker 2: my laptop, just all my creepy, dark stories that they're
[39:47] Speaker 2: going to twist. Towards the end of May, a judge
[39:51] Speaker 2: ordered Enright to hand over the password for her laptop
[39:54] Speaker 2: so that it could be searched. When it was examined,
[39:58] Speaker 2: detectives found more information of about her secret life as
[40:01] Speaker 2: a dominatrix. There was a list of dominatrix activities including
[40:07] Speaker 2: hitting and slapping, water play, and fantasy slash fetish play.
[40:13] Speaker 2: In another folder, there were documents where Enright wrote about
[40:16] Speaker 2: a sexual obsession for a person. She had written, I
[40:21] Speaker 2: would do anything for you. I would destroy anything for you.
[40:27] Speaker 2: In another, dated the twenty eighth of June two thousand
[40:29] Speaker 2: and eighteen, she had written, it was a form of
[40:32] Speaker 2: a present. I did it just for him. That was
[40:36] Speaker 2: my intention. Another alluded to Enright being turned on by
[40:42] Speaker 2: some kind of event. You brought out these dark desires
[40:46] Speaker 2: in me, she wrote. She referred to the event being
[40:50] Speaker 2: a difficult chore, but one that was very exciting and
[40:53] Speaker 2: a bonding experience. As detectives read through the documents, they
[41:00] Speaker 2: began to formulate a theory had Enwright killed Brandon to
[41:05] Speaker 2: complete some kind of dark sexual fantasy. Enwright's defense attorney,
[41:10] Speaker 2: Lewis bad Way, then filed a motion to suppress evidence
[41:13] Speaker 2: obtained as a result of the seizure of her car.
[41:17] Speaker 2: He argued that the seizure of her vehicle was not
[41:20] Speaker 2: legally justified because the requirements for a plain view search
[41:23] Speaker 2: hadn't been met. However, Judge General Queen denied his motion. Then,
[41:30] Speaker 2: in October, Enwright's boyfriend, John Lynde, appeared in court and
[41:34] Speaker 2: told Judge Daniel Wren that he intended to plead the
[41:37] Speaker 2: Fifth Amendment to most questions he would be asked at
[41:41] Speaker 2: her murder trial. In his interview, with the detectives. He
[41:45] Speaker 2: had said that they purchased new carpet for the tree
[41:47] Speaker 2: house days after Brandon disappeared because he had defecated. According
[41:53] Speaker 2: to the prosecution, however, Enwright had actually purchased the new
[41:56] Speaker 2: carpet in an effort to cover up Brandon's blood. They
[42:01] Speaker 2: believed that Brandon had been killed in the treehouse after
[42:03] Speaker 2: having been lured there by Enright to satisfy a growing
[42:07] Speaker 2: urge to kill. During the investigation, detectives had also learned
[42:12] Speaker 2: that around the time of the murders, Enwright had texted
[42:15] Speaker 2: John telling him there could be a surprise. By the
[42:30] Speaker 2: eighth of November twenty twenty one, the jury was seated
[42:33] Speaker 2: in Worcester Superior Court and Julia Enright was escorted into
[42:37] Speaker 2: the courtroom. Prosecutor Jeff Travers was the first to take
[42:41] Speaker 2: the podium before the jury to present his opening statements.
[42:46] Speaker 2: He painted Enright as a killer who had plotted the
[42:48] Speaker 2: murder of Brandon and then created an alibi with her boyfriend.
[42:53] Speaker 2: He said that Enwright had lived a double life, one
[42:56] Speaker 2: that included an interest in blood, bones and death and
[43:00] Speaker 2: a job on the side is a dominatrix. Prosecutor Travers
[43:05] Speaker 2: told the jury that Enwright enjoyed manipulating Brandon. He had
[43:09] Speaker 2: reached out to her six times prior to their meeting
[43:12] Speaker 2: on the twenty third of June, but each time Enwright
[43:15] Speaker 2: declined meeting him. However, on the day of his murder,
[43:20] Speaker 2: Enwright had initiated the plans. She told Brandon that he
[43:24] Speaker 2: couldn't tell anybody he was going to her house and
[43:28] Speaker 2: that she had a surprise for him. It was the
[43:31] Speaker 2: prosecutor's belief that Enwright had killed Brandon as a surprise
[43:35] Speaker 2: gift for her boyfriend John Lynd. Just the day before
[43:40] Speaker 2: the murder, she had texted John, do you think we
[43:43] Speaker 2: could add bubbles to a blood bath? She also told
[43:47] Speaker 2: him that she might have a surprise for him, but
[43:50] Speaker 2: that she couldn't text him about it. In her journal,
[43:54] Speaker 2: she had written on the twenty seventh and twenty eighth
[43:57] Speaker 2: of June that her boyfriend may not have liked the surprise.
[44:02] Speaker 2: The prosecutor said that after killing Brandon, Enwright began fabricating
[44:07] Speaker 2: an alibi. He said that she had texted Brandon, knowing
[44:12] Speaker 2: all too well that he was dead. At eight pm.
[44:16] Speaker 2: She had texted him, why didn't you show up? To
[44:19] Speaker 2: meet me, followed, why did something come up? This was ours?
[44:24] Speaker 2: After Brandon had already been killed. After these text messages,
[44:29] Speaker 2: Enright and her boyfriend John grabbed some sushi. The prosecutor
[44:34] Speaker 2: said that they took Brandon's cell phone and removed the
[44:36] Speaker 2: SIM card, but over the next few days, Enright continued
[44:41] Speaker 2: to text him, inquiring as to whether he was okay.
[44:46] Speaker 2: He said to the jury the messages were intended looking
[44:50] Speaker 2: forward in time to account for her whereabouts if attention
[44:54] Speaker 2: began to focus on her. After Travers stepped on, defense
[44:58] Speaker 2: attorney Lewis Badway took his place before the jury. He
[45:03] Speaker 2: presented their theory, telling the jury that Enwright was actually
[45:06] Speaker 2: the victim in the case. He claimed that after Brandon
[45:11] Speaker 2: and Enwright met at the tree house, he had it
[45:14] Speaker 2: attempted to rape her. Bad Way said that Enwright's abortion
[45:19] Speaker 2: was relevant because it added to the traumas she felt
[45:22] Speaker 2: when Brandon attempted to rape her. He said to the jury,
[45:27] Speaker 2: she saw a look in Brandon's eyes she had never
[45:30] Speaker 2: never seen before. He said that she pleaded with him
[45:34] Speaker 2: several times to stop. He told the jury that Brandon
[45:39] Speaker 2: was a rapist. According to bad Way, Enwright always carried
[45:43] Speaker 2: a knife with her for protection. He told the jury
[45:46] Speaker 2: they would understand why when they visited her family home,
[45:50] Speaker 2: where she had to walk down a long driveway alone
[45:53] Speaker 2: in the dark to catch the school bus. The defense
[45:57] Speaker 2: attorney said to the jury that it was at this
[45:58] Speaker 2: moment that n Enwright wrestled her knife from her waist
[46:02] Speaker 2: and began stabbing Brandon in self defense. He maintained that
[46:08] Speaker 2: the only reason Enright had lied in her interrogation, telling
[46:12] Speaker 2: detectives that Brandon had left to buy drugs was because
[46:15] Speaker 2: she was so traumatized by the sexual assault. In a
[46:19] Speaker 2: relatively unheard of move and murder trials, there were several
[46:23] Speaker 2: things that the prosecution and defense agreed on. This included
[46:28] Speaker 2: that Brandon and Enright had agreed to meet at the
[46:30] Speaker 2: tree house. They both knew the treehouse well, having had
[46:35] Speaker 2: sex in it several times when they dated during high school.
[46:39] Speaker 2: That day, Brandon was upset that his girlfriend had seen
[46:42] Speaker 2: a past boyfriend, despite the fact that he too had
[46:45] Speaker 2: arranged to meet a past girlfriend. As for Enright, she
[46:49] Speaker 2: had been seeing other people while in a relationship with
[46:52] Speaker 2: John Lynd. The prosecution and defense both agreed that after
[46:56] Speaker 2: the murder, Enwright and her boyfriend disposed of Brandon's body
[47:01] Speaker 2: in New Hampshire. After the defense stepped on the prosecution
[47:05] Speaker 2: began calling their first witnesses Brandon's family and friends. His
[47:11] Speaker 2: mother described him as a quiet person who opened up
[47:14] Speaker 2: with friends and family and enjoyed making them laugh. His
[47:19] Speaker 2: girlfriend of four years, Joscelyn, testified about their relationship. She
[47:24] Speaker 2: said the Brandon had always been good to her. She
[47:28] Speaker 2: was wearing a matching necklace she had gotten with Brandon
[47:30] Speaker 2: on their third anniversary. On one side was the image
[47:34] Speaker 2: of the compass, while the other she had engraved with
[47:38] Speaker 2: Forever and Always. Testimony was then heard from a state
[47:42] Speaker 2: police detective who had found Brandon's half of the necklace
[47:45] Speaker 2: in the trash bag that contained his body. State medical
[47:50] Speaker 2: examiner Jenny Duvall testified about her findings at autopsy, detailing
[47:55] Speaker 2: the stab and cut wounds. She explained that a stab
[47:59] Speaker 2: wound is deeper while a cut wound is more elongated.
[48:04] Speaker 2: The testimony then shifted to some of the gruesome things
[48:07] Speaker 2: found inside en Right's home. Photographs of the treehouse were
[48:12] Speaker 2: entered into evidence, showing the bloodstains on top and underneath
[48:16] Speaker 2: the floorboards. State Trooper Ali Ray testified about the handles
[48:21] Speaker 2: found near each corner. The business cards advertising n Rights
[48:26] Speaker 2: dominatrix services were also presented. She had referred to herself
[48:31] Speaker 2: as Mistress Jasmine, a professional dominatrix. There was a graphic
[48:36] Speaker 2: of handcuffs along with the words come to crave what
[48:40] Speaker 2: it feels like to give me all control. The jury
[48:44] Speaker 2: also saw the photographs of the collections of bones and
[48:47] Speaker 2: knives found inside the home. Enwright had taken various photographs
[48:52] Speaker 2: and videos of herself dissecting various carcasses. There were photographs
[48:58] Speaker 2: showing multiple trays of animals remains in organs, as well
[49:02] Speaker 2: as bockets of bones. The jury then heard testimony from
[49:07] Speaker 2: Sarah Olson, a friend of Enright's. They'd both studied biology
[49:12] Speaker 2: at school, and Sarah said she had introduced Enright to
[49:15] Speaker 2: wet specimens, which are dead animals preserved in jars. Sarah
[49:21] Speaker 2: said that she and Enright had collected bones of animals
[49:24] Speaker 2: killed by cars. They would let the animals sit outside
[49:28] Speaker 2: and decay in their yards. Sarah said that Enry would
[49:32] Speaker 2: often wrap the animal in a torp to accelerate the decomposition.
[49:38] Speaker 2: When Brandon's body was found, he too was wrapped in
[49:41] Speaker 2: a torp. After Sarah stepped down, the jury got to
[49:45] Speaker 2: see Enwright's interrogation. At first, she claimed the Brandon had
[49:50] Speaker 2: never shown up at her home, before claiming he did
[49:53] Speaker 2: before leaving to get drugs. The prosecution had said that
[49:58] Speaker 2: the interrogation depicted a guilty w one woman trying to
[50:01] Speaker 2: spin a web of lies. The next witness was Tracy
[50:06] Speaker 2: Breton with the Massachusetts State Police. She testified about finding
[50:11] Speaker 2: stains that tested positive for blood in the tree house.
[50:16] Speaker 2: These were found in almost thirty locations. Some of them
[50:20] Speaker 2: were found about a foot above the handles that were
[50:23] Speaker 2: installed on each corner of the tree house. The blood
[50:27] Speaker 2: stains from the treehouse and from Enright's car matched Brandon's DNA,
[50:33] Speaker 2: indicating he was killed in the tree house and then
[50:35] Speaker 2: transported in her vehicle. The prosecution next called only Anne Roy,
[50:42] Speaker 2: a neighbor of Enright's. She testified about hearing a blood
[50:47] Speaker 2: curdling scream one night in June of two than eighteen.
[50:52] Speaker 2: She recalled, I was awoken out of my sleep to
[50:56] Speaker 2: a sound that still gives me goose bumps to this day.
[51:00] Speaker 2: She couldn't say for sure whether it was a man
[51:02] Speaker 2: or a woman, but said that the voice sounded deep.
[51:08] Speaker 2: After she stepped on the jury were read aloud. Some
[51:10] Speaker 2: of the documents found on Enright's computer. Trooper Matthew Prescott
[51:15] Speaker 2: said that in these documents she referred to being turned
[51:19] Speaker 2: on by an event, writing you brought out these dark
[51:23] Speaker 2: desires in me. According to the prosecution, she was referring
[51:29] Speaker 2: to the murder of Brandon. The second week of the
[51:33] Speaker 2: trial brought a tense and palpable anticipation as Julia Enright
[51:38] Speaker 2: finally took to the witness stand. The courtroom, which had
[51:42] Speaker 2: buzzed with quiet murmurs and the rustling of papers moments before,
[51:47] Speaker 2: fell into a heavy silence. All eyes were on her.
[51:52] Speaker 2: She walked the short distance from the defense table to
[51:55] Speaker 2: the witness stand. She appeared nervous as she told the jr.
[52:00] Speaker 2: She intended on having sex with Brandon that day at
[52:03] Speaker 2: the treehouse. However, she said that she changed her mind
[52:07] Speaker 2: after she received a text message from her boyfriend. She recalled,
[52:13] Speaker 2: he just wasn't stopping and I pulled the kniephoight. She
[52:18] Speaker 2: claimed that she was only defending herself. She said that
[52:22] Speaker 2: she changed her clothes and then drove over to John's home.
[52:26] Speaker 2: She told her boyfriend she needed help, and they returned
[52:29] Speaker 2: to the tree house. She recollected Brandon was lying faced
[52:34] Speaker 2: on facing the door. I touched his shoulder and he
[52:38] Speaker 2: didn't move. She then detailed to the jury how they
[52:42] Speaker 2: disposed of Brandon's body and then cleaned up the tree house.
[52:47] Speaker 2: When questioned by prosecutor Terry McLaughlin if she had ever
[52:50] Speaker 2: fantasized about killing or hurting anybody, Enwright said no. However,
[52:56] Speaker 2: she said that she wanted people to think that about
[52:59] Speaker 2: her when she was young, because that dark humor was
[53:02] Speaker 2: a part of her persona. Throughout the afternoon, questioning repeatedly
[53:08] Speaker 2: centered on the fetus she had aborted a week before
[53:10] Speaker 2: Brandon was killed. McLaughlin highlighted evidence suggesting that Enwright had
[53:16] Speaker 2: brought a lunch box to Planned Parenthood. He said she
[53:21] Speaker 2: had the intention of taking the fetus home, and that
[53:24] Speaker 2: she had brought one hundred dollars in an effort to
[53:27] Speaker 2: bribe employees to allow her to do so. He presented
[53:31] Speaker 2: the jury with a note written by Enright in which
[53:33] Speaker 2: she described the day of the abortion as exciting and
[53:37] Speaker 2: mentioned the one hundred dollars. I never could have actually
[53:42] Speaker 2: gone through with that Enright testified. She explained to the
[53:47] Speaker 2: courtroom that her writings were an attempt to project an
[53:49] Speaker 2: outrageous persona, insisting that she never actually bribed anybody. When
[53:55] Speaker 2: asked whether her pregnancy was intentional, Enwright admitted she wanted
[54:00] Speaker 2: others to believe it was, explaining that she was trying
[54:03] Speaker 2: to imitate Marilyn Manson. McLaughlin then confronted Enwright directly, asking
[54:11] Speaker 2: if Brandon was meant to be a surprise for her boyfriend.
[54:15] Speaker 2: She firmly denied it. She was asked why she didn't
[54:19] Speaker 2: knock on the door of a neighbor or call police
[54:22] Speaker 2: if it really was self defense, She replied that the
[54:26] Speaker 2: only thing she could think of doing was contacting her
[54:29] Speaker 2: boyfriend John to help get rid of Brandon's body. The
[54:33] Speaker 2: prosecutor then mentioned the documents found on her law computer,
[54:37] Speaker 2: specifically the ones which conveyed an arousal to a specific event.
[54:42] Speaker 2: The document, partially read in court, stated it was the
[54:46] Speaker 2: form of a present. I did it just for him,
[54:50] Speaker 2: That was my intention. The writing also expressed anxiety about
[54:55] Speaker 2: the event, describing it as something that had transformed into
[54:58] Speaker 2: a difficult and bird and some chore. When McLaughlin asked
[55:03] Speaker 2: Enright if she was referring to Brandon's murder in the document.
[55:06] Speaker 2: She denied it, claiming instead that the text described her
[55:10] Speaker 2: experience of robbing a grave. She said that she had
[55:15] Speaker 2: taken bones from an abandoned crypt, an act she had
[55:19] Speaker 2: apparently documented in the writings. It's actually in a box
[55:23] Speaker 2: in one of your pictures, she said, pointing out the
[55:26] Speaker 2: bones and explaining further, I was doing anything to focus on,
[55:31] Speaker 2: not focusing on what had happened, Referring to the alleged
[55:34] Speaker 2: sexual assault. Enwright testified that she had robbed the grave
[55:39] Speaker 2: at a local cemetery sometime before the June twenty third,
[55:44] Speaker 2: although she couldn't recall the exact date. She claimed that
[55:48] Speaker 2: the bones were intended as a gift for John, but
[55:51] Speaker 2: that she had kept them at her house because she
[55:53] Speaker 2: was trying to reassemble them. After Enrd stepped on from
[55:58] Speaker 2: the witness stand, it was time for the closing arguments.
[56:02] Speaker 2: The jury had heard opposing stories on what had unfolded
[56:05] Speaker 2: inside the Treehouse on the twenty third of June two
[56:08] Speaker 2: thousand and eighteen. Prosecutor McLaughlin maintained that Denright had killed
[56:13] Speaker 2: Brandon as part of a plan to surprise her boyfriend.
[56:19] Speaker 2: He said that her claims the surprise she mentioned was
[56:21] Speaker 2: bones she had grave robbed, were nonsense. He stated. The defendant,
[56:28] Speaker 2: by her own admission, lied and lied until she got arrested.
[56:33] Speaker 2: But defense attorney bad Way stressed his client with the
[56:35] Speaker 2: victim of a rape and had fought back. He suggested
[56:40] Speaker 2: that the prosecution was presenting her as a dirty girl
[56:43] Speaker 2: or weird girl by references to her business as a
[56:46] Speaker 2: dominatrix and the strange things found inside her home. He said,
[56:53] Speaker 2: the Commonwealth says she's weird, that makes her a murderer,
[56:57] Speaker 2: But there's absolutely no proof any of that makes her murderer.
[57:02] Speaker 2: He continued, telling the jury the tree house itself, I
[57:06] Speaker 2: would suggest to you not the best place to plan
[57:09] Speaker 2: a murder. That tree house is not the best place
[57:13] Speaker 2: for anyone who has high executive functions to plan a murder.
[57:18] Speaker 2: No one even without high executive function would plan a
[57:21] Speaker 2: murder in that place. After that, the jury were sent
[57:25] Speaker 2: off to deliberate. The crux of the case truly hinged
[57:30] Speaker 2: on whether or not the jury believed Enright. Was she
[57:34] Speaker 2: truly the victim of the sexual assault who had been
[57:37] Speaker 2: defending herself or was she a cold blooded killer? The
[57:42] Speaker 2: jury returned with a verdict the following day. They found
[57:46] Speaker 2: Julia Enright guilty of the second degree murder of Brandon Chickliss.
[57:53] Speaker 2: As she was escorted from the courtroom in handcuffs, District
[57:56] Speaker 2: Attorney Joseph Early Junior shared his disappointment. He said that
[58:02] Speaker 2: he was hoping for a first degree murder conviction. Speaking
[58:06] Speaker 2: of Brandon's family, he said, they were relieved, but the
[58:11] Speaker 2: thing you want to give them you can't give them,
[58:13] Speaker 2: and that's Brandon back. He further commented that his office
[58:18] Speaker 2: was reviewing the evidence for the potential prosecution of a
[58:22] Speaker 2: co defendant, referring to John Lynd. The second degree murder
[58:27] Speaker 2: conviction meant that the jury didn't adopt either side's narrative wholly.
[58:33] Speaker 2: If they found the murder had been premeditated, they would
[58:36] Speaker 2: have convicted her of first degree murder. Two weeks after
[58:47] Speaker 2: Enwright was convicted, her boyfriend, John Lynd, was arrested and
[58:50] Speaker 2: charged in connection with the disposal of Brandon's body. The
[58:55] Speaker 2: next month, he was indicted on charges including conveying a
[58:58] Speaker 2: human body except after the fact, murder, misleading a grand jury,
[59:03] Speaker 2: and perjury. In March, Enright returned to court, where victim
[59:07] Speaker 2: impact statements were presented by Brandon's loved ones to highlight
[59:11] Speaker 2: the impact his murder had on them. His mother, Tricia said,
[59:16] Speaker 2: every day when I drive to work, I get to
[59:18] Speaker 2: choose do I drive where she dumped my son's body
[59:22] Speaker 2: today or do I drive by where she dumped his car.
[59:27] Speaker 2: She said that Brandon was kind and gentle, and said
[59:30] Speaker 2: she still wondered why Enright chose to kill him. Brandon's father, Paul,
[59:35] Speaker 2: described Enwright as a demon who had befriended his son
[59:39] Speaker 2: and visited his family home numerous times before she turned
[59:43] Speaker 2: on him. His grandmother, Louise of Rocha, told the judge
[59:48] Speaker 2: that she wore a necklace with the Bumblebee locket that
[59:51] Speaker 2: contained some of his ashes. She had nicknamed him Bumblebee
[59:56] Speaker 2: when he was just one week old. Enwright was a
[59:59] Speaker 2: law to make a statement before she was sentenced. She said,
[1:00:05] Speaker 2: there's not a day that goes by that I don't
[1:00:07] Speaker 2: think about this, or don't wish I could go back.
[1:00:10] Speaker 2: Maybe you need to hear me say this. I'm sorry
[1:00:13] Speaker 2: to everyone, his parents, his siblings, his loved ones, my parents, friends, everyone.
[1:00:21] Speaker 2: I want you to know how much I've thought about everything.
[1:00:24] Speaker 2: I need you to know I mean it. I need
[1:00:27] Speaker 2: you to know that every night I pray for my family,
[1:00:31] Speaker 2: I'm praying for yours too. Enry played it for a
[1:00:35] Speaker 2: lighter sentence and admitted I won't lie and pretend like
[1:00:40] Speaker 2: being with my family and loved ones isn't the only
[1:00:43] Speaker 2: thing I want. The judge then handed on the strictest
[1:00:48] Speaker 2: sentence possible, life in prison with the possibility of parole
[1:00:53] Speaker 2: after twenty five years, while Julia Enright languishes behind Bars's
[1:01:00] Speaker 2: case is still making its way through the justice system. Well,
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