Maxwell was pressed about the statements she gave to police on August 30, the day after Erin died, and on September 11.
Maxwell has said in court that Erin “could have pushed on the hinge side of the door and it would have come right off.” Prosecutor Mark Moody asked her why that wasn’t in the statement she gave to police, which she reviewed and then signed.
More than four dozen teachers, from a variety of subjects, became students for four days this week. They took part in the Summer Writing Institute at Sheldon Hall. Guest speaker for the opening day was local award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson.
UPDATE 1: Lynn Maxwell remains on the stand, under cross examination from Assistant DA Mark Moody.
Few points made so far:
A brief recess, then the testimony continues.
Voters in Volney threw a shutout this week. They voted 29-0 to approve a new extension to the town’s water district.
The extension covers part of State Route 176 and a section of County Route 45. 67 property owners were eligible to vote, according to town clerk Barbara MacEwen.
Lynn Maxwell asserted that Erin Maxwell was never endangered by the smell of the urine of more than 60 cats and by bedroom doors that locked on the outside.
“There was nothing,” she said as prosecutor Mark Moody grilled her, “that was a threat to her.”
The councilors approved a special request to allow a memorial celebration in honor of Rosemary Nesbitt to be held in Breitbeck Park. The committee sent other requests to the full council to be considered.
Recently, Valerie Edwin joined the Youth Bureau to help promote AmeriCorps in this area. The network of national service projects helps increase hours and activities at a variety of programs.
Erin died last year but her father and stepmother are not accused in her death.
The Palermo Town Courtroom is full again, as has become the norm for this unusual trial.
Updates as we can…
Lynn Maxwell offered at least three reasons for having locks on the outside of stepdaughter Erin Maxwell’s door.
Lynn Maxwell took the witness stand after the prosecution rested its case of more than 20 hours of testimony alleging that Lynn and husband Lindsey Maxwell endangered 11 year old Erin’s life by keeping her in a home with widespread cat feces and a thick odor of cat urine and by keeping her in a room with locks on the outside of the two doors.
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