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Ramona Rumph – The records custodian for Sanford’s 911 system. She testified about the calls received the night of Martin’s death. Rumph maintains the calls received on the 911 and non-emergency lines. She has worked for the sheriff’s office for 26 years. Multiple people in the neighborhood called 911 as a result of the shooting.

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Prosecutor John Guy questioned Wendy Dorival, who was a volunteer program manager for the Sanford, Florida police department in 2012, and coordinated and helped start neighborhood watch programs in the community. She stated that people participating in neighborhood watch programs should be the “eyes and ears” for the police, and said she eventually met Zimmerman at a presentation about starting a neighborhood watch program for his neighborhood. Dorival said she gave a presentation on September 22, 2011 about the role of the neighborhood watch, and Zimmerman was in attendance. She said that she told the neighborhood watch volunteers in Zimmerman’s neighborhood to only call 911 when their property, their liberty or when someone was in danger. They were also told to never pursue or engage suspicious people in the neighborhood.

Defense attorney Don West then questioned Ms Dorival. She said that the neighborhood home owner’s association asked Zimmerman to organize its neighborhood watch. West asked Dorival if Zimmerman was respectful when he worked with her. Dorival said yes he was always respectful. She also stated that residents of Zimmerman’s neighborhood were concerned about robberies, and the fencing around the neighborhood. West asked Dorival if a resident told her if there was a home invasion and robbery in the community. The prosecution objected as hearsay, and the judge sustained their objection. West reworded his question, and Dorival said yes, one resident said she was traumatized by a home invasion where the perpetrator broke into her home during the day when she was home with her small child.

Dorival said Mr Zimmerman acted as a “liaison” between the police and the neighborhood watch. West asked Dorival if Zimmerman’s behavior every raised any red flags. Dorival said no he seemed concerned and wanted to help.

West asked Dorival to explain what she tells neighborhood watch volunteers to keep an eye out for.
“If you see a car driving around in circles, and you don’t recognize the car in your community, that might be suspicious.” said Dorival. “If people are walking around in areas that not typically walked on, that could be suspicious.”

On re-direct examination by John Guy, Dorival said Zimmerman was charged with the duty of recruiting other volunteers for the neighborhood watch.
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Prosecutors walked jurors through several pieces of evidence on Tuesday, including photos of Trayvon Martin’s dead body. Martin’s father Tracy, exited the courtroom as the photos were displayed. Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton, remained seated but avoided looking at the images. She eventually left the courtroom as well. Zimmerman looked down as a close-up of Martin’s face flashed on screen.

Prosecutor John Guy had a crime scene technician show jurors the gun Zimmerman used to shoot Martin. The technician, Diana Smith, also showed them the soft drink and Skittles Martin bought that night, along with photos of Zimmerman’s head, hands and clothing taken after he arrived at the police station.

The defense used the photos as an opportunity to walk jurors through each of Zimmerman’s injuries.

“You see the lumping? You see the lumps around the abrasions and in general on the back of his head?” asked defense attorney Don West. He pointed out lumps all over Zimmerman’s head, cuts on the back of the head and blood behind one of Zimmerman’s ears. West said in opening statements that Martin used the concrete sidewalk as a “deadly weapon” against Zimmerman.

Anthony Raimondo, a patrol sergeant who was one of the first to arrive on the scene, said he broke standard operating procedures by giving Martin mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without a protective mask. He said he considered the situation to be an “extraordinary circumstance.”

Raimondo also described how he lifted Martin’s body to find the exit wound on the teen’s back. He said he asked bystanders for a plastic bag to help seal the wound. When more responders arrived later, they pronounced Martin dead. Raimondo said he was the one to cover Martin’s body with a blanket.

Selene Bahadoor, a resident of Zimmerman’s gated community, testified that she looked out her kitchen window that night after hearing noise.

“It was not clearly distinguishable but it sounded like, ‘No’ or ‘Uhhh’ — that’s what it sounded like,” said Bahadoor. She also heard “something hitting the concrete, it sounded like running.”

She said the view from the kitchen window was blocked, so she moved to the sliding glass doors at the back of her townhome.

“I saw what looked as figures and arms flailing,” said Bahadoor. She says it was too dark for her to identify the individuals or to clearly see what position they were in.

Bahadoor said a neighbor offered to call police and she went back inside to turn off her stove. That’s when she heard the gunshot.

Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda asked her what she saw upon her return to the glass doors.

“It was just a body in the grass,” said Bahadoor. “I remember it being face down.”