Alleged DoorDash Attacker Terrorized Women: Prosecution

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defendant Joseph Killens robbed and terrorized, victimized four women between April 18th and April 19th of 2023. The evidence in this case comes in the form of videos and maps and several witnesses, and that can prove to be overwhelming. So, the purpose of talking to you in this closing argument is to address some of the things we've heard from all of those witnesses, to address the narrative that the defendant has just given you about his experience and what he alleges the evidence, having had the last several years to review every police report, every statement, having had the opportunity to sit before you and listen to each of those witnesses testify about what happened to them, what his version of events was. We'll have an opportunity to discuss that, why it doesn't match the evidence. But I want you to think back to Mr. Hackworth's opening statement, actions speak louder than words, utilize your common sense in this particular case. Think about how each one of the victims who took the stand reacted, what was their demeanor, what did they tell you about what happened to them. But more importantly, think about why on earth each and every single one of them would have gotten on the stand to testify about the most horrific experience they have ever had, to sit in the same courtroom with the person who caused them that trauma, with cameras and a bunch of strangers, for what? What benefit did hate to having to take the stand and relive being forced to give oral sex to a stranger who had abducted her while she was working her second job? Think about the defendant's testimony as we go over each of these items of evidence. Her second job, she's a 20-year-old student and works two jobs, left her first job after 10 o'clock at night to go make extra money to survive. And the defendant asked you to believe that she ran into his arms and disregarded a pizza into a parking space because she was so overwhelmed with the amount of love that she has for Big Head, his nickname. That she was just so overwhelmed she jumped onto his person, forgot about her job, forgot everything. Everything he testified to had some kind of explanation because she was just so in love with him. That's why his DNA is all over her face and all of these things. Keep in mind his outlandish statements as you review and consider the evidence that you'll take back with you. Keep in mind the courage that it took for each person to take the stand and testify about what happened to them physically, mentally, and emotionally. Because they came into contact with one person, Joseph Killens, and how that affected and changed their lives forever. He got on this stand and provided a statement that was so unbelievable. But let's point to the facts so that I can assure you that there is no question about the statements that each and every single one of those women told you when they came into this courtroom. Because at the end of the day, during a traumatic event, your mind does not record memories like a video. Each and every single person that he victimized got in here and told you what they saw, what they witnessed from their vantage point when he did it. Your mind records and stores the memories of what you experienced in that moment. But remember that what the memories are that are stored are the facts that matter. Because the facts that matter in this case did not change. They all were consistent with the evidence that was provided to you, with the exception of the defendant's statements. They all were consistent with what happened to them that night. And when we are about to go over the video evidence, and you'll actually see the timeline and have an opportunity to see the timestamps and the time frames from which you see the defendant on camera, and then the victims are having contact with law enforcement, there was no way anything other than the victim's statements of what occurred that night happened. There is no way that anything other than Joseph Killen's committing an abduction from that residence end occurred. And around for two hours before taking her to that apartment complex occurred. Don't rehash the questions that were asked. Why didn't you throw yourself from the moving vehicle as he nodded off to sleep? That is not any of the options the judge just read to you on your verdict form as to whether the state has established that these acts occurred. Those are distractions. Same thing with, did you say in your deposition that he had little hair and beard and crazy eyes or bald little hair? None of those elements of the crime. None of them. You had four individuals who, English is their second language, came in here and told you the same statements they told law enforcement three years ago. They provided, through all of their testimony, through the physical evidence in this case, exactly what happened to them. And they have no reason to not be telling you the exact truth. The first amount of footage you have in this case comes from the video surveillance. After the vehicle from aviation leaves the scene of the shooting and goes to the entrance, it is 1.05.35 a.m. The video from the apartment complex next door, Haven, that we saw, from that parking lot, where the defendant jumped over the fence, happens, and you'll see as the clock ticks down, the second aviation realizes, that's your victim, and points back to the original shooting scene. They've just missed the defendant who's the fence. They've just missed the defendant who's hopped over the fence and gets away. The fence is the fence line between the two apartments. And the defendant testified that he ran through the buildings and ran away. He jumps over the fence. Although he also changed that and said that that's not him in the videos, that's fine. But this is the path of travel to the fence line where this video captures. The path of travel starts, where the shooting occurs, where the defendant admits he was on the aviation video. And this video captures the defendant jumping over the fence at 1.05.30. Just as the first victim is making contact with the officers at the front of the complex. Seconds later, captured on the next camera to the west. When he's captured on this camera, just as was pointed out when Detective Baranowski was actually, excuse me, was actually on the stand. He looks up at the aviation. He's holding his pants in the exact location where he had a gun and was forcing her to perform oral sex on his person. There he is. There's Big Head. There's his path of travel through the parking lot. There's his identification at the place that he was arrested. The place that he identified to Miss Peacock, who testified last. That he said on speakerphone he was. The place where he was then ultimately arrested a few hours later. Those same exact shoes in the location he was arrested. Look at the toe box of the shoe. Sure, these are common shoes. But all of the facts considered, the person who committed a sexual battery and abducted and shot at her girlfriend's sister was Joseph Killens. Now, we have video evidence, but now we have a statement from the defendant that he stayed in the area and just hung out, looking for someone or having someone to come and pick him up. I don't know what he was doing, but he admitted that he admitted that he was in the area or stayed in the area, also captured. Now, at this point, we have, at 5:48 AM, the benefit of seeing he has removed at least the top and the beanie, which had vomit on them, by his own admissions, because he was so irresistible. And the victim was enjoying it so much that she vomited as he was forcing his hand onto the back of her head and forcing her head down onto his lap. So irresistible, the man who, admittedly, was recently released from prison, who met her at a gas station and rode up on his bicycle like a chariot, where she had a car and he had a bike. And, um, he took her on one date at some point and, um, she just desperately needed this 41 year old man and his body for her enjoyment. That's his version of events. It makes absolutely no sense. So I agree with Mr. Hackworth, use your common sense. Did not know Joseph Killens before he abducted her from that residence and parking lot. Admittedly, he identified himself in these videos. This is now one hour, or two hours, excuse me, after crime scene has left the location, about an hour after law enforcement has left this location. In fact, you still see crime scene tape up in the photo, um, to the right when you all go back. Staring at the location where he committed this shooting, where he committed this sexual battery, where he brought the victim and forced her to park so that he could get something out of her because after two hours of telling her to give him money and that not being successful, he was going to get something.