Chad Mullen Murder Trial: Promises vs. Testimony

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: We are starting a new trial today. A missing man. A body found buried on a farm. An accusation that a horse was used to help conceal a killing. That's the background to Florida v. Kalen Diller. Before we look at the testimony in the openings, let's get our bearings. Stay with me. Hi, Tony DeWitt here. Thanks for being here. I'm a retired Missouri attorney with more than 30 years experience in courts around the country. I've now un-retired so that I can bring you informed commentary on trials and legal topics. Because I deal generally with trials and legal topics, I'm not offering any legal advice, and I'm not intending to form any lawyer-client relationships with anyone. This is a trial channel, and today we're discussing this. Chad Mullen was a father of two from Putnam County, Florida. He and Kalen Diller had been in an on-again, off-again relationship. Diller operated a horse business called Stormy Stables. No, I'm not making that up. In September of 2024, Chad stopped answering calls. His daughter, Holly, testified that their last conversation was on September 9th. His truck had broken down, and he wanted the number of a mechanic. After that, she couldn't reach him. His family reported him missing on September 15th, and the search continued for weeks. On October 28th, investigators found his remains buried on a rural property in the Hastings area of neighboring St. John's County. Diller was arrested on November 8th. She now faces charges of first-degree murder with a murder with a firearm, tampering with physical evidence, and failure to report a death. She has, of course, pleaded not guilty. Here's what prosecutors allege happened. They say Diller lured Chad to the stables and shot him. They allege a horse was used to drag his body to a pond, where a cinder block was used to weigh it down. Very original, that. Days later, according to the state, the body was moved again and buried on a farm. The second woman, Teretina Marie Lee Ellis, is accused of helping conceal the body. She was separately charged as an accessory after the fact. That is an allegation against her, not an established fact. The state also says Diller admitted the killing to a former partner with whom she shares a child. Prosecutors say she told him she believed Chad had inappropriately touched her daughter. Now, keep in mind, that's what she said. That doesn't establish that Chad actually did that. Now, those allegations give us a framework for following the trial. They don't tell us a lot more. In a second, we'll look at a few pieces of the opening statement and some testimony. And, of course, an opening statement tells us what a lawyer expects the evidence to show. It is an evidence itself. Diller is presumed innocent and the burden of proving guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt, belongs, as always, to the state of Florida. With that background, let's turn to the opening statement and pair it with some day one testimony. Before we do that, though, I want to point out a strategic move by defense counsel. He's keeping his options open, although counsel doesn't state his reason why. Normally, you do that when you're not sure what the evidence is going to be, when you're not sure if you can punch enough holes in the evidence, and you don't want to promise more than you can deliver. Now, let's go to the opening and the testimony. First, the trip he was looking forward to. [00:04:02] Speaker 2: You'll hear around the beginning of September 2024, Mr. Mullen was gearing up for a trip. It was actually a wedding for his brother in Arizona. You'll hear he's being very excited about this trip. It was kind of turning into a family reunion where he was planning with his daughter to fly out there, all the things they were going to do. It was coming up sometime at the end of September. He's very excited, really looking forward to this trip. However, he never went. [00:04:30] Speaker 1: The first witness was Holly Mole. And the first time I read that, in the transcript, because it's spelled H-O-L-L-I-M-O-L-E, I laughed out loud because I thought it said holy moly. No disrespect to Ms. Holly intended. Sorry, my brain plays tricks on my eyes sometimes. Here's some of Holly's direct exam. [00:04:55] Speaker 2: Now, the summer of 2024, were you and your dad planning a trip to Arizona? [00:05:02] Holly Mole: We were planning a trip to New Mexico. [00:05:04] Speaker 2: New Mexico. Yes. And then what was the reason for this trip? [00:05:09] Holly Mole: For his older brother Tony Mullen's wedding. [00:05:12] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:05:13] Speaker 2: And is this your uncle? [00:05:15] Holly Mole: It is. [00:05:17] Speaker 2: And was this kind of turning into a family reunion? [00:05:19] Holly Mole: I would say so. [00:05:21] Speaker 2: Now, were you guys going to fly together and travel together? [00:05:24] Holly Mole: We were. [00:05:25] Speaker 2: How did your dad feel on this trip? [00:05:27] Holly Mole: He was extremely excited. We were going to fly out on his birthday. So, I think that made him especially excited, as well as seeing his family and his friends. [00:05:37] Speaker 1: So, the state promises a planned family trip. Holly surprised the reason. We're going out there to see my uncle get married. She supplies their travel plans. His excitement, because he's flying on his birthday. Well, you know, I've been to the Southwest. It's a beautiful country. But, Holly also corrects Arizona to New Mexico, which counsel accepts, a useful example of why a witness's answer actually matters more than the premise of the question. Although, sometimes the premise of the question does matter more, particularly when you have a hostile or combative witness. In this case, the correction is of little consequence. But, sometimes those corrections can add up, and they wind up making counsel look bad. It's worth noting that his excitement supports the inference that disappearing disrupted his plans. It doesn't establish who caused that disappearance, so while valuable, there's a limit to the use of that testimony. He just essentially vanished. The state also promised that he vanished. The next segment is the strongest match between what the prosecutor said in the opening and Holly's personal observations. [00:06:53] Speaker 2: That, after September 9th, 2024, Mr. Mullins stopped showing up for work, stopped responding to phone calls from his friends, stopped seeing his friends. He just essentially vanished. [00:07:07] Speaker 1: Holly then testifies about her relationship with her dad and the contacts that they had. [00:07:14] Speaker 2: And how would he characterize his relationship with you? [00:07:17] Holly Mole: I mean, a great – we would speak on a daily basis – or a weekly basis. I lived about an hour away, so we would talk over the phone mostly, but we would try to see each other as much as we could. [00:07:29] Speaker 2: How often would you see him, just monthly? Was it a couple times a month or a month a month? [00:07:35] Holly Mole: I would say so, a couple times a month. [00:07:37] Speaker 2: And then how often would you speak to him? [00:07:39] Holly Mole: On a weekly basis. [00:07:41] Speaker 2: And was that by phone? [00:07:42] Holly Mole: Yes. [00:07:44] Speaker 2: Now, prior to September 15th and after September 9th, so between September 9th and September 15th, did you attempt to call your father? [00:07:56] Holly Mole: Yes, I believe so. [00:07:57] Speaker 2: Do you recall how many times you tried to call your father during those days? [00:08:01] Holly Mole: Maybe once or twice every day. I'm not too entirely sure. [00:08:06] Speaker 2: Did he ever answer? [00:08:07] Holly Mole: He did not. [00:08:09] Speaker 2: After you learned he was missing, or reported missing, on September 15th, did you try to call him again? [00:08:15] Holly Mole: I don't remember. [00:08:16] Speaker 2: Okay. Did you ever hear from your father after September 15th? [00:08:20] Holly Mole: I did not. [00:08:25] Speaker 2: Did you ever go to his residence after September 15th to check on him? [00:08:30] Holly Mole: I did. [00:08:31] Speaker 2: Did you see him? [00:08:32] Holly Mole: I did not. [00:08:36] Speaker 2: Did you notice any notes inside his house saying where he might be, or anything like that? [00:08:40] Speaker 1: I did not. Now, young lawyers might take a page out of this notebook to learn a little something. I've often heard it said that we don't care how much someone knows until we know how much someone cares. That's true in wrongful death and murder cases, too. We now know why Holly cares so much about what happened. This was her dad. I also would point out that you can see people in the newspaper all the time, in their obituary column, that you don't know. And you probably don't shed very much of a tear over those folks. But, if you know someone who knew that person, and they're pretty broken up about it, you feel a little bit more emotion. So, here, what the prosecutor does is smart. He establishes the normal relationship first, then shows the departure from it. That makes the unanswered calls meaningful without relying on emotional language. Underselling, instead of overselling, is always a smarter approach. Now, Holly estimates that she called him maybe once or twice every day, and then says she's not entirely sure. She does not remember whether she called him again after the missing person report. Now, again, I would point out this is not abnormal. Nor is it likely an attempt to mislead. Every witness has gaps in their memory. I used to do presentations for respiratory therapists, doctors, athletic trainers, nurses. And I would always talk to them about documentation and why it's important. Because lawyers will always tell you if you didn't write it down, you didn't do it. If it's not documented, it wasn't done. And so, for that reason, documentation is important. And to underscore that, I would always ask to see a hand raised if anybody remembered what they had for lunch on November 20th, 2021. And, of course, nobody did. Unless, of course, I used to use breakfast. But then I found that there are a lot of people who eat the same bowl of Wheaties every day for breakfast. So, I stopped using breakfast and used that lunch instead. But, again, you don't remember everything that happens, particularly when it's traumatic. This is her dad. So, it would be normal for her not to remember that. Now, after Holly finished on direct, defense counsel did another thing that I thought was pretty smart. [00:11:17] Speaker 2: This is a great example of choosing whether questioning this witness would advance a disputed issue. [00:11:34] Speaker 1: Hard questioning of a grieving daughter would likely have some negative blowback on the defense. So, we can see from Holly's testimony that much of the opening statement so far has been corroborated. Well, this is what the state also said in opening. [00:11:53] Speaker 2: On September 15th, Kelly Stromstow, the ex-girlfriend of Mr. Mullen, and the mother of their child, Holly Mullen, called the Tottenham Sheriff's Department to report Chad Mullen's missing. She thought maybe he was injured on a hunting trip, or she didn't know what happened. She just knows that all his friends and families, they're not getting return calls from Chad. No one has seen him. So, September 15th, she reports him missing. [00:12:22] Speaker 1: Then, on direct, Holly's mother, Kelly Strongstone, said this. [00:12:28] Speaker 2: Let me rephrase this question. So, do you recall September 2024 becoming concerned about Chad and his whereabouts? [00:12:40] Speaker 4: Yes, sir. [00:12:41] Speaker 2: Do you recall attempting to contact Mr. Mullen yourself? Yes, sir. Okay. Do you recall when you last tried to contact him? [00:12:51] Speaker 4: I believe it would have been September 15th. [00:12:56] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:12:57] Speaker 2: Did you reach him? Were you able to contact Mr. Mullen? [00:13:00] Speaker 4: No. [00:13:01] Speaker 2: What did you do at that point? [00:13:05] Speaker 4: I believe I called the sheriff's office and reported him missing. [00:13:09] Speaker 2: And why did you call the sheriff's department? [00:13:11] Speaker 4: Because I received a call from a friend where Chad was... [00:13:15] Speaker 2: And I don't want you to tell me what anyone said, but was it based on your concerns? Yes, sir. Okay. [00:13:24] Speaker 1: Kelly describes trying to contact him and reporting him missing. The evidence is pairing nicely with the opening. And notice how the prosecutor jumped in to avoid a hearsay objection. He interrupted and asked a different question. He didn't let her finish saying what she'd heard. If she had said what she heard, that would be hearsay by definition. An out-of-court statement submitted for the truth of the matter asserted. Now, the prosecutor could have responded to the objection and said, Hey, whoa, wait a minute. This isn't asserted for the truth of the matter because we don't care whether that statement is true or not. We just care because it shows why she submitted this missing person's report. Instead, he stops her from saying that and then they avoid the objection altogether. Now, the state alleges that Deller and Chad had an unstable relationship. Those are the state's words. Listen to how the witness qualifies that statement. This is from the opening. [00:14:34] Speaker 2: You'll learn that he met the defendant sometime around 2023 and they formed a relationship. And unfortunately, a lot of things in Mr. Mullen's life, this relationship was probably somewhat tumultuous. They were constantly together, not together, breaking up together, that type of thing. So this was kind of a constant part of his relationship with the defendant. [00:14:57] Speaker 1: And this segment is from Holly's direct testimony. [00:15:01] Speaker 2: Now, in the summer of 2024, specifically around July, was your dad still in a relationship with Ms. Deller? [00:15:12] Holly Mole: Yes, I believe so. [00:15:14] Speaker 2: Was he trying to end the relationship? [00:15:17] Holly Mole: I think so. That's... [00:15:18] Speaker 2: Let me ask this. Would you characterize the relationship as kind of an off-again, on-again, off-again type of relationship? [00:15:31] Speaker 1: I would. That's an example of separating what a witness knows from what counsel hopes to establish. Holly agrees with the on-again, off-again description. The attempt to establish that Chad was trying to end the relationship runs smack dab into a speculation interruption. And an objection. And the prosecutor has to change the question. And he has to change the question, because there's a sustained objection from the bench. So rather than quarrel about that, saying that it's not speculation, the prosecutor found it more productive to just change the question, then break up the flow of the examination. That supports the relationship history. It doesn't establish a breakup motive, the borrowed phone. Stephen Williams is another witness, and he supplies another major promised link. This from the opening statement. [00:16:33] Speaker 2: You will hear that phone that Chad Mullen was using, again, had that Find My Phone app. And you will find out, as the trial progresses, that that Find My Phone app last tracked Chad Mullen's phone on September 10, 2024, at this defendant's horse farm on San Mateo Road. And then, again, it just vanishes, it's gone. [00:17:04] Speaker 1: That's somewhat different from what the witness says. [00:17:07] Speaker 2: Now, are you familiar with the something called the Find My Phone app? [00:17:11] Speaker 5: Yes, sir. [00:17:11] Speaker 2: And what is it? [00:17:13] Speaker 5: It's an app on Apple products where you can locate other devices that you have. [00:17:19] Speaker 2: Okay, and did the phone that you loaned, Mr. Mullen, did it have this app already on it? [00:17:27] Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it comes. [00:17:28] Speaker 2: Were you able to track that phone using your phone? [00:17:31] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:17:39] Speaker 2: And did that app that was on Mr. Mullen's phone, did that allow you to access where his phone was? [00:17:48] Speaker 5: It gave me the last location that it, I guess, was in service or pinged or whatever, however it works. [00:17:54] Speaker 2: And then when you found out or when you learned that Mr. Mullen was missing, did you try to locate that phone that you gave Mr. Mullen? [00:18:02] Speaker 5: I did. [00:18:04] Speaker 2: And did you use that Find My Phone app? [00:18:07] Speaker 5: I did. [00:18:07] Speaker 2: And once you accessed that app, did it create a map? [00:18:12] Speaker 5: Yeah, it shows on a map where the dot is where the phone was. [00:18:18] Speaker 2: And where that last pinging or last indication of that phone, that map that was created, did you or were you able to screenshot that map? [00:18:27] Speaker 5: I was. [00:18:28] Speaker 2: And did you provide that to law enforcement? [00:18:30] Speaker 5: I did. [00:18:33] Speaker 2: Mr. William, if I can direct your attention to the screen, is this the screen capture they provide for law enforcement? [00:18:44] Speaker 5: Yes, sir. [00:18:45] Speaker 2: And, Mr. Mullen, can you tell us where the phone you loaned Chad Mullins was last pinging? [00:18:53] Speaker 5: 465 San Mateo Road. [00:18:56] Speaker 2: Now, are you familiar with this address? [00:18:59] Speaker 5: I've never been there, but I understand there was a horse farm there. [00:19:03] Speaker 2: Okay. And what is the date that that phone last pinging? [00:19:08] Speaker 5: September 10, 2024. [00:19:11] Speaker 2: And the time? [00:19:13] Speaker 5: 1.13. P.M. Sorry. [00:19:20] Speaker 2: Now, do you know the defendant in this case? [00:19:25] Speaker 5: I mean, I've met her several times, yes. [00:19:27] Speaker 2: Okay. And back in September of 2024, do you know what type of business she operated? [00:19:33] Speaker 5: Something to do with horses and horse rides or something like that. [00:19:37] Speaker 2: And do you know where she operated that business out of? [00:19:39] Speaker 5: It's my understanding at 465 San Mateo. [00:19:43] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:19:44] Speaker 1: Now, cross-examination provides some useful context here. [00:19:48] Speaker 6: Mr. Williams, you would say that Kalen and Chad had an on-again, off-again relationship, right? [00:19:54] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:19:56] Speaker 6: And this phone that you loaned Chad, that was like an extra work phone you had? [00:20:02] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:20:02] Speaker 6: Because you would do work up in the Midwest? [00:20:05] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:20:05] Speaker 6: Illinois area? [00:20:07] Speaker 5: Indiana, Illinois, all the Midwest states. [00:20:10] Speaker 6: And this phone number was actually, I think, an Illinois number, right? [00:20:14] Speaker 5: I believe it's Chicago area. [00:20:19] Speaker 6: So, this wasn't a phone where Chad put his own SIM card and then his number was on it? [00:20:24] Speaker 5: No. [00:20:24] Speaker 6: This was your number? [00:20:26] Speaker 5: My number. [00:20:27] Speaker 6: So, in order for somebody else to get that number, he'd have to give it out? [00:20:32] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:20:35] Speaker 6: And you never gave that number to Kalen, did you? [00:20:38] Speaker 1: No. [00:20:39] Speaker 6: I had no other question. [00:20:41] Speaker 1: The phone's owner explains the loan, his access to its location, and the screenshot. Cross-examination then distinguishes his number from Chad's usual number and establishes that Williams did not give it to Deller. Now, why is that important? Now, remember, Williams is describing an app display. He isn't giving an expert explanation of location accuracy. His not giving Deller the number does not establish that she never obtained it elsewhere, but it does make it highly unlikely. This clip shows why the statement, I didn't see him, and he wasn't there are different propositions. This, from the opening statement. [00:21:40] Speaker 2: Stephen Killian received a phone call from Mr. Mullins telling him that he broke down, his truck broke down in Green Coast Springs. He was asking Mr. Killian if he could come out and help him try to get his truck back on the road. When Mr. Killian went out there to meet up with Mr. Mullins, they couldn't get the truck fixed. They couldn't get it road ready. So, Mr. Killian decided he would loan Mr. Mullins a truck that he had so that Mr. Mullins could get to traffic court the next day. So, September 9th happens, and Mr. Killian drives to Mr. Mullins' residence, try to pick up his truck, picks up his truck, but Mr. Mullins wasn't there. [00:22:24] Speaker 7: When you got there, did you see Chad? [00:22:26] Speaker 8: Yeah. I got it, yeah. [00:22:28] Speaker 7: Sure. And he looked fine when you saw him about 8 o'clock on the night? Did you let him take your truck at that time? [00:22:36] Speaker 8: Yeah, well, he drove me home, and then he took the truck, yes. [00:22:44] Speaker 7: Sometime later that afternoon, did you receive a phone call from Chad or a text? [00:22:49] Speaker 8: I called him, yeah, to get the truck. I said, you know, are you done? I need the truck for, you know, we had to feed the horses, so yeah. [00:22:57] Speaker 7: Did you go back to his residence and pick up the truck in the afternoon of the 9th? [00:23:01] Speaker 8: Yes, me and my girlfriend went. [00:23:03] Speaker 7: When you went back the afternoon of the 9th, did you actually have physical contact with Chad? [00:23:07] Speaker 8: No, we were talking through text. I believe he was in the shower. [00:23:11] Speaker 7: But during the afternoon when you went to go pick it up, you were having contact with him, just not physical contact, but through a phone? [00:23:18] Speaker 8: Roger. [00:23:19] Speaker 7: And you were communicating through the phone number you had at that time? [00:23:22] Speaker 8: Yes, sir. [00:23:23] Speaker 7: Do you remember what that number was by the chance? Not offhand. Okay. When you went to his residence, did he just leave the keys in the truck? [00:23:36] Speaker 8: Yeah, you could see that he had taken all the tools out and put them on the side of the house and left the keys in the truck. And I dropped his cigarettes on the lawnmower for him. [00:23:48] Speaker 1: Killian described seeing Chad that morning, lending him the truck, and retrieving it later. But he says they were communicating by text during the afternoon pickup and that he believed that Chad was in the shower. Now, I played devil's advocate for the defense. Let's play devil's advocate for the prosecution. They were communicating by text. What does that tell you? You can't tell who is sending you a text just by looking at the text, unless you happen to know their language patterns very well. He believed Chad was in the shower. The testimony supports the truck sequence, but narrows the opening's wording. And Killian did not physically see Chad during the pickup. That alone doesn't establish Chad's absence from the property. And importantly, his shower explanation is a belief, not an observation. And that's important because, again, the state is going to argue something different than that. Next, we move to some forensics. Two shots, three fragments. This is from the opening statement where they talk about what the medical examiner found. [00:25:05] Speaker 2: She then determined that the wound to the upper left arm was, in fact, a gunshot wound as well. It actually fractured or broke the humerus bone in the left arm, entered through the chest cavity, perforated the left lung, and she was able to actually recover two fragments from that bullet, one which would have been in the lung and the one in the muscles of the chest cavity. [00:25:30] Speaker 1: Now, when the medical examiner gets on the stand, this is what he says. [00:25:35] Speaker 7: Sir, I'm going to approach you and show you what's marked in Estates 13. Do you mind just explaining to the jury what we're looking at here so they know? [00:25:44] Speaker 9: Okay. The small plastic bags here are projectiles that were recovered from the victim. [00:25:50] Speaker 7: And just so you know what a projectile is, I do, but can you describe to everybody what that is? [00:25:54] Speaker 9: It's a piece of bullet, whether it expanded or not, or was struck something hard that would have deformed it. [00:26:03] Speaker 7: Okay. And are all three of these different projectiles that were taken from the body? [00:26:08] Speaker 9: They were all taken from different parts of the body. I can't say they're all from one of the same, though. [00:26:13] Speaker ?: Yeah. [00:26:14] Speaker 7: No, I understand that, sir. [00:26:16] Speaker 1: Notice the qualification and the additional statement. He's not asked a question about whether they're two or three bullets. He just says, I can't say they're all from one of the same, though. So, again, he's offering expert testimony, and he's trying to be as candid as possible, which I think is a good thing for a medical examiner to be. But, of course, he had to be cross-examined, and on cross-examination, that subject came up again. [00:26:52] Speaker 6: I just had a couple questions. So, that board showed three projectiles? [00:26:58] Speaker 9: Yes, sir. [00:26:59] Speaker 6: Is that three projectiles, or is that projectiles? Fragments. [00:27:04] Speaker 9: Projectile fragments. Yes, sir. [00:27:06] Speaker 6: So, really, it's two projectiles. [00:27:10] Speaker 7: I'm going to have a projectiles to outside the scope of the next piece cut. [00:27:14] Speaker 6: Overworldly projection. What was that, sir? Overworldly projection. Oh, right. May I approach the witness? Sure. So, I guess, which would be? I'm sorry. Fragment. Projectile fragment. Okay. So, these are two projectiles and a fragment up here? [00:27:38] Speaker 9: No. Three projectile fragments. Okay. If you want to call it that. [00:27:42] Speaker 6: That doesn't mean three bullets. No. Okay. [00:27:45] Speaker 1: Three displayed pieces can leave an impression of three bullets. Defense counsel obtains the narrower clarification without needing this witness to reconstruct the shooting. Again, does it matter in terms of guilt if there were three bullets or two? Probably not. But anything that weakens the state's case is fair game. I have to say, I think this prosecution team is doing a better job than I frequently see in some of the Florida cases. Other than the prosecution of Charlie Adelson and Mama Bear Adelson in the Adelson case, which I thought was very well done, even though I had criticisms, none of them were substantive. But I think that Florida's prosecutors sometimes run hot and cold. They did a good job. However, the prosecutor who went after Colin Griffith in Polk County did a terrible job. He was too laid back. And Daisy Link's prosecutors were a lot more motivated and a lot more animated. But they also ran into the problem of having overstated evidence and getting a new trial thrown in their face. So, again, they kind of run hot and cold. But I have seen these guys doing a pretty good job, particularly using a very tight opening statement, keeping it short and to the point, and then backing it up step by step with the evidence necessary to show what they need to show. So, this will be an interesting case. It will probably be a little shorter one than we're used to following because I don't think there's going to be too much that the defense has to offer in terms of evidence. So, we'll see how this comes out. Thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate it. And please try and catch me again later. Thanks for watching my video. I really appreciate it. And today, as you go about your business, would you try to do just one kind thing for somebody? It doesn't have to be a big thing. You can open a door for somebody who has their arms full. You could help a stranger with directions. Pass along a helpful computer tip to a novice. Buy somebody a Coke. Or a Diet Coke, in my case. You could let the manager know when somebody did a really good job for you at the grocery store or at Walmart or somewhere else. I want to make the world a better place. And I know you're probably here because you want to make the world a better place, too. 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