Jury selection underway for Raleigh man accused of killing his mother
ANYTHING IS BEING DONE TO SHUT
THEM DOWN.
NEW DOCUMENTS REVEAL A 5
YEAR-OLD GIRL IS SET TO TESTIFY
IN THE WAKE COUNTY MURDER TRIAL
OF A MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING
HIS MOTHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M DAN HAGGERTY AND I'M DEBRA
MORGAN. THE GIRL IS CHRISTOPHER
MCAULIFFE'S DAUGHTER THAT 32
YEAR-OLD RALEIGH MAN COULD FACE
THE DEATH PENALTY.
>> IF THE JURY CONVICTS HIM
WRAL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN IS LIVE
NOW AT THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE
CENTER WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
TO SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
TRIAL. CHELSEA.
YES, A JURY SELECTION JUST
WRAPPED UP FOR THE DAY AND
WE'RE EXPECTING TO MAYBE 3 MORE
DAYS OF THIS BEFORE OPENING
STATEMENTS WOULD GET UNDERWAY.
>> LATER THIS WEEK, WE DID GET
A PEEK AT THE WITNESS LIST FOR
THE PROSECUTION. THAT INCLUDES
THE DEFENDANTS DAUGHTER WHO
WILL BE TESTIFYING SARAH
PRESENT IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS
A LOCAL MEDICAL EXAMINER.
IT'S NOT A
DEFENSE THAT.
>> EXCUSES THE CROWN VOLUNTARY
INTOXICATION AT THE DEFENSE.
CHRISTOPHER MCAULIFFE AND HIS
ATTORNEYS ARE USING IN HIS
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL.
IT'S MORE OR LESS A DEFENSE TO
USE TO NEGATE.
>> ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE
CRIME. IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD
BE THE INTENT.
THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. IT'S AN
UNUSUAL DEFENSE. YOU DON'T SEE
IT VERY OFTEN. BASICALLY,
MCCALL IS ADMITTING THAT HE
DRANK BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND
WAS SO INTOXICATED THAT HE
MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT HE ALLEGEDLY
BEAT HIS FATHER AND THEN HIS
MOTHER TO DEATH.
>> THIS HAPPENED BACK ON AUGUST
6 OF 2023 ON IN GATEWAY AND THE
HERRINGTON
GROVE COMMUNITY NIKOLA
ALLEGEDLY BEAT HIS PARENTS
UNTIL THEY WERE UNCONSCIOUS
IN FRONT OF HIS CHILD. HE THEN
ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED THE CHILD
AND
DROVE AWAY PRIOR TO THE CRIME.
A CALL AS A FATHER TOOK OUT
THIS PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST
HIS SON WRITING THAT HE HAD
PUNCHED HIM SEVERAL TIMES,
KNOCKING ME TO THE FLOOR.
ALSO THREATENED TO KILL ME AND
MY WIFE, JOHN MCCALL ADDED HIS
SON HAD USED A LARGE KNIFE.
CRIMINAL RECORDS SHOW MCCALL
HAS 17 PRIOR ARRESTS WITH PAST
CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLATING
PROTECTIVE ORDERS, ASSAULT,
STRANGULATION AND DRUG DRIVING
HIS 5 YEAR-OLD CHILD IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO TAKE THE STAND IN
THIS CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION.
>> AND AS YOU MENTIONED,
CHRISTOPHER MCAULIFFE FACES
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE
OR THE DEATH PENALTY. IF
CONVICTED, JURY SELECTION WILL
RESUME AT 9.30 TOMORROW MORNING