MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — The latest in the Jeffrey Willis trial for the murder of Rebekah Bletsch:
1:30 p.m. – Jeffrey Willis has taken the stand in his own defense.
“I imagine that you have been waiting a long time to tell your story,” defense attorney Fred Johnson said.
“I have,” Willis answered.
During questioning, Willis testified his co-worker sold him her gun with the serial number already scratched off, and she gave him both sets of underwear found at her home.
Willis said he kept the gun in his home next to a filing cabinet and kept it with him in the van when he left town. Willis testified Bluhm knew where the gun was.
12 p.m. – In cross-examination, the prosecutor pointed out that the call made from Willis’ home phone came from a landline and the records do not say who made the call – only where the call came from.
Freres testified Bluhm went to an open house for his niece before going to the soccer tournament. Bluhm had a vehicle at the open house, as well as his wife and daughter. Freres said they all decided to meet at the Walgreens parking area, where they got into Bluhm’s vehicle to travel to the soccer tournament, to save money on parking.
Freres testified from her interviews and investigation, Bluhm never left the soccer tournament as it was underway.
When he did leave, Freres said Bluhm met his family at the Walgreens parking lot where he helped fix a relative’s vehicle issue. Freres said they all then left the Walgreens parking lot at 6 p.m. “at the very soonest,” which would put Bluhm at the murder scene at 6:40 p.m. if he traveled there directly.
Freres said investigators obtained a Little Ceasar’s receipt showing Kevin Bluhm’s wife purchased a pizza at the location on Whitehall Road at 6:24 p.m. on June 29, 2014. Freres testified Kevin Bluhm, his wife and daughter all had pizza together when they got home. She couldn’t give an exact time when that happened.