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in the chest and hit her in the head
before she started shooting. Walton
raised his voice several times dur-
ing an impassioned closing argu-
ment:
"Look through the eyes of a
74-year-old woman ... what did it
look like when Jonathan Hoffman
was screaming for help ... when
she goes into the bedroom and fires
the gun a third time ... what did it
look like as he crawls up the stairs
and she shoots again and again and
again ... what does that look like
... that looks like murder:'
In addition to Fred and Sandra
Layne, other witnesses included
experts in forensics, ballistics
and bloodstain pattern evidence,
several members of the West
Bloomfield Police Department, two
of Hoffman's friends, the hospital
nurse who examined Layne after
the shooting and Hoffman's proba-
tion officer.
Hoffman was shot six times;
two of the bullets were recovered
from his body while the others
went through him and were found
elsewhere in the house. Ten empty
shell casings were found.
Large amounts of blood were
found in the loft, on the wall of the
stairwell, and in the kitchen and
master bedroom on the main floor,
along with a trail of bloody foot-
prints belonging to Layne in the
basement.
Sabbota said there is no way for
the experts to determine what hap-
pened; where each shot was fired
or who chased whom down the
stairs and throughout the house.
Michael and Jennifer Hoffman,
Jonathan's parents, and Michael's
sister, Judy Metzger, who had
been sequestered during the trial
because they were potential wit-
nesses, were in the courtroom
during closing arguments. Other
relatives on both sides of the family
were present throughout.
"It was a terrible ordeal, listen-
ing to what the prosecution and
the defense attorney described:'
said paternal grandmother Phyllis
Krause.
Michael Hoffman said he com-
mended his son for the presence
of mind and bravery he showed by
managing to call 911.
"Jon enriched the lives of those
he touched:' said Hoffman. "I was
and continue to be very proud of
him and of the great young man he
was sure to become:'

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