{"id":798129,"date":"2019-07-31T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369336"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:59:55","slug":"another-detective-refutes-linnea-haydas-claims-on-the-witness-stand-in-vail-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/another-detective-refutes-linnea-haydas-claims-on-the-witness-stand-in-vail-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Another detective refutes Linnea Hayda\u2019s claims on the witness stand in Vail trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assistant District Attorney Heidi McCollum and Deputy District Attorney Johnny Lombardi are prosecuting the case against Linnea Hayda.<\/strong>
Randy Wyrick | randy@vaildaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

EAGLE \u2014 Detective Craig Westering took the stand Tuesday morning on the fifth day of Linnea Hayda\u2019s felony trial. He examined the scene for Vail police and was one of the officers who interviewed Hayda on March 27, 2018, after she was found in a Vail dumpster that morning.<\/p>\n

Hayda insisted in taped police interviews that her ex-husband put a plastic garbage bag over her head, bound her with zip ties and threw her in the trash.<\/p>\n

Not possible, say Vail police and prosecutors. Hayda\u2019s ex-husband was nowhere around her the night she claims she was abducted and dropped in a dumpster. Prosecutors say Hayda threw herself in the dumpster, and then concocted accusations toward her ex-husband.<\/p>\n

Hayda is charged with false reporting, tampering with evidence and trying to influence a public official.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there anyone else who could have done this?\u201d Westering asked Hayda in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me he has never wants me to see the kids again,\u201d Hayda responded.<\/p>\n

Memory gaps<\/h2>\n

In that interview, Hayda said she sometimes has gaps in her memory, as she claimed she did during the dumpster incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn psychological terms, it\u2019s called disassociation,\u201d Hayda told Westering in the video.<\/p>\n

Moments later in the video, Hayda began crying and sobbing, \u201c(He) put a bag over my head. I remember he put a bag over my head. Oh my god! Oh my god! I remember the look in his eyes! It was like it was dead! Like it was a shark! A prehistoric animal. He didn\u2019t care. He looked me in the eyes. He was wearing a chef coat. He had seafoam green gloves. Light seafoam green. I remember him looking at me. It was like a monster.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the video interview, Hayda claimed she was hit on her cheek.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got hit, and then I had the bag over my head. I saw him, and he hit me and put the bag over my head. I looked him in the eyes,\u201d she said in the video interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did he hit you?\u201d Westering asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith his fist,\u201d Hayda answered softly.<\/p>\n

No such evidence, police say<\/h2>\n

Westering testified Tuesday that police found no evidence that Hayda\u2019s ex-husband was in the area of the parking lot of Axis Sports Medicine in Avon, where Hayda worked and where she said she was abducted on the afternoon of March 26, 2018.<\/p>\n

During their investigation Vail police took photos of Hayda\u2019s ex-husband\u2019s upper torso and hands, looking for injuries he could have suffered during the alleged abduction, Westering testified. They found no scratches, redness or bruising on his body, hands or arms indicative of defensive wounds that he might have received during a struggle.<\/p>\n

District Court Judge Paul Dunkelman said he expected to give the case to the jury Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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