Michelle Sigona

It's really hard to think about.

And the prosecutor asked if Brendan was thinking of his daughter.

Why didn't he tell Juliana to leave the house with Valerie or use the lock on the outside of the basement door to make sure that they wouldn't be able to go upstairs?

He claimed that at the moment he was just focused on Christine and that Valerie, from what he thought, was safe in the basement.

And the prosecutor did say this.

You have a gun.

You're going up.

Obviously, you're afraid for your safety in some sort of sense or regard to all of this.

And why would you not get your child out of that situation?

Why would you?

And four-year-olds are curious.

Look, I have a two-year-old, a six-year-old and a 10-year-old.

And let me tell you.

Kids are curious.

They want to know what's happening.

If they hear something, they're going to the noises.

They're going to figure out whatever is happening.

And, I mean, at any point, she could have walked up those stairs.

I will tell you that it was a little distracting because he would answer his defense attorney and glance at him and then kind of glance over to the right of the jury and then kind of look back.

His eyes were shifting all over the place.