Grace Robotti was spaced out and not acting like herself in the days after she killed Roxanne Louie, her daughter told jurors Monday.
Danielle Robotti, Grace乌鸦传媒檚 daughter, said she lived Osoyoos at the time of the killing. She and her mother spoke on the phone regularly and, like everyone else, she had been told that Roxanne had simply gone missing.
As the missing person乌鸦传媒檚 investigation got underway, and Louie failed to come forward, Grace showed up at Danielle乌鸦传媒檚 house.
That in itself wasn乌鸦传媒檛 unusual, but her demeanour was.
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It wasn乌鸦传媒檛 until the day before Grace and Pier Robotti turned themselves in to police that Danielle found out why.
乌鸦传媒淚t was around midnight and I felt a weight on my bed,乌鸦传媒� Danielle told jurors. 乌鸦传媒淚 said 乌鸦传媒榳hat乌鸦传媒� and (Grace) said 乌鸦传媒業 know what happened to Roxanne 乌鸦传媒� it was an accident.乌鸦传媒櫸谘淮綕
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Danielle said she didn乌鸦传媒檛 remember much after that, and the details of the crime were mostly spelled out by her uncle, Pier, the next day.
She did, however, immediately realize that her mother would be going to jail as what she deemed to be the legal consequence of taking a life.
When asked by Crown counsel John Swanson if she ever wondered why her mother lied to her, Danielle said that she knew her mother hid the truth to protect her.
Danielle wasn乌鸦传媒檛 the only one to view Grace Robotti乌鸦传媒檚 lies in that light.
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Her brother Pier testified Monday that much of what Grace did after killing Louie was motivated by fear of what would happen to her great grandson.
Pier, who said the Jan. 4 2015 killing left him with an understanding of 乌鸦传媒減ost traumatic stress syndrome,乌鸦传媒� told his older sister to call the police shortly after realizing Louie had been killed in a Jan. 4, 2015 altercation.
He told jurors that after Louie stopped struggling, he got up and tended to her child in another room.
Upon his return 30 minutes later, Louie was covered with a blanket and his sister was cleaning blood.
乌鸦传媒淲hen I first saw the scene I went outside and started chain smoking,乌鸦传媒� Pier said.
When his sister joined him outside, he told her to call the police.
Instead, she asked him to hide Louie乌鸦传媒檚 body, so she could have time to get the child乌鸦传媒檚 business in order. In particular, she wanted to get the child in the custody of her daughter, his grandmother.
乌鸦传媒淪he said 乌鸦传媒榓ll I ask you to do 乌鸦传媒� is get rid of the body. Take my car,乌鸦传媒櫸谘淮綕 Pier recalled Grace asking him.
He slid Louie乌鸦传媒檚 body down a slope off a remote road in Naramata.
It was caught on some shrubbery and Pier followed it down, crossed Louie乌鸦传媒檚 arms over her chest. He then offered some words.
乌鸦传媒淵ou乌鸦传媒檙e with your elders now,乌鸦传媒� he recalled telling her for jurors. 乌鸦传媒淵our son乌鸦传媒檚 here and you can look down on them.乌鸦传媒�
He then went home, and cared for the child while Grace continued on with what she was doing. He told jurors he thought she乌鸦传媒檇 only need two or three days, but it took nearly a week for her to complete what she wanted to get done.
乌鸦传媒淚 knew what I was doing was wrong and I乌鸦传媒檇 be doing some time for it,乌鸦传媒� he told jurors.
