VIDEO: Last known recording of baby Angel Overstreet released amid murder trial
Five years after 3-month-old Angel Overstreet disappeared, evidence in the murder trial against her father, Shannon Overstreet, included what is believed to be the last known recordings of Angel.
Multiple witnesses took the stand on the second day of the trial for Shannon Overstreet.
FBI Forensic Anthropologist Dr. Angi Christensen
testified about bones consistent with human origin, including a molar, that were found inside a burn barrel on Overstreet’s farm property in Kentucky.
Steven Compton, who is retired from HPD’s Forensic Investigation Unit, testified.
Compton described Angel’s room from when police searched Overstreet’s home in Cabell County, noting that the room was “devoid of any bed or any clothing or any other accessories,” and contained only one table.
Compton also spoke about trace evidence on multiple items found in an outbuilding, including an infant car seat and baby carrier with blood stains belonging to the defendant.
The third witness in the case was Huntington Police Lt. Ben Howard, who provided testimony on Overstreet’s search records, traveling habits, and purchase history around the time of Angel’s disappearance.
Howard noted that Overstreet had searched local farm and home supply stores and visited Rural King alone when he was believed to have custody of Angel.
Howard also referenced a compilation of videos of Overstreet traveling to Rural King in Cannonsburg, Kentucky, purchasing a trash barrel, firewood, gloves, a gas can, and a root beer.
The trash barrel is believed to be the burn barrel on Overstreet’s farm property where the bones were located.
Two of the more memorable recordings were presented during Huntington Police Detective Steven Fitz’s testimony.
Two ring doorbell videos, obtained from Overstreet’s residence in Huntington, were played for the jury Tuesday afternoon.
As Fitz stated, the videos are believed to be the last recordings of Angel before her disappearance.
Fitz also stated during his testimony that an alleged smacking sound is heard in the first video before you can hear a baby’s cry.
In the second video, Fitz says you can hear what is believed to be Angel in the background struggling to breathe as Overstreet is seen walking outside from his back door.
The final witness testimony came from now-former Kentucky CPS Employee Melissa Baker, who spoke on the details that led to Overstreet receiving custody of Angel.
Baker clarified that they had no contact with Overstreet regarding his statement to the police that “Huntington CPS” had taken Angel out of the home.
After the prosecution questioned the witnesses, Overstreet’s defense attorneys asked all of those testifying if there is any evidence that has been presented that proves that the defendant killed his infant daughter.
The answers varied from a simple “No,” to statements similar to Detective Fitz’s testimony stating that he didn’t “know how to answer that. I think there is an absence of things that would provide the direct evidence that we never had a chance of getting,” referring to a specific crime scene and recovered body.
Angel Overstreet’s body has not been recovered in the investigation.
More testimonies will be heard Wednesday morning starting at 9 a.m.
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