Day four of the Hiawatha Robinson murder trial exposed family members first to painful and heartbreaking photos of Hiawayi Robinson’s body, and then pure disgust as Defense Attorney Jeff Deen raised the idea that Hiawayi’s death might have been a satanic ritual killing.
Hiawatha Robinson is accused of sodomizing and murdering Hiwawayi Robinson, his 8-year-old daughter, in 2014. The trial, which opened last week, continued today at the Mobile District Circuit Courthouse.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wright began laying out her case that home construction materials found at the location where Hiawayi’s body was found were consistent with construction materials at Robinson’s family home in Prichard.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent Janet White clearly identified photos she had taken of Hiawayi’s body, which was found on Rebel Road around 10 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2014. White is part of the FBI’s evidence response team and she’s tasked with taking and analyzing photographic evidence.
After seeing the first few images, family members on the first row put their heads down as Wright entered dozens of photos detailing Hiawayi’s badly mangled and half-clothed body.
The first set of images showed a secluded area of Rebel Road lined with high grass and trees with Interstate 65 a short distance to the south and West Turner Road to the north, where the FBI had set up a command station. FBI agent White told jurors that in that stretch of Rebel Road was a deserted shack on the left hand side of the orange-colored dusty road. On the same side of the road, in a pile of debris filled with grass and tires, lay Hiawayi’s body.
White said when she arrived at the location Hiawayi’s body had not been moved, but had only been covered with tarp by paramedics. A full-body image showed her body lying on top of what looked like a piece of drywall and her left hand on top of a large wooden cross with indistinguishable orange colored markings on it. The next photo that came across the monitors of jurors and the monitor in front of Hiawatha Robinson caused him to remove his glasses and rub his head.
The bottom half of Hiawayi’s body was completely naked with her left leg pulled up slightly and her purple shorts and underwear down around her knee. Her right leg was laid out straight. There were dark bruises on her upper thighs and lower leg near her ankles. There was a huge dark bruise and scar below her ribcage that stretched down below her navel.
Many family members, including Hiawayi’s mother, continued to keep their heads down as the next set of photos showed the top half of her body. While she still had on a short-sleeve Hello Kitty shirt, her upper shoulders were badly bruised as well as her face, which was almost unrecognizable with gashes under her right eye. Photos also showed large pieces of used duct tape scattered around the location as well.
White told jurors that close-up photos of Hiawayi’s hair, which was braided with beads attached, showed missing beads and portions of hair where those beads would have been. The next photos were taken by White at a home associated with Robinson, showing pieces of hair in several areas around the home. White also photographed Robinson’s family-owned home in Prichard on Stovall Street, which seemed to be under renovation. Outside and inside the property were dozens of construction items such as drywall, wood and power tools.
During White’s two-hour testimony, ADA Wright continued to attempt to tie the construction items found at the family home to construction-like items where Hiawayi was found on Rebel Road. Wright also showed photos that White had taken of Robinson’s late-model red Chevrolet Tahoe on Oct. 21, 2014. She would later use that evidence, along with two witnesses, to put Robinson’s SUV at the neighborhood store on the afternoon of Sept. 18.
But before White could leave the stand, she was cross-examined by Deen, who tried to raise the possibility that Hiawayi’s murder had been part of a satanic ritual to jurors.
Before diving into the satanic ritual defense, Deen began by questioning White’s knowledge of construction materials. While she had told jurors earlier that the debris on Rebel Road Hiawayi’s body was found on was drywall, she reversed course during cross examination. Deen got her to admit that she was not an expert on construction materials and that she wasn’t sure if the debris at the scene was actually drywall.
Next, Deen asked White about her knowledge of hair braiding and beaded hairstyles. He asked if she could be positive that the hair found at the home on Outlaw Road was the same as Hiawayi’s missing hair at the scene. She answered, “No.”
He also asked if debris at a murder scene was unusual. She answered, “It’s a murder scene, they are all unusual.”
Deen shifted gears after that question by asking White if she had any knowledge of satanic rituals, which she answered, “no.” He described the wooden cross that Hiawayi’s left hand was laid on top of as a possible relic. He then took the picture and told jurors that the positioning of her arm atop the wooden cross resembled a seven on top of an upside down cross. Deen asked white, “Her hand in the middle of the cross turned upside down makes a seven doesn’t?”
White responded, “I guess so.”
Next he turned the picture of the bottom half of her body upside down and asked, “Her left leg makes a seven, doesn’t it?” White replied, “Yes sir.”
He took a picture of her left arm and turned it upside down and asked, “With her palm down that makes a seven?” White replied, “Yes sir.”
He then asked White if she knew what three sevens represented in the cult world. White told jurors she did not know. Family members muttering among one another calling Deen’s line of questioning, “Disgusting.”
He ended his cross-examination asking White if the positioning of Hiawayi’s body was consistent with being thrown out of a car. White told jurors, “It could be but I’m not sure.”
After a brief break, ADA Wright brought in a longtime neighborhood friend of Hiawatha Robinson, Tamika Payne, and her 15-year-old daughter Chasity Payne. Tamika Payne could be seen in surveillance video footage from the neighborhood store around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, the last time investigators say Hiawayi was seen alive.
On that afternoon, Payne said, she left her four kids in her car when she went into the store to get Kool-Aid. She said she remembered seeing Hiawayi at the store near the cash register. She said she left the store before Hiawayi and didn’t see her exit the store.
While Payne did not recall seeing Robinson’s red-colored SUV at the store, her daughter, Chasity Payne, told jurors she saw the SUV in the parking lot that day. Deen objected that statement and quickly asked to cross-examine the teen.
He asked Chasity if she knew what a Tahoe looks like? She swiftly answered, “Yes sir.”
Deen abruptly ended his cross-examination with the teen after a few questions. The trial will continue on Tuesday morning in the courtroom of Judge Charles Graddick.
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