There was more damning testimony on day four of the Kimberly Price Tilbury murder trial.
Price's ex-boyfriend, Darin Noland, continued his testimony in Chatham court on Friday, saying David Trealout, Price's son, was set on killing Henry Neudorf on January 11, 2024.
Noland told the Chatham court he didn't stop the killing because he wasn't in the right frame of mind and didn't leave Neudorf's house because he feared being clobbered with a heavy frying pan used by an agitated and restless Trealout to murder Neudorf.
Noland admitted in court that he still has feelings for Price and suggested that Trealout controlled his mother.
"David was running the show. He was in control," said Noland. "Everyone was fearful of what David could do. Nobody was going to change David's mind that night."
The defence told the court during Noland's cross-examination that it was Price who called police and arranged to get her son arrested.
However, testimony from a woman living with Price, who witnessed and assisted in the murder, initially told the court on Friday it was Price who organized the murder and instructed others in the house on what to do to execute it.
Further, during cross-examination from the defence later on Friday afternoon, Tammy Michaud conceded she never previously suggested to police that it was Price who planned the murder, admitting she provided a bunch of new information on Friday not disclosed over the past 34 months.
Michaud earlier testified Price asked her and her roommate to smother Neudorf with a pillow in his sleep, while Trealout slept in another room.
"Henry has done nothing to me. Why would I want to do that?" said Michaud.
Michaud testified Price cited many confrontations between Trealout and Neudorf, and Neudorf wanted Trealout to move out.
Michaud also noted that Price couldn't swing the frying pan because it was too heavy and Trealout volunteered.
She added that she saw Price get towels to wrap around Neudorf's bleeding head, cover his nose and mouth, and duct-tape footwear to hide footprints.
According to Michaud, Price and her son also planted empty beer cans in Neudorf's car to make the disposal of his body and car look like a drunk driving accident.
She said she and her roommate were forced by a controlling Trealout to push Neudorf's car into a ditch, adding she did it because she feared Trealout after his alleged assault on her several years ago.
Michaud also noted she found it difficult to keep quiet when Neudorf's family came to his house asking those still living there if they knew where he was because she "didn't want to end up like Henry."
The trial continues on Tuesday.
