The household of Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, launched an announcement to native media upfront of Monday’s proceedings, that are scheduled to final by way of Friday.
“Charlie was a beloved husband, son, brother, pal, and father,” stated Kirk’s widow, Erika, his mother and father, Robert and Kathryn, and sister, Mary. “Each courtroom continuing serves as a painful reminder of his dying and the loss that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his kids.”
Kirk’s mother and father and widow arrived at courtroom individually on Monday.
“We stay deeply grateful for the help, prayers, and kindness we’ve got acquired,” the household assertion continued. “This outpouring has sustained us through the darkest days of our lives.
“Out of respect for the judicial course of, we is not going to be commenting additional at the moment. We ask for continued privateness as we navigate this course of and immense grief.”
Protection attorneys in earlier hearings sought to exclude varied proof and unsuccessfully tried to ban cameras from the courtroom through the preliminary proceedings that started on Monday. They’ve additionally requested Choose Tony Graf to take the dying penalty off the desk.
Robinson, sporting a light-coloured go well with, sat between his attorneys on the protection desk.
Prosecutors stated that 4 regulation enforcement witnesses have been anticipated to take the stand through the day.