Mar. 18, 2021 8:30p
(WGTD)---Even though they were both just 15-years-old, the boyfriend/girlfriend relationship between Martice Fuller and Kaylie Juga had the earmarks of a dangerous domestic violence case.
That was the testimony Thursday at Fuller’s murder trial from Jill Schwenzen, a former Bradford High School principal in charge of discipline.
Schwenzen had crafted a no-contact order between the two after Fuller aggressively confronted Juga and school staff in a classroom in January of 2018. The incident left Kaylie in tears. But in another sign of her wanting to protect Fuller, Juga’s written description of what occurred, presented to Schwenzen several days later, downplayed the seriousness of the incident. "At that point her story had completely changed," Schwenzen said in response to questioning from Deputy District Attorney Angelina Gabriele.
Juga's new version of the events also contradicted what five school staff members had said. The revision did not come as a complete surprise to Schwenzen. "It did not surprise me, given my understanding of what an unhealthy relationship could mean," said Schwenzen, a former child protective services worker.
Other witnesses testified that Kaylie was reluctant to tell school personnel and her parents about how Fuller treated her.
At some point, Fuller threatened to kill Kaylie. But Kaylie's good friend Jennifer DeZoma said Kaylie would shrug it off. "She always would laugh about it and make jokes about it," DeZoma said in court Thursday.
DeZoma witnessed two incidents at school in which Fuller grabbed Kaylie, bringing her to tears.
Fuller is accused of sneaking into the Juga family home nearly two years ago, fatally shooting Kaylie and wounding her mother.
Testimony in the four-day-long trial came to an end Thursday with Fuller declining to take the stand himself.
Closing statements are scheduled for Friday morning at 8:30.
WGTD is streaming the trial live and offering archived recordings on the station’s YouTube channel.
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