Overview
- The WA Supreme Court played 2017 covert audio between Raymond Reddington and his son after jurors asked for it, and a transcript will be provided due to clarity issues.
- In the recordings, Reddington recounts the day Sharon Fulton vanished and says he believes "something happened to her," though much of the audio is indistinct.
- Prosecutors say Reddington killed his wife in 1986 for financial gain, pointing to a life insurance policy and an expected loss of assets and custody in a planned divorce.
- The state alleges a 2021 anonymous letter to the coroner was fabricated by Reddington, with his DNA found on the inside of the envelope, after the letter claimed another man killed Fulton and hid her under concrete.
- The defence argues there is no direct evidence of a homicide, emphasizing the absence of a body, confession, weapon or crime scene, and raising alternative-suspect theories from the period.