Danielle Redlick: Testimony resumes in murder trial for Florida woman accused of fatally stabbing husband
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Testimony in the murder trial for Danielle Redlick, the woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband/former stepfather Michael Redlick, in their Winter Park home in 2019, resumed Monday morning. Testimony from Danielle's children could be heard this week.
The court heard from Redlick's daughter who told the jury she had a toxic relationship with her mother and noted that her parents had a serious argument the night before her father died.
The court did not allow her testimony to be televised.
Their daughter said she stayed at a friend's house the night her father died, but days later when she asked her mother what happened, she said Redlick told her that he had a heart attack.
Several other witnesses took the stand, going through everything from emails exchanged between the couple, to showing the bloody crime scene.
Of the four knives recovered from the crime scene, a DNA expert said one had Danielle Redlick's DNA on it and three others had Michael Redlick's DNA on them.
Also called to the stand was a child protective investigator, who interviewed Redlick and her children after Michael's death.
According to the investigator, Redlick described her husband, Michael, pushing her to the ground, and taking a knife from her after she pulled it from a drawer and motioned it toward him.
The witness said Redlick told her that Michael stabbed himself to death while she hid in the bathroom.
"She just opened the bathroom door and then went out," said Tarolyn Tucker, the child protective investigator on the stand. "She just saw a trail of blood from the bathroom to the living room. She just followed the trail of blood to the living room."
Prosecutors seem to be trying to point out inconsistencies in Redlick's story.
Her defense has claimed she stabbed her husband in self-defense.
Michael was a well-known University of Central Florida faculty member. The two were married for 14 years and had two children together.
The trial will continue Tuesday.