Overview

• Jayden Perkins' grandmother, Shirese Turner, testified about hearing her grandson's final moments during a phone call before the attack abruptly ended.
• Building manager Humberto Calixto recounted attempting life-saving measures on Jayden and his mother, Laterria Smith, after entering the crime scene.
• Prosecutors allege Crosetti Brand fatally stabbed Jayden as the boy tried to protect his pregnant mother from the attack in their Edgewater apartment.
• Brand, with a documented history of domestic violence, was controversially paroled just one day before the attack despite prior violations of parole terms.
• The trial, now in its third day, has featured emotional testimonies and systemic scrutiny, with Brand representing himself against multiple charges including first-degree murder.