Overview
- Prosecutors urged a first-degree murder verdict, arguing Dutkiewicz planned the May 18 shooting and carried it out without hesitation.
- Detectives played Ring camera footage showing Wiest running and screaming as Dutkiewicz chased her, followed by gunshots.
- Evidence presented included a near-time Google search on how to load and fire Wiest’s .38-caliber revolver and multiple shots, with a final round to her head.
- After the shooting, investigators said Dutkiewicz drove to his family’s Wildwood shore house, hid the gun in a toolbox, and surrendered after his mother called police.
- The defense conceded he fired the shots but argued intoxication and emotional turmoil negate premeditation, and a judge denied adding a voluntary manslaughter option.