Overview

• Mitchell confessed she misled police about her motives, first claiming she sought her late father’s belongings and later saying she was checking on her stepmother’s well-being.
• Prosecutors displayed images of a crowbar at a basement egress window, a flashlight wrapped in a sock and a backpack containing laptops, a cellphone and her Senate identification.
• A note recovered in Mitchell’s backpack listed tasks such as “delete texts, contacts, GPS tracking” and “flashlight,” which prosecutors argue demonstrates premeditation and intent to conceal evidence.
• The defense maintains Mitchell’s actions were driven by concern for Carol Mitchell’s Alzheimer’s decline and a long-running dispute over her father’s ashes.
• After the defense calls additional witnesses and delivers closing arguments, the jury will deliberate on charges that carry up to 20 years in prison and could affect control of the DFL’s one-seat Senate majority.