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He says the gun he bought his wife as a birthday present “went off” as he was showing it to her in their bedroom in their Millcreek Township house. “I’m the kind of person who likes to care for people,” Grazioli also testifies.
John P. Grazioli testified on Wednesday in the trial over his wife’s shooting death that she was killed by accident.
He testified that his wife, Amanda Grazioli, was fatally shot in the back of the head on their bed at their Millcreek Township home when the handgun he was showing her went off by accident on March 8.
He said he was showing her the gun because it was a birthday present he bought at her request. He said she wanted a gun because of violence in Erie.
While on the witness stand, John Grazioli demonstrated how he held the gun as he tried to unload it.
“I held the gun like this I went to push the button with my thumb and the gun went off,” he testified.
“She was lying right next to me. At first I didn’t realize that it had hit anything. I could just see her eyes were open.
“I called her name and I reached to her and touched her head and she was bleeding,” Grazioli testified. “I knew she was dead. You could see she was dead.”
Grazioli cried on the witness stand. He said he wanted to kill himself following his wife’s death but wanted to see his children first.
From earlier testimony:
John P. Grazioli has taken the stand in his defense in his trial on charges that he fatally shot his new wife, Amanda Grazioli, at their Millcreek Township home on March 8.
John Grazioli started testifying shortly after 2 p.m. in the courtroom of Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender. He is the defense’s first witness.
He started his testimony by saying that he and his wife, Amanda Grazioli, were having disagreements as they neared a custody trial over his children.
Asked to describe his relationship with his wife, John Grazioli testified, “We were really different but at the same time there was a complement to that.”
“Amanda was a very free-spirited person,” he testified. “But at the same time she likes to be cared for. She likes to be pampered. I’m the kind of person who likes to care for people.”
The prosecution ended its case shortly before 2 p.m.
From earlier Wednesday:
Prosecutors charge that John P. Grazioli was plotting how to get his new wife, Amanda Grazioli, out of his life in the months before he shot her at their Millcreek Township home.
Evidence shown in court Wednesday showed John Grazioli had written Amanda Grazioli out of his will and was seeking an extramarital affair using a phone messaging app in the weeks before her March 8 shooting death.
“I leave nothing of any value to my spouse,” John Grazioli wrote in his will, which he left on a box on his ex-wife’s porch on the day of Amanda Grazioli’s death.
He also left apology letters to his ex-wife and his two children in the box.
“Never even think of doing what I have done,” he wrote in one of the letters.
John Grazioli wiped his face with a tissue as the letters were read in court.
Prosecutors also showed evidence in court Wednesday that John Grazioli sought out an extramarital affair using a phone messaging app in the weeks before Amanda Grazioli’s death.
“I’m looking for a young sexy woman to pleasure,” one of the messages read. “I’m married and she is not giving me what I need at all.” The message was sent from an account associated with John Grazioli’s phone, Erie County Detective Anne Styn testified.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Erin Connelly also presented evidence Tuesday that Grazioli, 45, had told his ex-wife he planned to divorce Amanda Grazioli in the weeks before the killing.
Connelly told jurors during her opening statement Tuesday that John Grazioli was living a double life, simultaneously planning to leave Amanda Grazioli while also planning a trip to Cuba with Amanda Grazioli and her family.
In a series of messages shown in court Wednesday, John Grazioli texted Amanda Grazioli and her family the day before the shooting about his plans to purchase plane tickets for the trip.
“Can’t wait,” Amanda Grazioli responded in the group message. “I love having something to look forward to.”
The prosecution rested shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday in the courtroom of Judge Daniel Brabender. Connelly told jurors Tuesday that she will ask them to convict Grazioli of first-degree murder, or a premeditated killing.
Grazioli’s lawyer, Brian Arrowsmith, told jurors on Tuesday that John Grazioli does not dispute causing his wife’s death by shooting her. Rather, Arrowsmith said, the defense will argue that Grazioli did not commit first-degree murder by shooting his wife maliciously or with the specific intent to kill her.
Grazioli would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting. Prosecutors said that Grazioli shot his wife in the back of the head and then left her body in bed at the couple’s Forest Crossing residence in the Whispering Woods subdivision in Millcreek.
Jurors also heard testimony Wednesday about the gun used in the shooting. Police recovered a 9 mm Glock handgun from the pocket of Grazioli’s coat, which was recovered on the floor at the rectory of St. Peter Cathedral in Erie, where Grazioli went to meet with a priest on the afternoon of March 8. The priest later said that Grazioli told him he’d killed his wife.
Testing on the gun determined that it fired the bullet recovered from Amanda Grazioli’s body, Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Dale Wimer testified.
Return to GoErie.com for updates.
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John P. Grazioli testified on Wednesday in the trial over his wife’s shooting death that she was killed by accident.
He testified that his wife, Amanda Grazioli, was fatally shot in the back of the head on their bed at their Millcreek Township home when the handgun he was showing her went off by accident on March 8.
He said he was showing her the gun because it was a birthday present he bought at her request. He said she wanted a gun because of violence in Erie.
While on the witness stand, John Grazioli demonstrated how he held the gun as he tried to unload it.
“I held the gun like this I went to push the button with my thumb and the gun went off,” he testified.
“She was lying right next to me. At first I didn’t realize that it had hit anything. I could just see her eyes were open.
“I called her name and I reached to her and touched her head and she was bleeding,” Grazioli testified. “I knew she was dead. You could see she was dead.”
Grazioli cried on the witness stand. He said he wanted to kill himself following his wife’s death but wanted to see his children first.
From earlier testimony:
John P. Grazioli has taken the stand in his defense in his trial on charges that he fatally shot his new wife, Amanda Grazioli, at their Millcreek Township home on March 8.
John Grazioli started testifying shortly after 2 p.m. in the courtroom of Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender. He is the defense’s first witness.
He started his testimony by saying that he and his wife, Amanda Grazioli, were having disagreements as they neared a custody trial over his children.
Asked to describe his relationship with his wife, John Grazioli testified, “We were really different but at the same time there was a complement to that.”
“Amanda was a very free-spirited person,” he testified. “But at the same time she likes to be cared for. She likes to be pampered. I’m the kind of person who likes to care for people.”
The prosecution ended its case shortly before 2 p.m.
From earlier Wednesday:
Prosecutors charge that John P. Grazioli was plotting how to get his new wife, Amanda Grazioli, out of his life in the months before he shot her at their Millcreek Township home.
Evidence shown in court Wednesday showed John Grazioli had written Amanda Grazioli out of his will and was seeking an extramarital affair using a phone messaging app in the weeks before her March 8 shooting death.
“I leave nothing of any value to my spouse,” John Grazioli wrote in his will, which he left on a box on his ex-wife’s porch on the day of Amanda Grazioli’s death.
He also left apology letters to his ex-wife and his two children in the box.
“Never even think of doing what I have done,” he wrote in one of the letters.
John Grazioli wiped his face with a tissue as the letters were read in court.
Prosecutors also showed evidence in court Wednesday that John Grazioli sought out an extramarital affair using a phone messaging app in the weeks before Amanda Grazioli’s death.
“I’m looking for a young sexy woman to pleasure,” one of the messages read. “I’m married and she is not giving me what I need at all.” The message was sent from an account associated with John Grazioli’s phone, Erie County Detective Anne Styn testified.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Erin Connelly also presented evidence Tuesday that Grazioli, 45, had told his ex-wife he planned to divorce Amanda Grazioli in the weeks before the killing.
Connelly told jurors during her opening statement Tuesday that John Grazioli was living a double life, simultaneously planning to leave Amanda Grazioli while also planning a trip to Cuba with Amanda Grazioli and her family.
In a series of messages shown in court Wednesday, John Grazioli texted Amanda Grazioli and her family the day before the shooting about his plans to purchase plane tickets for the trip.
“Can’t wait,” Amanda Grazioli responded in the group message. “I love having something to look forward to.”
The prosecution rested shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday in the courtroom of Judge Daniel Brabender. Connelly told jurors Tuesday that she will ask them to convict Grazioli of first-degree murder, or a premeditated killing.
Grazioli’s lawyer, Brian Arrowsmith, told jurors on Tuesday that John Grazioli does not dispute causing his wife’s death by shooting her. Rather, Arrowsmith said, the defense will argue that Grazioli did not commit first-degree murder by shooting his wife maliciously or with the specific intent to kill her.
Grazioli would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting. Prosecutors said that Grazioli shot his wife in the back of the head and then left her body in bed at the couple’s Forest Crossing residence in the Whispering Woods subdivision in Millcreek.
Jurors also heard testimony Wednesday about the gun used in the shooting. Police recovered a 9 mm Glock handgun from the pocket of Grazioli’s coat, which was recovered on the floor at the rectory of St. Peter Cathedral in Erie, where Grazioli went to meet with a priest on the afternoon of March 8. The priest later said that Grazioli told him he’d killed his wife.
Testing on the gun determined that it fired the bullet recovered from Amanda Grazioli’s body, Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Dale Wimer testified.
Return to GoErie.com for updates.
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