Joshua McKelligan

Joshua McKelligan testified for the Commonwealth on Day 13 about his work as the State Police case officer and his observations after other officers searched the home. He did not conduct the search himself. He recalled blood on the master-bedroom floor and confirmed that the scene video showed no wall spatter. The court admitted the video as Exhibit 264 without objection and three exterior photographs as Exhibit 265 over an objection.

Medication evidence prompted distinctions on direct and cross-examination. McKelligan said Patrick Clancy supplied information about psychiatric medication that informed the search warrant and turned over bottles reportedly from his truck. He distinguished those bottles from separately discussed nightstand medication. Under questioning by Kevin Reddington, McKelligan said a drawer looked similar to one in the video but could not confirm which bottles had been inside. Reddington described offering materials to the district attorney's office for collection and analysis; McKelligan said he did not know what counsel had said or what other items counsel took.

McKelligan also confirmed Lindsay Clancy's interactions with the children during playback of part of the Museum of Science video, Exhibit 14. After objections to questions about the medical examiner, he recounted her explanation that pressure must continue after unconsciousness. He qualified his recollection that she described several additional minutes before death; this was his account of her explanation, not his own medical opinion. The prosecution declined redirect.