The fourth day of the Stephen Grant trial kicked off with more testimony from police and two nurses who treated Grant and another courtroom constraint on the already restricted trial.
Grant is accused of the February killing and mutilation of his wife, Tara. On the first day of trial Grant pleaded guilty to the dismemberment of his wife.
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On Thursday, Sgt. Larry King of the Macomb County Sheriff's Department and another deputy who helped recover Tara's body parts and other evidence from Stony Creek Metropark took the stand.
King said amid the snow-covered ground they recovered Tara's body parts, knives, saws, latex gloves and rags. Photographs of those items were shown to the jury.
The defense said Grant just threw the items in the park after he used them to mutilate his wife's body.
Also taking the stand on day four of the trial were two nurses who treated Grant in a Northern Michigan hospital in Petoskey after his capture.
Grant had been without a coat, boots or gloves. The nurse told the jury that even though Grant initially suffered from hypothermia, he was alert and very aware just hours after arriving to the hospital.
A second nurse seconded the first nurse's testimony and added that Grant was not given any painkillers.
The nurses' testimony is important because it leads up to the question of whether the judge will allow jurors to hear Grant's confession from the hospital.
The prosecution is building their argument that Grant was aware and alert when he gave his confession.
Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski ruled that no cell phones, turned on or off, will be allowed in the courtroom from now on.
This restriction comes after she already banned electronic media coverage inside the courtroom.
Wednesday, jurors were allowed to see a limited number of autopsy photos of Tara Grant for the first time.
Jurors were also shown a police videotape from inside the Grant home as police carried out a search warrant March 2, including scenes from the garage where Tara's body was found and a container that carried her torso.
They also saw a video taken by Local 4 showing Grant walking his dog in the snow outside his home moments before he disappeared for a couple of days.
Grant borrowed a neighbor's truck, but was captured a couple of days later in the upper Lower Peninsula.
The same neighbor testified Wednesday about a conversation he said he had with Grant in 2005 about animals feeding on dead deer at Stony Creek Metropark.
Part of Tara's body were later found in Stony Creek.
On Tuesday, jurors heard the tearful testimony of Verena Dierkes, the Grant family's au pair, who recounted a sexual affair she had with Stephen.
Stay with Local 4 News and ClickOnDetroit.com as testimony continues on Thursday.