Bidwell confirms he lived in Oak Hills community when Holmes family also lived there
Bidwell says he also knew the defendant as Jimmy
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"He was a very normal child, he played with his friends"
Bidwell says the Holmes family was on the quiet side
Bidwell says the Holmes family visited around the holidays
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Bidwell says "You just could watch him develop and become more comfortable with himself and beginning having little jokes with adults, political type conversations. Jimmy was becoming a very enjoyable person"
- Objection

Objection to "fair to say you were shocked" is sustained
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Bidwell says the shooting "took us completely by surprise and it actually took us a little while to put together actually knowing who it was"
Edson will not cross Bidwell
- New Witness

The defense calls Ann Hetand
Hestand is also from California, near Salinas/Castorville
Hestand says she is a retired teacher, hospice volunteer
Hestand taught from 1974-2008, including at Castorville Elementary where she taught "Jimmy"
@LG: But she means it isn't a "green mile" situation where they are in a specific facility
Hestand describes it as a fairly small school, with 3 classrooms for each grade