![]() Stay said she told Haskell each of her siblings’ names and ages as part of an “appeal to his humanity. She had them watch a show on Netflix to keep them distracted. Stay said she focused on keeping her siblings calm. Haskell then pulled out a gun and ordered Stay and her siblings - 4-year-old Zach 7-year-old Rebecca 9-year-old Emily and 13-year-old Bryan - to go into the living room. Lyon had accused him of domestic violence when they lived in Utah and she and their four kids had moved to Houston after the divorce to be with her family. Stay said when she realized who Haskell was, she told him, “Please don’t hurt us, because I knew how awful he was.” Haskell returned a few minutes later and then forced his way into the house. ![]() Stay, who didn’t recognize Haskell as her “Uncle Ronnie,” first told him her parents weren’t home to sign for a package and he left. Stay was taking care of her siblings while her parents ran errands when Haskell came to their home, posing as a FedEx delivery driver. While testifying for nearly two hours, Stay told jurors about her family before detailing the afternoon of the shootings. Haskell’s attorneys have said their client admits to the killings but wasn’t responsible because he was insane. Prosecutors allege Haskell wanted to hurt his ex-wife’s family after their divorce and hatched a plan in which he traveled from California to Texas to carry it out. ![]() Haskell had been married to one of Stay’s aunts, Melannie Lyon. Stay, who was 15 at the time, survived by playing dead. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)Ĭassidy Stay testified at the trial of Ronald Lee Haskell, who is charged with capital murder in the July 2014 attack. Cassidy Stay reacts as a first responder tape is played during Ronald Haskell capital murder trial Tuesday, Aug.
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