BELTON, Texas (KXXV) — The murder trial of Caysen Allison continued for a second day as prosecutors presented evidence in the 2022 fatal stabbing of Joe Ramirez at Belton High School.
Detective Joshua Tulloch was the first witness to take the stand Tuesday morning. During his testimony, investigators showed images taken at the school following the stabbing, revealing droplets and trails of blood in the boys' bathroom and throughout the hallways.
The defense challenged Tulloch's investigation, claiming he overlooked a crucial piece of evidence by not photographing the lock on the inside of the bathroom door.
"The lock on the door in the boys' bathroom plays a pivotal role in this investigation," the defense stated during cross-examination.
A key witness who recorded the altercation on his cell phone also testified. The 8-second video, shown in court, captured Ramirez throwing the first punch at Allison. The footage then shows Allison swinging back with a knife in his right hand before the two moved to a corner of the bathroom while continuing to fight.
The video also showed Joe's brother lunging toward Allison's friend, resulting in two separate one-on-one fights occurring simultaneously in the bathroom.
When questioned by the defense about why he began recording, the witness testified that Ramirez liked having his fights recorded. The same witness stated that "it didn't seem like Caysen wanted to fight" and that he stopped recording after hearing a scream that frightened him.
Another witness to take the stand was seen in school surveillance video talking with Joe Ramirez and Joe’s brother before the fight as they were walking into the bathroom. She testified, she knew about plans for Joe and Caysen to fight later that night and claims she was telling the boys to fight it out later.
Now this witness says she was also friends with Caysen. And that “Caysen has never been a fighter”.
This is when the State pointed out that same witness previously told police Caysen was a “hothead”
We also heard from another witness who was in the bathroom during the incident. He claims he was friends with Joe, Joe’s brother and Caysen.
He testified that a few days before the stabbing at school, there was a prom afterparty where joe and Caysen had a verbal altercation, and he learned later there was a plan for the boys to fight off campus, not in the bathroom.
But once the boys all met in the bathroom, he testified quote, “Joe started to antagonize Caysen” and that “Caysen was just minding his business”. He also claims Caysen said he wasn’t trying to fight and he wanted to graduate and didn’t want to get in trouble
The trial concluded around 3 p.m. Tuesday, with testimony expected to resume Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
