Direct Examination

Question 1

Please introduce yourself to the members of the jury

Answer 1

Hi everyone I’m Ari Felder.
SAD

Question 2

Ma’am, can you tell us why you are here today.

Answer 2

My husband…Morgan died in a plane crash. I’m here to talk about what happened.
SAD

Question 3

Would you mind telling us when you first met Morgan Felder?

Answer 3

It was almost 10 years ago. smile I had just started a job at an elementary school, teaching art in Smithfield. pause I remember like it was yesterday.
HAPPY

Question 4

Where did you meet Morgan Felder?

Answer 4

I was at a Gavin Degraw concert and my favorite song was playing. I looked over and saw Morgan’s eyes hooked on mine. I knew from the moment I saw him that was it for me. We clicked immediately. I felt like I could tell him anything. I felt safe. We got married five years later.
HAPPY

Question 5

Ma’am can you tell us a little about your husband?

Answer 5

Morgan was the kindest person I have ever met. He was a lawyer, but had so much room in his heart. He spent most of his time working late hours to take on pro-bono cases. But it wasn’t just his professional life either. I mean that man couldn’t walk into a grocery store without making friends with a stranger.
HAPPY

Question 6

Maam earlier you told us that your husband died in a plane crash, do you remember the date of that crash?

Answer 6

pause It was July 4th.
SAD

Question 7

Do you know around what time that day the crash happened?

Answer 7

A little bit before 9:00 I think.
SAD

Question 8

Do you know how the plane crashed?

Answer 8

No I don’t, I got a call from the police and they told me about the accident, they said that Morgan and the pilot died after crashing into a mountain.
SAD

Question 9

Do you know who was flying the plane that night?

Answer 9

Morgan’s boss was
NORMAL

Question 10

Who is his boss?

Answer 10

Reese Campbell. He was a partner at the law firm that Morgan worked at.
ANNOYED

Question 11

I want to talk about Reese Campbell. Have you ever met him before?

Answer 11

Yeah a few times.
NORMAL

Question 12

Can you tell us about him?

Answer 12

Along with being the partner of Morgan’s firm, Reese owned a luxury plane company, Koller Campbell Air… they owned the plane Morgan died in.
SAD/ANNOYED

Question 13

Can you describe your husband’s relationship with Reese?

Answer 13

Morgan would do whatever Reese asked if it meant that it would impress Reese. Morgan wanted to make Partner at the firm so bad, he knew how much it would mean to our family’s future.
SAD/ANNOYED

Question 14

Ma’am did you ever talk to Reese Campbell about his flying experience?

Answer 14

Yes I did in June 2021
NORMAL

Question 15

What day in June?

Answer 15

the 17th
NORMAL

Question 16

What was going on that day?

Answer 16

The firm was hosting a night club event to meet new clients. I didn’t want to go, but Morgan swore up and down that he was close to making partner and needed to get on Reese’s good side, so we went.
NORMAL

Question 17

Did you talk to Reese about piloting that night?

Answer 17

It wasn’t really me talking to Reese, more Reese talking to everyone else. He was going on and on about how he was going to be a professional pilot.
SLIGHTLY ANNOYED

Question 18

Ma’am how did you respond to that?

Answer 18

I got fed up with how much Reese was talking down to all of us and asked him what kind of flight experience he actually had
SLIGHTLY ANNOYED

Question 19

What did Reese say?

Answer 19

He got real quiet. He admitted that he was still no professional pilot
NORMAL

Question 20

Ma’am did Reese Campbell tell you if he at least had his license to fly in june?

Answer 20

Yeah, but he said only had his basic license, but that he was about to get his advanced certification in a few weeks.
NORMAL

Question 21

Ma’am did Mr. Campbell ever tell you what that advanced certification did?

Answer 21

Yeah he said that once he got it he would be able to fly in bad weather and at night.
NORMAL

Question 22

Do you know if he ever got that certification?

Answer 22

I thought he did.
ANGER

Question 23

What do you mean?

Answer 23

A few weeks later he told me he was fully certified.
ANGER

Question 24

When was that?

Answer 24

July 4th… the day Morgan died.
SAD

Question 25

Ms. Felder I want to walk through exactly what Reese said. When did you speak to him that day?

Answer 25

It was in the morning, Morgan always tended to leave his phone on speaker around me and I could hear their conversation. SAD/NORMAL

Question 26

Do you know why Mr. Campbell called?

Answer 26

Reese said he wanted Morgan to come on a test flight. Reese said it was a new flight path that he planned to take his customers on. SAD SAD SAD

Question 27

What did Morgan say in response?

Answer 27

I mean he looked apprehensive at first. But Campbell quickly said that Morgan was his favorite associate, and that’s all it took. Morgan agreed to go on the flight. SAD

Question 28

Was that the end of the call?

Answer 28

Almost, but I decided to butt in and ask some questions. NORMAL

Question 29

What did you ask Reese Cambell?

Answer 29

I asked Reese if he had finished the training he had mentioned in June. NORMAL

Question 30

What did Reese say?

Answer 30

Reese Told me. He. Told. Me. He Promised me that he had all his certification. He said he was fully trained. He told me he had flown that route a dozen times before. ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY

Question 31

Ma’am I know this might be difficult to discuss, but did your husband ultimately go on that flight with Reese?

Answer 31

Yes he did, Reese told me he was certified, so I let him go. ANGRY/SAD

Question 32

Did you have any communications with your husband after he left to go flying with Mr. Campbell?

Answer 32

Yeah, we were texting, right up until the end. SAD

Question 33

Ma’am would you recognize those texts if I were to show them to you?

Answer 33

Yes, I would SAD

Question 34

You said around 8:30 you started getting concerned. Can you read the text messages Morgan sent you at that time?

Answer 34

“Reese has gone quiet. That is not like him.” “Things are starting to get bumpy. Reese looks really scared. SAD

Question 35

What was the last message Morgan sent you that night

Answer 35

“U were right. I'm sorry. I love.” SAD

Question 36

Did you ever speak to him again after he sent that message?

Answer 36

No, that's the last thing I heard from him, that was the last thing my husband said to me. SO UNBEARABLY SAD