WARREN, Ohio - For the third day, the jury continued to hear witness testimony in the more than a decade old murder case out of Trumbull County on Friday. 

Testimony began Wednesday in the aggravated murder case against 54-year-old Claudia Hoerig, who stands accused of murdering her husband Air Force Major Karl Hoerig in 2007 in their Newton Falls home. 

By Friday, Prosecutors Dennis Watkins and Assistant Prosecutor Chris Becker told the judge they had no more witnesses to call. 

Prosecutors say Hoerig shot her husband three times on March 12th, 2007, leaving him dead inside the home, and then fleeing to Brazil. Hoerig was eventually extradited back to the United States in January 2018, after attempts from the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, the FBI, The U.S. Marshals, the State Department, and several Vallery lawmakers. 

On Thursday, Prosecutors left off by calling Trumbull County Sheriff's Office Detective Sergeant Mike Yannucci to the stand. 

Yannucci was one of two investigators who took part in questioning Claudia Hoerig during a taped confession on January 17th, 2018, as soon as she returned to Trumbull County. 

Det. Sgt. Yannucci was also one of the Homicide Task Force Detectives who investigated the scene of the murder back in 2007. 

Following a quick round of questions by the prosecution, the jury viewed the entire taped confession- more than two and a half hours long. 

Det. Sgt. Yannucci returned to the stand early Friday morning to answer questions from the defense, many of which focused on the position of Karl Hoerig's body. 

Defense attorneys questioned Yannucci on the positioning of Karl's shoes, specifically the fact that they faced the staircase, which the defense attorneys argue would not be the case if Karl had been sitting on the stairs putting on his shoes as the prosecution has argued was the case. 

At one point, defense attorney John Cornely began asking about an alleged "suicide rig" that had been set up in the master bedroom closet of the Hoerig's home. 

Cornely said though he had already asked about whether Yannucci had found a string or rope nearby, Claudia wanted him to ask again. 

The rig, in which the .357 revolver was set up when officials searched the home, had reportedly been created by Claudia Hoerig to hold the gun so that she could kill herself without the fear that she might miss because of the recoil. 

Following Det. Sgt. Yannucci, prosecutors called a former Air Force reservist who had been friends with Karl Hoerig to the stand. 

The woman testified that while at a bachelorette party for a mutual friend in 2006, Claudia Hoerig had struck up a conversation. 

The woman told the jury that Hoerig said to her, in reference to Karl, "If he ever left me, I'd kill him."

"A lot of people say things like that, but I looked over at her and she wasn't laughing," the witness continued. "When I found out about Karl's death that was the first thing I thought of- that moment."

When asked by defense attorneys why she hadn't come forward with the information until 2018, the woman said that she hadn't come forward when Claudia was in Brazil because she thought nothing could be done. However, she said she "just didn't" immediately after Karl's 2007 death.

Dr. Thomas James, the current Trumbull County Coroner, was called to the stand to attest to the Dr. Humphrey Germaniuk's autopsy reports. Dr. James was appointed Coroner following Dr. Germaniuk's death in April of 2018. 

During his testimony, Dr. James pointed to the findings in the initial autopsy report that found that Karl Hoerig died of three gunshot wounds.

But as the defense pointed out, that 2007 death report from Dr. Germaniuk's office did not indicate in any way whether Karl Hoerig may have been sitting or standing when he was shot, or in which order the bullets may have been fired. 

Dr, Joseph Felo, an expert forensic pathologist then took the stand. However, before he was allowed to testify, defense attorneys questioned his credentials to be considered an "expert" witness.

Specifically, Atty. John Cornely asked multiple times about Dr. Felo's experience or credentials to testify as an expert in crime scene reconstruction. Dr. Felo said that he was not a crime scene re-constructionist. 

The court did recognize him as an expert in forensic pathology. 

During Dr. Felo's testimony, he explained that using photos from the scene, as well as an autopsy report from Dr. Germaniuk, he was able to come up with information on the exact details on the shooting. 

Dr. Felo testified that the lowest bullet wound on Karl Hoerig's back would have left his arm and shoulder immovable, and likely would have rendered Karl incapacitated. 

A separate gunshot wound, higher up on Karl's back, according to Dr. Felo's testimony, was potentially lethal, since it traveled through Karl's lung and several blood vessels. 

Dr. Felo also testified that there was evidence to suggest that this specific bullet had been fired while Karl was already lying on the floor. According to his information, Dr. Felo said the bullet pierced Hoerig's lung and blood vessels, but couldn't break through the skin because a hard object stopped it. 

Dr. Felo said it is his opinion that the floor stopped the bullet. 

As for the bullet wound to the head, Dr. Felo said there were stipple wounds, made by gun powder when a gun is fired, on Karl's face and forehead. Stipple wounds of that sort are made only when a gun is fired 12-24 inches away from the victim. 

Dr. Felo said in testimony that since there was no soot, the gun was not fired right up against the skin, but held slightly away. 

According to Dr. Felo, both of the bullets fired into Karl's back were fired from some distance away. 

During questioning by defense attorneys, Dr. Felo said that the second gunshot would not have caused an instantaneous death, but would have left Karl dead within less than five minutes. 

Dr. Felo went on to say that in his opinion, in order to sustain the injuries he did, Karl would have to have been bent or crouched over in order to get a gunshot wound at a steep angle into his back. 

Air Force Major Dan Henry was the next witness called to the stand.  Maj. Henry testified about Karl's plan to leave Claudia, get a divorce, and move into an apartment on his own. 

Colonel Gary Dodge, a close friend of Karl Hoerig's, says the moment he learned Karl was dead was "surreal". 

"We were very close. My kids called him uncle," said Dodge. 

"We talked regularly," Dodge explained. "I knew his plan to get an apartment possibly and how he was trying to separate himself from the defendant. I told him, just come stay with me." 

Dodge said the following week he knew something was wrong when Karl Hoerig didn't show up for work. 

"I would have bet my life he would have been there. In all the years we flew together he had never shown up late, he had never not shown up. That was the red flag for me," Dodge testified. 

The trial is expected to take a week and a half to two weeks. 

In opening statements the defense eluded to the fact that we may hear from Claudia Hoerig herself.  They'll have the floor to call witnesses on Tuesday, January 22nd, following the holiday weekend.  Court resumes on Tuesday at 1:00PM.