An East Liverpool man accused of murdering his wife and hiding her body in the shed testified that he knew her body was there while police were interviewing him.

During a Friday afternoon hearing in Judge Megan Bickerton's court, the court heard testimony from an East Liverpool detective and the suspect himself, 34-year-old Christopher Morrison.

The hearing was in response to a motion filed by Morrison's attorney back in May of 2024 asking for DNA swabs collected from the scene to be thrown out claiming there was insufficient probable cause to initiate a search warrant.

The motion claimed that the affidavit supporting the search warrant alleged a "gobbledygook" of evidence not sufficient enough to support a finding of probable cause that any trace of evidence related to a murder would be found there.

During the hearing, investigator Darren Morgan with the Columbiana County Prosecutor's Office took the stand and testified about an interview conducted with Morrison at the Liverpool Township Police Department. 

Morgan testified that this interview was conducted before he was charged with any homicide offense and that he was not in handcuffs or shackles at the time.

He further testified that Morrison was read his Miranda Rights before providing any information to police and Morrison only invoked his Miranda Rights once he was asked about some evidence that had been discovered.

Morgan testified that Morrison was taken to the police department after a traffic stop with the reason for the stop being that a search warrant was to be served in connection with the case.

Morrison himself then took the stand to testify. Morrison testified that when he was stopped by police, he asked them why he was being stopped, but officers would not tell him.

Morrison testified it was only after his second interview that he found out the reason police stopped and detained him.

Prosecutors pressed Morrisson on the topic of him signing a Miranda waiver form with him claiming he only signed it because he was under the impression he had to sign it to know what he was being detained for.

Morrisson testified that he asked what he was being detained for and police responded they'd "talk about it in a minute" giving him the impression he had to sign it to find out.

However, Prosecutor Steve Yacovone pointed out that during the interview, when officers asked him if he would sign the form, he responded "I guess it depends on what it's about" rather than ask why he was detained.

Morrison concurred with Prosecutor Yacovone that he went into great detail about the timeline of events with his wife up until the events of that day. 

"During that narrative that you claim you felt pressured into giving, there's even a point of I believe about 20 to 25 minutes when asked a question that you just speak non-stop. There's no questions in between. It's just you giving this narrative," Yacovone said.

Morrison replied that he was "under a lot of stress" at the time of his interview saying he was a small business owner with three kids going through a rough patch in his marriage.

That's when Morrison testified that he knew his wife was in the shed dead during the interview.

"The fact that Tiffany Morrison was dead in the shed in your home, that wasn't a stresser for you? That didn't stress you out," Yacovone asked. "It did stress me out," Morrison replied. 

The conversation then continued.

"It stressed you out Mr. Morrison, because the entire time you were in that interview, you know Mrs. Morrison is in your shed at your home correct," Yacovone asked. "Yes sir," Morrison replied.

One more exchange soon followed when Yacovone confirmed with Morrison that he began exercising his Miranda rights when asked about the shed.

"You don't want to answer any questions at that point because you know exactly where Tiffany Morrison is and you know exactly what happened to Tiffany Morrison correct," asked Yacovone. "Yes," Morrison replied. "And that is that you shot her, you chopped her up and put her in the shed correct," Yacovone asked. "Yes," Morrison replied.

A follow-up hearing has been scheduled for September 6 at 4:00 p.m.

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