Bud, a parrot, appeared in
a court on Friday to stand
as a witness to an alleged
crime involving a woman
from Michigan, USA
accused of gunning down
her husband.
The case of Glenna Duram
made news last year when it
was revealed that her parrot
was the sole witness of the
fatal shooting of her 45-year-
old husband Martin on May
12, 2015.
“Don’t f**king shoot,” Bud
could be heard on a video
that family members
recorded several weeks after
the killing — and in which
they insisted he was
mimicking the couple as
they were arguing.
“That bird picks up anything
and everything,” the victim’s
mother, Lillian Duram, told
Today in June. “He’s got the
filthiest mouth around.”
Duram, who survived what
prosecutors believe was a
self-inflicted gunshot wound
to the head, is charged with
first-degree murder.
Witnesses took the stand as
Duram heard evidence
against her at the
preliminary hearing Friday.
One witness said the state of
the house suggested a
struggle.
The local prosecutor
previously told the station
that he has not ruled out
putting the African Grey
parrot on the stand.
But Bud’s current owner
said the prosecutor believes
he has enough evidence
against Duram to convict
her.
“This is unusual,” NBC
analyst Lisa Bloom said
earlier on Today. “We don’t
often have an animal being
called to come in and testify
as an eyewitness to a
murder.”
Duram was her husband’s
second wife and police said
the marriage was strained
by financial and gambling
problems.
Police, earlier, said Duram
left several suicide notes.
She denied writing them and
is being held without bond
at the Newaygo County Jail.

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