Day Four shifted from family-call evidence into the prosecution’s strongest emotional and forensic narrative: jurors heard jail audio in which Kevin Ellis told his sister, “I should’ve said no,” a statement prosecutors used to argue he regretted participating in a plan driven by Tracey Grist. The state also leaned heavily on expert testimony that the knife found near Matthew Restelli was inconsistent with an authentic self-defense struggle and appeared to have been placed after the shooting. By the end of the day, prosecutors had tightened the theory that the physical scene and later statements both pointed to a staged ambush rather than a spontaneous confrontation.

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(Updated) Tracey Grist Trial Day Four 4.17.2026 The Forensics and The Phone Call