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Lawyer: Girl on phone with Trayvon Martin cuts shooter's self-defense claim - CNN Lawyer: Girl on phone with Trayvon Martin cuts shooter's self-defense claimJUSTICE DEPARTMENT
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A girl who overheard part of an incident involving Florida teenager Trayvon Martin can help prove he was killed "in cold blood" by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, an attorney for Martin's family said Tuesday.
The girl, who was dating the 17-year-old, "completely blows Zimmerman's absurd self-defense claim out of the water," lawyer Benjamin Crump told reporters.
The girl -- who he said does not wish to be identified -- "connects the dots" about what happened that day when she lays out what she overheard while on the phone with him, he said.
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Martin was fatally shot on February 26 while walking to the house of his father's fiancee in Sanford after a trip to a nearby convenience store. Zimmerman has acknowledged shooting Martin.
Speaking on the phone shortly before he was shot, Martin told the girl that someone was following him and that he was trying to get away, Crump said.
The girl said that, during the phone call, she heard someone ask Martin what he was doing and heard Martin ask why the person was following him, Crump said. The girl then got the impression that there was an altercation in which the earpiece fell out of Martin's ear and the connection went dead, Crump said.
Based on what she heard, the girl believes that Martin was pushed, said Crump, who added that the girl did not hear any gunfire.
Phone records show Martin was on the phone with her much of the day, including around the time of the killing, Crump said. He argued that if Martin were really "up to no good," he wouldn't have been chatting with his friend on the phone.
The girl said Martin was "his regular self," Crump said, arguing that any suggestions that the boy was "high" are "preposterous."
"It's what Zimmerman wants you to believe so he can justify killing this kid in cold blood," Crump said.
Natalie Jackson, another attorney for the Martin family, said police had not interviewed the girl.
Sanford Police Sgt. David Morgenstern said "at the onset, we asked any and all witnesses with information to come forward."
He would not say say whether the department has contacted the girl.
Morgenstern said Martin's cell phone was collected from the crime scene and investigators were working to acquire records associated with the phone's use.
The girl provided her account to Crump in a recording, which he said he will share with the Department of Justice, which is investigating.
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