By JAMES BELL
Hays Post
WAKEENEY — Friday’s testimony at the first-degree murder trial of Scott Bollig included mostly routine testimony by medical staff that treated Naomi Abbott, confirming the viability of her pregnancy. The jury then heard from a technology specialist from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
That specialist testified about details of conversations between Bollig and a former girlfriend, Angel Abbott, hinting that the termination of the pregnancy, for which Bollig is being tried, was planned in advance.
Angel Abbott is currently married to Naomi’s ex-husband and was cited earlier as a co-conspirator in the case, but is not currently under indictment.
The testimony came from Derek Welsh, digital forensic examiner of the cyber crimes investigation department of the KBI.
Using software known as Cellebrite, Welsh testified he was able to pull information from Bollig’s smartphone giving a “bit by bit” copy of the memory of the phone, including text messages, call logs and files.
During that process, a series of text messages allegedly were found between Angel Abbott and Bollig discussing Naomi Abbott’s pregnancy.
The messages, Welsh said, confirmed Bollig had seen an image of the baby after Naomi Abbott’s sonogram. Furthermore, the conversation between the two directly discussed how Bollig would give Abbott the first pill of the five ordered by Bollig and Angel Abbott would deliver the rest, Welsh testifed.
Ultimately, the pregnancy was terminated after the prosecution claims the first pill was delivered by Bollig via breakfast to Naomi Abbott. This would have made any further medication delivery unnecessary.
Testimony is scheduled to resume at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the Trego County courthouse.