BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- On Thursday, jurors heard from family members of Kyle Dube. They told the court what Dube said to them in the days after Nichole Cable disappeared.
First to testify was Kyle Dube's father, Greg Dube. He explained that on the morning of May 17, 2013 Kyle came into his bedroom with his then-girlfriend Sarah Mersinger. Kyle told him and his wife Tammy that he had had something to do with Nichole Cable disappearing.
At that point Greg said he bluntly said "are you [expletive] kidding me?" left the room and didn't hear anything else his son said to his mother.
Kyle Dube's brother Dustin also testified and according to police, Dustin Dube told them detailed information about how his brother abducted and killed Cable and said it came straight from Kyle. However, while on the stand Thursday Dustin Dube said he got that knowledge from Mersinger, not his brother himself adding he and Kyle were not close.
In this last day of testimony, jurors heard from a former inmate who exchanged letters with Dube at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Dube asked this inmate, Scott Ford, for advice on how he should act during his trial.
He also admitted to killing Cable to Ford in one of the letters and gave his version of what happened that night.
A section of one of the letters titled "Murder Case" reads as follows:
"I made a Facebook account to prank my friend Nichole. I had her meet me at the end of her driveway and then I jumped out and scared the [expletive] out of her. She passed out and then I freaked. I put duct tape on her to keep her from running off and then went for a drive thinking she would wake up. She didn't."
The letter also says Ford is the only other person that knows the full truth besides Dube and it asks Ford to destroy the letter after he reads it. It even contains a diagram of how Dube remembered the spot in Glenburn where he jumped out and attacked Cable that night. The diagram includes crude outlines of Cable, Dube, his truck and Cable's house. The State Police crime lab matched the letters to Dube using his palm print.
The state also questioned many witnesses throughout the trial about Dube's handwriting to make sure it was his.
Closing arguments in the trial are scheduled for Friday morning, meaning it is possible for the jury to return a verdict by the end of the day Friday. Otherwise, deliberation will resume Monday.
