Jurors in a Chickasaw County sexual abuse case heard from experts and friends and family of the defendant on Thursday and Friday.
     Terry L. Schott Sr., 50, of Fredericksburg is standing trial in Chickasaw County District Court on a third-degree sexual abuse charge. He is accused of providing alcohol to a 15-year-old female and then raping her at his home on June 14, 2008.
      On Friday, consulting forensic scientist Thomas Burr testified about the impact of alcohol on memory and other symptoms caused by intoxication. During her testimony early last week, the victim in the rape case reported remembering little after the alleged assault.
     According to earlier testimony, a breath test rated the girl’s intoxication at .167 at about 10:30 p.m. An 11:50 p.m. blood test at Mercy Medical Center - New Hampton indicated the teen had a blood alcohol content of .199.  Burr said the test results indicated the teen’s body was still absorbing alcohol at the time of the first test. He explained alcohol’s impact on memory and perception.
      During police interviews, Schott had indicated that the teen told him she had been “roboing,” taking cough medicine to become intoxicated. Burr stated that it is not recommended to mix Robitussin with alcohol.
      “You get more impaired and you have more affect on you because you’ve taken them together,” said Burr, who indicated that the two together may cause hallucinations.
     No drugs other than alcohol were found in the teen’s system, but Burr said she was not tested for the active ingredient in Robitussin. The alleged victim had told police she did not take cough medicine, according to earlier wittnesses.
      Written testimony from Dr. L-i, who covered the emergency room the night of June 14, 2008, and used sexual assault kits to exam and remove evidence from both the alleged victim and defendant, was read out loud for the jury. L-i was out of the country and unable to testify in person.
     He wrote that there was no visible injuries or sign of forced entry. The doctor noted there are not always signs present.
     Schott’s teenage son, Terry Schott Jr., who lived with his father at the time of the incident, also testified on Friday.
     The 16-year-old described his relationship with the teenage girl.
     “She was friends with all the family,” he explained.
      Terry Schott Jr. said he went to a wedding reception and returned to his father’s house.  The girl was sitting on the living room floor and appeared to be crying.
     “(She) said she needed to get going and Dad asked if I would walk her home,” he said.
     He said the girl used her phone outside, they walked a short distance and “she completely freaked out on me, yelling at me, telling me to go home. She could make it herself,” he said.
     When he returned home, Terry Schott Jr. said he and his father headed to a farm near Hawkeye to burn garbage, a normal habit for the family on the weekends.
     Jayden Schwickerath of Manchester, who lived with the Schott family for about a year, testified to seeing the alleged victim at Schott’s home.  Schwickerath took a nap at the Schott home before returning to work around 4:20 and stated that the teenage girl was at the Schott home when she left. The witness said she did not see alcohol or hear any conversation about getting drunk. 
     Schott’s niece, Amy Schott of West Union, testified that she asked her uncle to go to the Fredericksburg grocery store on June 14 to purchase two bottles of Yukon Jack whiskey for her. She said she picked it up while driving home from Waterloo.
     During the alleged victim’s testimony, she said Schott had gone to the store and purchased the two bottles and poured her drink with it.
     Amy Schott said she picked up the unopened bottles of alcohol from her uncles’s home around 8-8:30 p.m.
      During cross examination, Amy Schott was asked about her criminal history and why she had not reported the information about the alcohol until recently.
     Several friends and a former boyfriend also testified regarding text messages and phone calls they had throughout the day on June 14 with the teenage girl.
      The state attorney’s called their last witness on Thursday morning. Division of Criminal Investigation criminalist Scott Stocksleger testified about his findings after testing the evidence collected by the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Department.
     The criminalist tested for body fluids and DNA on several pieces of evidence, including the victim and defendant’s clothing. Stocksleger reported finding DNA from the alleged victim on the inside zipper area of the defendant’s pants.
     The final witness for the defense is expected to testify Monday morning before the jury can begin to make their decision.