later reveal 'that ·UO persor; could. have seen Groh's deerfrom De fendant 's vantage.. point, .(N. T. ::Plea Hr'g .47�48;) Detectives also �0110.lud�.d; however, that it was impossible to determine whether Defendant could .have seen Groh, {id.) Defendant later :tqjq police that he used tb.�.rifle'-s.sightrathedhan·its•scope. · (Id.)
After firing the shot, Defendant walked tothe-creek alone.while Marino.and Mpneste{o weltedby the: ATV .. (N.. T.:PJea Hr'g 2sj :When Defendant.yelled "man downIn.the creek," they folloW.�o. and saw Groh'sbody. (Id;) 'Groh's feetwere la;yiQg·qn{he creekbed.and.most of his legsandtorso were :in thewater. {J'{T. Plea lir'-g 28.) Groh's.orange vest hiy on the P.\ls!J.�s growing on the creek 'bankand his orange hat lay 'on.the.right 'side of'his body onthe ground. (N:T. Plea Hr'g 25.,.36; Exh. C�12.) Groh's sonJustin, woU:J9 Iater.explainthat Groh never took.his hat off.in .a p.μnJ:. (N.T. PleaHr!g 36�)
All tlu:e� men qp��r: comingfrom the .l.eftside ofthe.vi�tim's body and flowing into :the water. :(See N.T. Pl�a H(g �2, 53.} The.bullet had ent.eted
Page.3 of-24 Groh'sleft shoulder-whereit shattered.his humerus and created a four-inch gaping -exirwound 'in.the inner Ieft.armbefore entering his chest cavity where it pierced Groh) heart, both ofhis lungs, and his liver -�nd. fra�ture;q; ·t'W() ribs, before.exiting his. chest ;;tn¢1 passing his right arm. (F:xJ1,: C�14; :N:T. ·Plea Hf:g, 4.1.) The .autopsy reportrevealed that a Iiter of blood had filled. each. lung: and concluded th.cit .Groh had' bled·to :death in I��� than one.minute. ,(Id.; Exh. :C> 14)
Despite.atleast tw:q of'the men having.cell ·plJ_qnes with ih.�mj no.one .called 911, '(N.1'. :Ptea Hr'g 26.) Rather, 'Defendant asked Marino, -':Uncle Mike, did J . st()o�:that guy?" (Id.} ·Marino later �dvi_sed po lice that he did not call 911 because Groh was Defendant'sresponsibility, (N . .1\ J�lec1 Hr'g 26? .4:6)
After Ieaving Groh 's · body in.the creek, the three men rerurned �9 the .area where Defendant: had, fired .the shot .to search. for the shell casing t�at had been ejected from the rifle, (N.T.:.Pleif Hf':g:�9-JO.} They were, 'however, unable-to find the shell. casing, (id::)1 which w��- eventually recovered by Bucks .County detectives, (N�T .. Plea.Hr'g 4ti) .
Upon .return�ng to the main house of the- i 1.55 California Road prqp,eDy� Defendant ran .from outbuilding to outbuilding attempting to hide the rifle. :(N. T. Plea Hr'g 30 ..) First, Defendant attempted to hide the 'rifle beneath the. cushions of a couch. (Id;) Defendantthen ask�(:t°Mtldno to hide.the .rifle fo.r. him, Pt,1tMar:in.o refused. _(Id�) 'UHim�tely� Defendant :hid. his rifle, as well '$.i: his .shotgun, in his truck. :(k!:}°. Prior tohiding :both. guns.Jiowever, Defendant fired.a roundfrom "the twelve-gauge shotgun jnto ·the ground 'behind the house, mw "fN 6 Defendant
�xpla�n:i4. tater that he fired the round from th�_$hotgun: and ryic:l th� guns .in order to He to .the police 'about .Which ,g4n he was using :to hunt because "he shouldn't have had [the rifle]." (Id.) ··
.FN" '6, 'In the inve.stigWoh .foll<:>"\Y.ing Qr.qh'.s _de�th, detectives observed one of D¢f�_nd\1Dt's. employeesdiggingin :�l:le a�e� where Qif. fkeii into the ground. :(NT Ple11 .. Hr�g ·3;2.) This employee! h9wever,'c\el)ie:d tharllf \.ya� ��archiμg forthe. discharged shotgun