BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — Emotional testimony from Colin Gray’s 14-year-old daughter and hours of recorded interviews with investigators marked a pivotal seventh day in the trial of the father of the alleged Apalachee High School shooter.
Court wrapped up Tuesday with Barrow County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigator Jason Smith still on the stand. Jurors are expected on Wednesday morning to watch and listen to a more than two-hour recorded interview between Smith and Colin Gray.
But much of the day’s focus centered on Gray’s daughter, Jenni, who testified about what she described as a volatile home life and pressure from her father to protect him.
Daughter says she lied after being pressured
Jenni, the younger sister of Colt Gray and the middle child of Colin and his estranged wife Marcee, told jurors that her father urged her to “cover for him” before she was interviewed at the Tree House, a child advocacy center, about the family dynamic leading up to the September 2024 shooting…