BANGOR (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- Family and friends of Joyce McLain, the 16-year-old brutally murdered in East Millinocket in 1980, took the stand Tuesday in day two of the murder trial.
The courtroom was filled with people who have been waiting for answers for nearly four decades. Some traveling from as far as North Carolina and Connecticut just to be here. They say McLain's death changed everything in the town and it still is very fresh in their minds.
The defense probed witnesses for information about police, questioning their tactics as well as had them paint a better picture of the hours leading up to the teens death.
Among those being questioned were McLain's sister and father. There were also a few close friends of the teen who took the stand. Her best friend, Laura Shay, says she remembers seeing McLain right before she was killed. The two had planned to go for a jog together, but her parents wouldn't let her go.
Shay says wasn't too concerned when she heard her friend didn't come home, she didn't think there was any reason to be worried. She remembers going around the town the next day with her friends picture, asking people if they saw her and that McLain's family "didn't have a good feeling about it."
The defense asked every witness if they knew about any popular 'party spots' near the spot McLain was found dead. Witnesses were also asked if they felt "pressured" by police or if the officers gave them more information than they should have.
One witness says he remembers feeling "pressured by police to give them answers." It was indicated he may have been one of the last people to see McLain alive.
By the end of the trial, roughly 60 witnesses will have given testimony. Prosecutor's expect the trial to last at least two weeks. If Fournier is convicted he faces 25 years to life in prison.