Zach Reid takes the stand again

OSHKOSH - A Winnebago County jury has ended deliberations for the night in the case of 17-year-old Zach Reid - the Neenah teen charged with first degree intentional homicide in the strangling death of his father.

To boost the defense's self-defense claim and that Zach's father was the aggressor in the relationship, a forensic psychiatrist took the stand Thursday to explain how and why he diagnosed Zach Reid with post traumatic stress disorder, physical abuse, and depression about six months after he strangled his father.

"Zachary described having been verbally abused or emotionally abused by his father on virtually a daily basis," said Dr. Wade Myers. "Things like 'you're worthless, you're no good, your mother doesn't love you.'"

But the prosecution countered believing Zach may have just been lying to the psychiatrist, and/or lied on the tests the doctor gave him; something the psychiatrist refuted.

"In fact a fact a good part of the time he was quite critical of himself," said Dr. Myers.

After the defense rested, the prosecution brought up witnesses to instead paint Zach as the more aggressive person. One, a neighbor who saw the two fighting in the parking lot.

"By their actions I could tell they were arguing and I could see Zach bumping his father with his chest," said neighbor Victoria Pederson.

Another, Zach's cousin who says Zach's dad Brett dropped his shotgun off at her house just three days before he died.

"Why did he drop the shotgun off at your house?" asked the prosecutor.

"Because he was afraid Zach was going to kill himself or my uncle Brett," said Reid's cousin Robin Tonagel.

When Zach took the stand again for the second day he did say during one argument with his father he put the shotgun under his own chin, and then pointed the gun at the door after he knew his father had called the police.

"My intention was to get the officers to fire on me," said Reid.

Now the case is in the jury's hands and it's up to them to figure out which side to believe.