There’s a lot in the audiotapes of George Zimmerman’s police interviews from the day following the Trayvon Martin shooting that will make your ear perk up, and perhaps even your eyes well up with tears. Most compelling, however, is the voice of Sanford, FL police investigator Christopher Serino telling the confessed killer that he’d ended the life of “a kid with a future,” and that “this 17-year-old boy was one of those kids who would have been a success story.” He told Zimmerman that Trayvon wasn’t “on PCP. He’s not on anything. He’s on Skittles.”
Serino’s voice, along with the questionable videotaped account which Zimmerman gave to police at the site of the killing, seemed to make the release of these new materials a very questionable decision for the defense. Worst of all, they reminded us of Serino, who, you may recall, wanted Zimmerman charged with manslaughter, but was denied. Now, shortly after police chief Bill Lee’s firing — and for seemingly his own reasons — he’s off the case.
Sanford police say the lead detective in the Trayvon Martin case has been reassigned to the patrol division at his request…









