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"Prosecutors in a Hartford homicide trial are trying to prove Daniel Bartelt, 20, can't be trusted.Daniel Bartelt's mother was on the stand most of the afternoon Wednesday.VIDEO:\u00A0Prosecutors try to prove homicide suspect not trustworthyThe prosecution wants to show the jury Bartelt may not be telling the truth about his involvement in the death of his ex-girlfriend, especially when he was lying to his mother.Daniel Bartelt is accused of strangling 19-year-old Jessie Blodgett last year.The prosecution called Bartelt's mother to the stand, trying to show that he lied to her and wasn't trustworthy.Laura Bartelt said her son dated Blodgett their freshman year of high school, but they broke up long before graduating.\u00A0She testified that her son dropped out of college at Stevens Point in December 2012 and told her he got a job, but during the homicide investigation, police informed her that her son had lied to her for four months. He had no job.\u00A0On the day of Blodgett's killing, Laura Bartelt said she felt her son's routine was normal.\"I believe he got up around his usual time of 6:15 a.m. and left for work about 6:30 a.m.,\" she said.\u00A0\"Was it your understanding that he was going to work at that time?\" the prosecutor asked.\u00A0\"Yes,\" Laura Bartelt said.It was not revealed where Daniel Bartelt was spending his time while pretending to be working.\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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