Jurors in Jaeger trial ask to see video interviews again and to revisit some testimony

The jury in the kidnapping and aggravated battery trial of a former Kansas University student spent most of Tuesday watching recordings of police interviewing the defendant and his friend.

Jurors ended a second day of deliberations in the trial of Matthew Jaeger without reaching a verdict and they will resume their work at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.

The jury, which received the case Monday afternoon, deliberated about two hours Tuesday morning before asking to see the video interviews.

Jaeger, 24, faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and making a criminal threat. Jurors also have the option of considering a simple kidnapping charge instead of aggravated kidnapping.

Then, they say, after chasing Jones away, Jaeger re-entered the apartment and attacked his ex-girlfriend, who is now 23. They claim he choked her unconscious, punched or kicked her in the pelvic region and dragged her from her apartment into a car driven by his friend, Evan Carroll

But defense attorneys said Jaeger was worried about his ex-girlfriend’s safety that night when he broke into the apartment and that she told him she injured herself falling onto her bed rail.

At 11 a.m., jurors specifically asked to watch recordings of police interviews that night from Jaeger and Carroll. It took most of the afternoon to view the videos.

Jurors have also asked for a court reporter to read to them portions of testimony from certain witnesses. Jurors asked to hear:

• What Carroll testified he saw when he said he went into the woman’s bedroom that night.

• Testimony from Jones and police officers on when he provided information to them.

• What Jaeger’s ex-girlfriend recalled when she was at the hospital, according to her testimony and testimony from police and doctors.

The jury begins their third day of deliberations at 9 a.m. Wednesday.