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I wanted him dead and now he’s gone and I’m OK with it

Moscato also testified that on the Friday after Viafore vanished, Graswald invited him to a nightclub, along with other search-and-rescue workers. “She wanted all the people assisting with the search to join her at the party,” he said.

When Moscato saw Graswald on April 29 on Bannerman Island, he and another investigator asked her to walk them through the places she had gone with Viafore in the hours before his kayak capsized. Portale has said the reason Viafore drowned is that he was not wearing a life jacket during their paddle through rough water back to shore.

“They were there enjoying their day and some intimate time together,” Moscato testified. “They brought a change of clothes and took some pictures in sexy poses in lingerie or whatever.”

Moscato also testified that Graswald, who had arrived in the United States as an au pair, was cagey about where she and Viafore had beached their kayaks on their visit.

After he heard that she had told DeQuarto about removing the kayak plug, Moscato said, he suggested that Graswald return with them on the police boat. (Kayaking experts have said that the absence of the tiny drain plug, located on top of the kayak, should not have caused it to sink.)

On the ride across the water, Moscato said, Graswald threw out a flower in memory of Viafore. She then proceeded to act “happy-go-lucky.”

“We were joking about the boat breaking down and if I fell into the water,” Moscato said. “She would save me if I’m not a good swimmer or whatever.” The police had detected that type of behaviour in the days following Viafore’s drowning, when Graswald posted lighthearted photographs and videos to Facebook.

In the 11-hour interrogation that soon followed, Graswald told the police about her frustration with Viafore’s interest in pornography and sexual threesomes.

At the end of the questioning, visibly frustrated, she said, “I wanted him dead and now he’s gone and I’m OK with it.”

Graswald has been in the Orange County Jail since her arrest on April 30 of last year. The hearing, which began on Monday, is to continue on Thursday. No trial date is scheduled.