Full Trial Audio: Raul Valle - Lacrosse Party Murder

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We remove long portions of silence, but leave everything else, so you hear what the jury hears. Raul Valle, now 20, was charged with murder and multiple counts of assault in connection with the death of 17-year-old Jimmy McGrath, a student at Fairfield College Preparatory School. Valle was 16 at the time of the incident.Police said the stabbing happened during a high school house party in Shelton on the night of May 14, 2022.According to investigators, tensions escalated after students from other schools arrived at the party. That led to a confrontation in which McGrath was stabbed and four others were injured.Valle, who turned down a plea deal in 2023 that would have carried a 40-year prison sentence, pleaded not guilty to the charges.