A week later, Morris arrived to clean Brenda Breed’s house but no-one answered the door.
She told the jury she heard strange grunting noises from the spare bedroom where Richard Breed was staying, which made her feel uncomfortable.
Morris enlisted the help of Sandra Anderson, a close friend of Brenda Breed who lived nearby, and Anderson’s grandson Joshua Martin. When they returned to the house, they found the back door was unlocked.
Martin called the police after spotting Brenda Breed’s body through the curtains.
“In that moment, it was very clear she wasn’t moving,” he told the jury. “I had to see what had happened — for Brenda’s sake.”