Week 2 Daily Live Blog Summaries:

• WCVB’s Live Wire
• Wayland Patch Friday Live Blog
• Metrowest Daily News Friday Live Blog
• Aggregated Twitter Feeds
• Wayland Patch Thursday Live Blog
• Metrowest Daily News Live Blog
• Wayland Patch 2/20/13: Wayland Patch Wednesday Live Blog
• Metrowest Daily News 2/20/13: Metrowest Daily News Wednesday Live Blog
• Wayland Patch 2/19/13: Wayland Murder Trial Live Blog Tuesday testimony

Boston Magazine 2/22/13: Nathaniel Fujita Trial Conjures Up Painful Evidence. The murder trial of Lauren Astley, the bright-eyed Wayland High School graduate killed on July 3, 2011, is underway, which means the public is getting a closer look at what happened in the days and months leading up to her death. By most accounts, it was a time like any other for recent high school graduates—the wild abandon of graduation parties giving way to the nervous excitement of heading off to college in the fall. Astley was to attend Elon College in North Carolina, but something went terribly wrong.

Articles on Friday’s testimony:

Boston Globe 2/22/13: Cousin: Nathaniel Fujita said he wouldn’t be tied to ex-girlfriend’s slaying. On the day his ex-girlfriend’s battered body was pulled from a Wayland swamp, Nathaniel Fujita sat on his cousin’s bed at her Framingham home and assured her that the police officers searching his house would not find anything connecting him to the slaying, according to court testimony Friday.

Wayland Patch 2/22/13: Cousin Confronted Fujita About Murder Hours After Astley’s Body was Found. Caroline Saba said she asked Nathaniel Fujita on July 4, 2011, whether police would find anything at his house connecting him to the death of Lauren Astley. He replied that police wouldn’t find a weapon there.

CBS Boston 2/22/13: “It was me,” Nate Fujita told his cousin moments before his arrest for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Lauren Astley. She had asked him how Astley’s car got to the Wayland Town Beach after she disappeared. This near-confession came out in testimony during his trial Friday. His close cousin, Caroline Saba, took the stand and talked about the night Astley was murdered. Fujita called Saba that night, asking if she wanted to “hang out.” She didn’t know it then, but it was only moments after the murder. “He sounded like hyper,” said Saba.

Wayland Town Crier 2/22/13: Cousin: Fujita said police would not find murder weapon. Shortly after authorities say Nathaniel Fujita murdered Lauren Astley in his Wayland home, he called his cousin and asked her to hang out, she said Friday in Middlesex Superior Court.

Articles on Thursday’s testimony:

Boston Globe 2/21/13: Uncle: Nathaniel Fujita chatted at barbeque shortly before ex-girlfriend’s slaying. An hour before he allegedly killed his former high-school sweetheart on July 3, 2011, Nathaniel Fujita chatted happily with his uncle about football at a family barbeque in Framingham, according to court testimony Thursday.

Boston Globe 2/21/13: Detective describes arresting Nathaniel Fujita after his ex-girlfriend was found dead in Wayland marsh. Nathaniel Fujita was quiet and compliant when police arrested him at his aunt’s Framingham home after his former girlfriend, Lauren Astley, was found dead in a Wayland marsh, one of the main detectives in the case testified Thursday.

Wayland Patch 2/22/13: Thursday’s Testimony: Keys In a Storm Drain, Fujita’s Behavior at July 3 Party and His Arrest. Testimony Thursday in Nathaniel Fujita’s murder trial led the jury through the defendant’s July 5 arrest as well as his time spent at a family party just hours before prosecutors say he killed 18-year-old Lauren Astley.

Wayland Town Crier 2/21/13: Uncle: Fujita was happy in hours before slaying. The day Nathaniel Fujita killed his ex-girlfriend Lauren Astley in 2011, he seemed happy, his uncle said Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court.

Articles on Wednesday’s Testimony:

Wayland Patch 2/21/13: Trooper Said Tests Revealed ‘Potential Blood’ in Fujita Home. Trooper David Twomey spent the better part of Wednesday morning on the witness stand, extending an already long testimony that began Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita.

Wayland Town Crier 2/21/13: Trooper says he found blood in Fujita home. A state trooper searching Nathaniel Fujita’s Wayland home during the investigation into his ex-girlfriend’s death said he found blood in several areas.

Boston Globe 2/20/13: Best friend tearfully recalls Wayland victim’s last day during Nathaniel Fujita trial. In their senior year at Wayland High School, Geneveive Madelaine Flynn considered Nathaniel Fujita a friend: they hung out with the same tight group, ran track together, and he was dating her best friend, Lauren Astley. On Wednesday, Flynn’s voice shook as she identified Fujita in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn; she wept as she remembered the last day of Astley’s life.

WCVB 2/20/13: Trooper: Bloody fingerprint matched Wayland teen accused of murder. With video.

CBS Boston 2/20/13: State Police: Blood Found In Nate Fujita’s Home, Car After Ex-Girlfriend’s Murder. It may be a glimpse into the Wayland High School football star’s insanity defense in the alleged murder of his high school sweetheart. On the fourth day of testimony in his trial, Nate Fujita’s attorney questioned one of his former teammates about some hits he took on the football field. “Do you remember him getting hit, I think it was a Lincoln-Sudbury game, so hard he was spitting up blood?” asked William Sullivan. Ronald Bolivar answered, “yes.” With video.

My Fox 25 2/20/13: Slain Wayland teen’s best friend gives tear-filled testimony. With video.

Boston Globe 2/20/13: Apparent bloodstains found at Nathaniel Fujita’s home, trooper testifies at murder trial. When police searched Nathaniel Fujita’s home in the days following the 2011 slaying of his former girlfriend, they found what appeared to be bloodstains in the kitchen and bathroom, as well as a reddish brown stain on the floor of the garage, a State Police trooper testified.

Articles on Tuesday’s Testimony”

Boston Globe 2/20/13: Ex-teacher testifies in Wayland murder trial. Fujita familiar with site where body left, she says.Nathaniel Fujita had visited an isolated area in Wayland, where his former girlfriend’s body was later found, as part of a project for his environmental science class, according to testimony from his former teacher. In March 2011, Fujita was one of many volunteers who worked on a fence to protect wildlife around Water Row, where Lauren Astley’s body was discovered July 4, 2011, a day after her death. The new details of the months leading up to Astley’s death came from testimony Tuesday from Emily Norton, who taught both Fujita and Astley in the class at Wayland High School.

Wayland Patch 2/20/13: Testimony of Trooper Will Continue Wednesday in Fujita Trial. Prosecutor Lisa McGovern was in the midst of her questioning of State Trooper David Twomey when Judge Peter Lauriat adjourned court in the trial of Nathaniel Fujita on Tuesday.

CBS Boston 2/19/13: Video here: Prosecutors Show Video Of Lauren Astley At Work Before Her Murder.

Wayland Town Crier 2/19/13: Wayland teacher: Fujita was silent, indifferent student. Wayland High School science teacher who taught Nathaniel Fujita during his senior year described a student whose grades dropped dramatically, showed almost no emotion and did not participate in class.

WHDH Channel 7 2/19/13: Video shows Wayland murder victim’s last days. Some dramatic moments unfolded Tuesday in the trial of the Wayland man accused of killing his high school sweetheart. Jurors watched surveillance video that showed the victim on the day she was murdered. News video online here: http://wn.whdh.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=8434416&at1=Station 1&h1=Video shows victim’s last day&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

WBZ CBS Boston 2/19/13: Prosecutors Show Video Of Lauren Astley At Work Before Her Murder. Lauren Astley’s mother wept quietly in the courtroom Tuesday as she saw video of her daughter at work at the Natick Mall on the last day of her life.

Wayland Patch 2/19/13: Fujita Trial Resumes Tuesday with Full Day of Testimony Expected. Testimony is expected to resume today in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita, the Wayland man accused of murdering 18-year-old Lauren Astley in 2011. The trial began Feb. 11 with two days of jury selection, during which Judge Peter Lauriat and attorneys for both sides interviewed about 140 individuals before settling on a panel of 16 jurors, 10 men and six women. Only 12 jurors will decide the final verdict, though all 16 will hear the case. Four will be named alternate jurors before deliberation begins.

Boston Globe 2/19/13: Trial resumes of Nathaniel Fujita, accused of killing ex-girlfriend in Wayland. The second week of the trial of Nathaniel Fujita opened with testimony from the Wayland police sergeant who interviewed Fujita in the hours after Lauren Astley’s death. One of Fujita’s teachers also took the stand, describing the Wayland High School senior as a reserved honors student whose grades fell precipitously over the course of the school year.

Metrowest Daily News 2/19/13: Police testimony: Fujita expressed worry about Astley after she went missing. In the hours after Lauren Astley was reported missing in 2011, Nathaniel Fujita expressed worry about her, a retired Wayland Police officer said today. Richard Manley, testifying in Middlesex Superior Court during Fujita’s murder trial, said he met with Fujita twice in the early morning of July 4, 2011.