'But they have my prints on it; I didn't'

Tristan Wolusky ... not listed as defense witness (Courtesy photo/Union Leader)

DOVER, N.H. - A recorded jailhouse phone call in August between Tristan Wolusky, the accused mastermind in the slaying of a Madbury teen, and Wolusky's mom took center stage Tuesday inside Strafford County Superior Court with jurors hearing them talk mostly about a knife that was used in the death.

In the phone call Wolusky tells his mother, "They have my knife ... that was used."

"It comes down to if you used it or not," she says.

Wolusky replies, "But they have my prints on it; I didn't."

Recorded and tapped phone calls were among the chief evidence presented by prosecutors on Tuesday, who wrapped up their case before the day was through.

The third and final trial of the trio accused in the brutal, senseless killing now transitions to the defense, who only list three witnesses they may call to the stand.

Zachary "D.J." Pinette, 19, of 58 Rankin St., Springvale, Maine; and Michael Tatum, 21, of 236 Young Road, Barrington, have already pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the June 21, 2014, fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Aaron Wilkinson in the driveway of his Madbury, N.H., home and face 30 years to life sentences.

Wolusky, 19, of 46 Lowell St., Rochester, meanwhile, is facing the possibility of life without parole if convicted of first degree murder.

Pinette's and Tatum's plea deals are in exchange for their testimony against Wolusky,

Prosecutors have painted Wolusky as the ringleaders in the botched robbery and death of Wilkinson.

Other phone calls presented by prosecutors Tuesday included several "bugged" calls between Wolusky and Pinette after he agreed to let police investigators tap into his phone.

The calls all came between June 22 and June 24, while detectives were in the midst of an intensive investigation trying to solve the brutal crime. The trio were ultimately arrested at separate locations and times during the overnight between June 25-26.

In the "bugged" calls Wolusky responds somewhat indifferently to Pinette's questions about what they should tell police.

"You're not worried about this at all?" Pinette asks.

"No," Wolusky said.

In separate calls, Wolusky tells Pinette not to lie to investigators and that he doesn't trust the phones after they had been handled by police.

The defense will begin presenting its case today.