George Zimmerman case: Witnesses furious

Some of the witnesses who could take the stand during the George Zimmerman murder trial are no longer under wraps.  Judge Kenneth Lester just ordered the names and addresses of six of the witnesses be released.  

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Why? Because they have already been interviewed by the media.  It turns out they all live in the neighborhood where the shooting took place.

It's been five months since George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in the gated neighborhood, the Retreat at Twin Lakes.  That's right off of Retreat View Circle in Sanford.  Neighbor, Shirley Saenz remembers the night clearly.

"I saw his body and the whole chaos around the street," she said.  

Shirley's mother Selma Mora and roommate Mary Cutcher held a news conference about what they witnessed. Back then Cutcher said, "I feel it was not self defense."

But now that Judge Lester has released the names and addresses of six witnesses in the case who live here, Shirley is concerned. While she says, her mother and Cutcher felt a responsibility to speak out, they didn't think their addresses would be released to the public.

"What if someone is on Zimmerman's side and wants to come do something to us?"

At the time Cheryl Brown and her 13-year-old son Austin also spoke out. But they didn't use his real name. Brown says her son now lives with his father because of the backlash from speaking out.

She too plans to move out of this development, so she can put this behind her.  Brown told me off camera, that she's upset that her son's name was released without anyone notifying her a head of time.

Shirley says her mother should have been notified too.  

"How does that make you feel? Like their putting our business out there," she said.  

Shirley says both her mother and Cutcher have moved out of their unit, but live nearby. She still worries about her own safety, and the safety of other witnesses who live there.

"Nobody has bothered us. But now that our address is out there, how do we know that nobody's going to come bother us."

The defense says George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self defense. They have asked Judge Lester to remove himself from the case, saying they don't believe they will get a fair trial.

That decision is expected to happen next week.