The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the trial of an Emlenton man who is facing charges in connection with the drug-related death of a Clarion County woman.

Prosecutors produced cellphone records, DNA and an eyewitness at the Venango County trial for 51-year-old Shaun Long.

Long is accused of drug delivery resulting in death and a dozen other charges related to the September 2017 death of 28-year-old Kayla Dunlap, of Callensburg.

Venango County District Attorney Shawn White called Grace O'Day to the stand Tuesday. She was at Long's trailer home in Scrubgrass Township when Dunlap died. The case is being heard before Common Pleas Judge Robert Boyer.

O'Day, 25, testified she had known Long for about five years and had been living with him since 2016. She said she stayed with Long because she had “nowhere else to go.”

O'Day said she didn't work and that Long furnished her with drugs. She said the drugs Long obtained in Pittsburgh were mostly fentanyl and methamphetamine.

She testified Dunlap arrived at Long's house Sept. 15, 2017, and said the woman had used drugs shortly after arriving. O'Day said she prepared the drug and injected it into Dunlap's ankle.

O'Day said Dunlap “went out,” and that she had to help her to her feet and keep her conscious.

O'Day further testified that when they awoke the next morning both she and Dunlap were “drug sick” and were shivering and sweating. O'Day said she saw Dunlap preparing her next drug shot, and O'Day said Dunlap went out again. She said Dunlap “fell like a tree.”

O'Day said she went to a small safe in Long's bedroom where he kept the Narcan anti-overdose medication. She said she injected Dunlap with the Narcan, but to no effect.

“She was not breathing,” O'Day said.

O'Day said she started to call 911, but Long took her cellphone from her and prevented her from making the call. Long told her he would “go to jail,” she said.

She testified Long left the trailer and padlocked her inside the trailer with Dunlap's body. O'Day said she got high and tried to forget what had happened.

During cross-examination of O'Day, defense attorney Joe Ryan produced photos of Long's trailer that didn't show any padlocks on the door.

O'Day said that when Long returned to the trailer he wanted her to help him move Dunlap's body into his Chevrolet Equinox. O'Day said Long dragged Dunlap's sheet-wrapped body and purse to the vehicle.

O'Day said she and Long drove to Butler Reservoir where they dumped the body. O'Day said Long burned the sheets the body had been wrapped in. The area she referenced was along a road behind Oneida Valley Dam where Dunlap's body was later found by a woman walking her dog, according to previous Eagle articles.

The next morning Long also burned Dunlap's black flip-flop found in the driveway of his trailer, O'Day said

O'Day said she packed her belongings and went to her mother's home. She said she was “shocked and scared” and “wanted to be with her mother.”

Under cross-examination, O'Day said she only stayed with her mother for a day before returning to Long's trailer for more drugs.

O'Day testified Long told her to tell police Dunlap “walked away” from his trailer. She admitted lying to police during two interviews but finally told police the truth in a third interview.

O'Day said she finally told the truth because “I wanted to help Kayla. I loved her more than anything else. I wanted to see justice done.”

O'Day broke down and wept when a photo of Dunlap was displayed on the large screen in the courtroom.

O'Day also admitted “cooking meth” at her mother's home where Dunlap previously overdosed. O'Day said rather than calling 911 she called Long who brought a Narcan shot and revived Dunlap.

O'Day was also charged in Dunlap's death and eventually pleaded guilty to a charge of furnishing authorities with information without knowledge.

Earlier in the day, state police Cpl. Christopher Balcik presented evidence based on cellphone information that indicated Long's cellphone was near where Dunlap's body was found.

Balcik said the evidence contradicted Long's earlier statement he was not in that area.

“We knew Long did not tell the truth,” Balcik said.

Police executed a search warrant to obtain Long's cellphone from his home. Balcik testified a text dump revealed numerous conversations with several people regarding drug transactions.

In one message, Long advised his business partner to take a curve real fast and “Kayla,” Balcik said. The trooper testified the action would cause someone to fly out of the vehicle.

In a final message presented into evidence, Balcik said the message received by Long said “Grace knows too much and is a liability now.”

Balcik also produced a state police report on blood samples and DNA. Although blood samples taken from the rear of Long's car proved inconclusive, the DNA found on a Narcan applicator stated Dunlap and Long couldn't be excluded but that O'Day could be excluded, Balcik said.

The report concluded the possibility of someone other than Dunlap and Long to be included was one in an octillion, Balcik said.

Butler County pathologist Dr. Leon Rozen testified that Dunlap died from a drug overdose.

Randy Bartley reports for The Derrick in Oil City and The News-Herald in Franklin.