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Recording: Papa shot mamaScott MahoneyThe Chronicle-TelegramELYRIA — Just before shooting his wife in the head in the kitchen of their North Ridgeville home, Ronald Svec told her to '‘be quiet/’ according to the 4-year-old child who witnessed the killing.During the third day of testimony in the murder trial of Svec, 77, of North Ridgeville, the prosecution played a recorded interview police conducted with the boy the night of the incident as well as a video interview conducted a week later at the Nord Center's Child Advocacy Center.Svec is accused of murder-9 1 9 9 C 1 9 .their home at 5915 Jaycox Road on Nov. 6, 2015.The boy lived with the Svecs, who had custody of him, and he is the son of Gloria Svec's adopted daughter. Police have said the child was sitting at the kitchen table eating pancakes from McDonald's when Ronald Svec followed his wife into the kitchen and shot her in the head.In the interview with police the night of the incident, the boy told police he was sitting in the kitchen with the family dog Howie and 'Svas just trying to eat my pancakes.”He said '‘Papa shot mama with the fire gun” and then '‘theKRISTIN BAUER / CHRONICLERonald Svec speaks with his attorney, Jenifer Berki Merrill, during his murder trial Thursday in Lorain County
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