SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Leilani Simon, the woman accused of killing her 20-month old son Quinton Simon, is on trial in Chatham County.

The jury will decide Simon’s fate on a 19 count indictment which accuses Simon of malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another, and making false statements.

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Judge allows two witnesses to testify

There was a tense exchange in the courtroom of the Leilani Simon trial Monday as the prosecution and the defense continue to clash about one aspect of the case.

The prosecution and the defense- still at odds over evidence of a sexual relationship between Simon and her drug dealer.

Last week, Judge Stokes ruled there couldn’t be any mention of the relationship at all in front of a jury. Judge Stokes ultimately changed her ruling, saying a line of questioning by the defense opened up that can of worms.

The defense questioning whether Simon’s boyfriend was irritated that she was late coming back with their drugs.

The prosecution saying that questioning opened the door to what Simon was really doing, having an affair.

The defense didn’t want any mention of the relationship admitted- saying it’s not relevant and just makes Simon look bad.

The prosecution- saying it’s relevant to show how broken her relationship with then-boyfriend Daniel Youngkin was.

The prosecution moved Monday to put the drug dealer and a family member of his on the stand. The defense, saying that they weren’t notified of that plan until 9 p.m. Sunday night.

“It‘s bad faith at this point. If they had thought they were going to call him as a witness, they’ve had two years to have him on a witness list which they are admitting they didn’t do, so the proper remedy to that is to exclude the witnesses,” said Simon’s Defense Attorney Martin Hilliard.

“These particular witnesses were interviewed by law enforcement back when this case was being investigated. That was provided to the defense. They‘re aware of these witnesses. There’s a whole long line of cases about unfair surprise. There is no unfair surprise here or a prejudice to the defendant,” said Chatham County DA’s Office Assistant District Attorney, Jenny Parker.

Judge Stokes ultimately ruled that the two witnesses will be able to testify.

Second week of testimony begins

The State is still laying out their case, once again taking aim at Simon’s credibility Monday.

New video shows Simon admitting to investigators that she lied about her whereabouts the morning of Quinton’s disappearance.

Monday, they began to break down what was covered in a more than hour-long interview he did with Leilani Simon on October 12th, 2022. In it, Simon began to change course on some of the answers she had previously given to law enforcement.

This was the first interview where she admitted to several things on October 4th, when Quinton went missing, including using drugs, and not meeting a person who had previously been included in her alibi.

“The first change was the admission of significant drug use on the night of the 4th and the morning of the 5th. The interaction with Miss Melissa Bray and the Orajel story, where over the course of the interview she disclosed and agreed that that actually did not happen. Then, we obtained significant information regarding her purpose in the trailer park that night, and throwing away trash,” said FBI Special Agent Brad Snider.

In the interview, Simon admitted she was feeling the effects of her drug use that night, and if she did do something to Quinton, she doesn’t remember it.

“[crying] If I did something to him, I don’t remember doing it to him,” said Simon.

You may recall Simon claiming to investigators that she went to the Chevron Station next to the Azalea Mobile Home Plaza the morning of October 5th, 2022, to get Orajel from a friend she referred to as Misty.

New video entered into evidence by the prosecution shows Simon changing her story.

Snider testified that it wasn’t until a week after Quinton was first reported missing- that Simon admitted to getting high off cocaine and Percocet that night. Video showed Snider and another agent pushing back on Simon’s claim that she went to the Chevron station to meet her friend Misty for Orajel.

After the agents tell Simon they talked to the friend and she denied the exchange ever happened- Simon admitted she never made contact with the friend- and then said she stopped at the dumpsters in the mobile home park to throw away old shrimp pasta.

She described how she threw the trash away to the agents- saying she opened the trash bag to take one final look at its contents before throwing it away.

“Do you think that that’s something common, that people do, is before throwing their trash away, they open it up and look at it and see what they’re about to throw away,” asked Snider.

In his testimony Snider said he could tell the questioning made her uncomfortable and she would act erratic.

”Her demeanor was inconsistent, erratic, the responses I would characterize as shallow emotional responses. And that on a dime, there would be crying with no tears and then moments later, without really any transition, it would go to a normal conversation.”

Special Agent Savannah Solomon- who was also present for the interview- testified Monday saying another piece of information from Simon she found odd. She had reported Quinton missing with his “favorite” Mickey Mouse toy.

The toy was found on the floor in the Simon Home.

Testimony Monday also verified that Simon’s phone was located at her drug dealer’s house before midnight and at the Azalea Mobile Home Plaza after midnight.

Also confirming that neither her boyfriend or brother’s phone moved at all in the early morning hours.

Prosecutor Tim Dean asked Snider why of the three adults in the house when Quinton went missing- investigators ended up focusing on Simon specifically.

Snider responded that it was because she was the only one who continually lied to investigators.

Graphic Testimony on Monday

Graphic testimony in the Leilani Simon trial Monday- as prosecutors continued to make the case that the mother is responsible for killing her 20-month-old son Quinton, and disposing of his body in a dumpster.

WTOC has been following the case since Day 1 and have been in the courtroom the entire trial.

We have a look at the testimony of an FBI agent- who says they suspected the worst the day Quinton first went missing

We do want to warn you- some viewers may find this to be disturbing.

Special Agent Savannah Solomon from the FBI detailed her interactions with Simon throughout the search for Quinton, and the moments she said didn’t sit right with her.

“She showed me her Hawaiian symbol tattoo about the waves going up and down and said she wanted to get a tattoo in honor of Quinton,” said Solomon.

That conversation- taking place the day Simon first reported her son missing.

“Was anybody yet talking about Quinton being dead,” asked Chatham County DA’s Office Prosecutor, Tim Dean.

“We suspected it within the investigative team, but it had not been discussed outside of the investigative team,” said Solomon.

It wasn’t until a week later that agents informed Simon they believed Quinton to be dead- and that they were confident they would find his body at the Waste Management landfill.

“She said he wasn’t in the bag. But it was... hard to characterize. It wasn’t shock. Which was the most surprising thing of it,” said Solomon

After that landfill search commenced- WTOC conducted an exclusive interview with Simon- parts of which were shown in court on Monday.

“I’m not running I’m not hiding,” said Simon. “If something does come up that I’m at fault, I’ll take myself to that police station.”

Solomon testified that after part of the interview had aired- Simon texted her and started casting blame on her then-boyfriend, Daniel Youngkin.

“I’m not lying for Danny anymore. The reason why my story about Orajel and (bleep) didn’t make sense, it’s because Danny told me to say that,” read texts from Simon to Solomon. “I am innocent of this. He was the last one to see Quinton.”

Court will resume at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

WTOC will continue to be in the room, providing the latest updates.

You can view a timeline of events in the case below: