Linden Beaton, left, is seen conferring with Gillian Kress, one of his lawyers, at his murder and rape trial on June 8, 2022 in state Supreme Court, St. George. (Steve White for the Staten Island Advance)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As a detective took the witness stand on Monday, prosecutors unveiled what is perhaps the most crucial piece of video evidence in their rape and murder case against Linden Beaton.

Detective Steven Furno testified that he became alarmed when he watched the video, shot on Jan. 19, 2019, from a home surveillance system, but which he did not see until eight days later on Jan. 27.

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