Jennings not ”mother-material’ says witness.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Thursday Denise Jennings took the stand in her sister’s, Zinah Jennings, trial for Unlawful Conduct Toward a Child in connection with the disappearance of her son, Amir Jennings. Denise Jennings testified that her sister’s behavior changed from the beginning when to her Zinah seemed to be a doting mother. Denise Jennings also mentioned calling the authorities to her Atlanta home at least 3 times in 2011. One she says was because Zinah was missing, another was because, according to Denise Jennings, Zinah was out of control and she couldn’t handle her. The third time was because she says she wanted to get Zinah medical help. Denise Jennings also brought up Zinah’s prostitution arrest in 2011, however Judge Knox McMahon threw that out. Also on the stand Thursday was another relative of Zinah’s, however the relative did not want to be identified. The relative testified that Zinah came to her Columbia home on Christmas Eve of 2011 after she was involved in a traffic accident. The relative stated she asked Zinah about her son Amir Jennings, to which she says Zinah told her he was with her sister, Denise, in Atlanta. However, the relative became emotional on the stand when she testified that she called Denise and was told Amir was not there and that Denise hadn’t seen him. The relative also testified that Zinah once told her that motherhood was hard and not everyone was ‘mother-material’, the relative says Zinah then told her, she herself was not ‘mother-material.’ Zinah Jennings is pregnant with her second child, she is expected to give birth within several weeks. She faces up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. Testimony will continue in the Jennings trial Thursday afternoon. ABC Columbia will be in the courtroom, we will bring you more on the case tonight on ABC Columbia News at Six.