GUILTY Ca - Becky Friedli, 18, Vicki, 53, & Jon Hayward, 55, Slain, Palm Desert, 17 Sep 2006

[Niner]

Zak Dahlheimer KESQ
@ZakDahlheimer
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Buonpensiero: Took a gray pair of Vans size 12 shoes

Prosecutors finish asking questions. No questions from Dolan. Moore begins cross-examination

Buonpensiero didn't personally do any comparison of shoes at Pape's house and shoe prints found in Pinyon Pines

Buonpensiero: Ammunition listed as "various caliber casings". Couldn't determine how old they were, what gun fired those casings

Buonpensiero: No guns found anywhere else in the house. Other investigator searched a vehicle at the home. Nothing found in the car

Buonpensiero: Search was conducted the same time across the street. Buonpensiero wasn't a part of search.

Moore going over picture of holster still in packaging. Buonpensiero says packaging wasn't open. In bag below labeled "product catalog," Buonpensiero said it was shotgun parts, cleaning stuff. Doesn't recall if it was for specific shotgun found at home

 

[Niner]

Zak Dahlheimer KESQ
@ZakDahlheimer
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Buonpensiero: Picture of other live ammunition aside from those found in plastic bag. Rounds are in a box and consistent with the CIA rifle. Only live ammunition found is consistent with 2 guns (rifle and shotgun) and 3 boxes of .22 caliber ammunition.

Buonpensiero is excused from the stand

Detective Ken Patterson takes the witness stand. Patterson is retired. In 2011, Patterson was an investigator with RSO assigned to central homicide unit. Up until that time, he was a law enforcement officer for 22 years. Worked at desert station in Thousand Palms

Patterson: In 2011, alerted to taking a call related to a homicide. Said call was recorded with digital tape recorder. Was the only one at the station, lunchtime. Dispatch got a call, transferred to homicide unit. Patterson was only one at office

Patterson: Person did not want to be identified, remained anonymous. Knew the call was related to the Pinyon Pines murders

Patterson: Reviewing transcript of recording. Identifies transcript

 

[Niner]

Zak Dahlheimer KESQ
@ZakDahlheimer
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Patterson: Contacted cold case unit in Riverside, alerted them of call and recording. Investigator took it from there

Patterson: During call, anonymous caller didn't mention any sort of reward for reporting information.

Prosecutors done with questioning. Dolan begins cross examination

Dolan asks if he was familiar with Gov. Schwarzenegger announcing a reward for search. Not aware. No questions from Moore or Dolan. Patterson is excused. Court is in lunch recess until 1:30 p.m.


and - that's end of the tweets from me today! I'll be here early tomorrow morning to catch up on the afternoon tweets!

:wave:

 

[krkrjx]

Thank you, Niner for caring enough to post these tweets. I shouldn't comment on how I think this trial will turn out because we all know you can never tell which way a jury will go but I am still hoping for justice for these victims.

 

[Niner]

Here's the afternoon tweets from 5/3:

Zak Dahlheimer KESQ
@ZakDahlheimer
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8h
Court is back in session this afternoon for the #PinyonPines triple murder trial

Jessica (Drew) Friedli, Becky Friedli's older sister, takes the stand. Says she and Becky talked every day, especially after Drew joined the U.S. Air Force. In September 2006, Drew was stationed in Japan. Had been in out of the country for about 6 months.

Drew Friedli: In September 2006, didn't hang out, date or party with any Marines, nor introduced Becky to Marines. Prosecutors are done with questioning. No questions from Dolan. Moore begins cross examination

Drew Friedli: Lived at Pinyon Pines home. Moved out a couple of months prior to joining the military. Maintained relationship with sister and mom. Talked with Becky frequently up until her death on 9/17/06.

Drew Friedli: Talked with Becky on Saturday, 9/16, before her death.

Drew Friedli: Did interview with RSO Lt. Jeff Buonpensiero on 9/20.

Drew Friedli: Where she was stationed, there were no Marines. Wasn't stationed in California prior to the murders.

Drew Friedli: According to report, she last talked with Becky a week prior to her death

Drew Friedli: When asked how sure if Becky didn't date any Marines, "almost 100 percent positive" she didn't date any Marines

Drew Friedli: According to Drew's interview with RSO investigator, Becky was "dating a a Marine for a little while" in Twentynine Palms named Dane

Drew Friedli knew Buonpensiero "pretty well". He was a friend of the family.

Drew Friedli: At the time of report, Friedli family had a yellow wheelbarrow at the property. Recalls telling investigators it was common practice for back door, garage door to be unlocked

Drew Friedli: In report, she told investigators if something bad happened, they were told to go towards the mountains behind the house. There's times, she said, where she felt unsafe at the home.

Drew Friedli is excused from the stand

 

[Niner]

Zak Dahlheimer KESQ
@ZakDahlheimer
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8h
RSO Investigator Caleb Curtner takes the stand. In October 2007, aided in search warrant in Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City. Given cell phone, a Motorola phone, belonging to Cristin Smith. Conducted forensic examination of phone with software, extract info including contacts...

...photographs, calendar information, etc.

Curtner: Looks at accumulation of photos from Smith's phone in October 2007 search

Curtner: Also provided a Samsung phone belonging to Robert Pape for same analysis

Curtner: Looks at photos pulled off of Pape's phone in October 2007. Have numbers including date taken and number related to amount of photos taken

Curtner: Going through specific photograph. One is a closeup of a man, the other is of a person posing. Another picture is of multiple firearms on a mattress

Prosecutors finish with questioning. Dolan begins cross examination

Curtner: Affirms search was done in October 2007. Dolan finished with questioning. Moore begins cross examination. Curtner talking about extracting pictures from phone. Pictures and contact list was extracted from phone. Didn't look through photos directly through phone

Curtner: On phone, pictures could've been on external memory, SIM card. They were taken from phone's camera. At the time, cell phone forensics was a new place. Doesn't know of other ways pictures can be downloaded

Curtner: SIM card is not considered external memory. Back then, pictures could be stored on SIM card. Doesn't recall if USB was on the phone

Curtner: No way to tell if images came from external device.

Curtner: Does not know if phone is still available for examination. Curtner is excused from the stand

Court is in recess early today. Judge Schwartz lets jury know it's anticipated that by sometime next week, either Wednesday or Thursday, the prosecution would rest its case. A little ahead of schedule. Court will resume next Monday at 9:30 a.m.


See you all Monday!

 

[Niner]

Witness waffles during trial on Pinyon Pines murder victim’s love interests
https://www.pe.com/2018/05/03/witne...n-pinyon-pines-murder-victims-love-interests/

A woman whose mother and younger sister were allegedly killed in a triple-murder by two men in Pinyon Pines testified Thursday that she didn’t believe her sibling was dating anyone at the time of her death, but an attorney pointed out conflicts in her recollection under cross examination.

Jessica “Drew” Friedli testified that she spoke with her 18-year-old sister, Rebecca “Becky” Friedli, in the week before she was murdered in 2006, and nothing seemed amiss.
[.....]
Also testifying for the prosecution was Riverside County sheriff’s forensic analyst Caleb Curtner, who confirmed that he downloaded a series of photographs from Pape’s mobile phone in 2007 that revealed a large cache of weapons. Pape told a sheriff’s investigator in September 2006 that he didn’t own any firearms.

 

[Jennifer17]

Got away with it.

 

[Niner]

Monday, May 7th:
*Trial continues (Day 11) (@ 9:30am) - CA - Rebecca 'Becky' Annaleigh Friedli (18), Vicki Friedli (53) & Jon Hayward (55) (Mom's BF) (Sept. 17, 2006) - *Cristin Conrad Smith (29/17 @ time of crime) faces LWOP (juvenile @ time of crime) accused & charged with 3 counts of murder w/special circumstances allegedly of committing multiple murders. Plead not guilty.
*Robert Lars Pape (29/18 @ time of crime) (ex-BF) charged with 3 counts of murder with special circumstances allegedly of committing multiple murders & faces LWOP. Plead not guilty.
**Both arrested in March, 2014, but case was dismissed in October, 2014
5/3/18: Judge Schwartz lets jury know that the prosecution could rest their case on Wednesday (5/9) or Thursday (5/10). A little ahead of schedule. No court on Fridays.


and I'll be back later to post the tweets. nline:

 

[Niner]

Looks like Zak won't be in the court room today - we have Katie today.

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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3m
Back in court today for the fourth week of the #PinyonPines triple murder trial. Cathedral City High School graduates Cristin Smith & Robert Pape face 3 counts of first degree murder w/ special circumstance allegations. @KESQ @LocalTwo

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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3m
On the agenda for today includes cell phone tower data that allegedly shows the pair moving through the Coachella Valley toward the murder scene. Technological advancements in this area are part of the new evidence that brought this cold case to trial. #PinyonPines triple murder


Anyone know anything about Twitter? How can I get it back to where it actually shows that there is a new tweet? For some reason it changed on me last week. Now I have refresh the page to see if there is anything new!

TIA! :wave:

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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Judge has entered the room. Court has come to order. However, prosecution wants to discuss scheduling before jury is brought in today. Two witnesses are expected to take the stand today. Court may adjourn early today.

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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4m
Jury has entered. Prosecution calls fourth Greg Guillette, senior analyst with Gladiator Forensics, a telecommunications company that analyzes cell phone data. @KESQ @LocalTwo #PinyonPines

Guillette: His job is to analyze cell phone tower data & assist state and local law enforcement w/ interpreting it; Uses a GAR device- receiver that provides digital footprint & can be used to interpret data handed down from cell towers.

Guillette: GAR device is driven around areas of interest to determine what the coverage of cell towers is. He assisted with interpreting data in this case, the #PinyonPines triple murder trial.

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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Guilette: Cell towers are designed to overlap so calls are not dropped; testifies he drove around some #Coachella Valley areas for two days to gather data and create coverage map.

Guilette: When they drive around with GAR device, data is taken every two seconds. The device picks up GPS coordinates and precise location, which shows what tower signal is coming from and how strong the signal level is. @KESQ @LocalTwo #PinyonPines

Guillette: Analyzed defendants' cell phone data from the night of Sept. 17, 2006 between the hours of 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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1m
Guilette: Testifies that data “trails down highway 74” and that he found some coverage moving up Highway 74 around 7 pm the night of murders. Both defendants’ cell phones show the same data. He says there was no coverge found around Cathedral City from their phones during time

Guillette: Cell phone tower 523 located along Country Club Dr, close to 10 Fwy. Data shows it was used by both Pape & Smith's cell phones. Testifies that he did not find tower had any coverage in the Cathedral City area where pair told investigators they were during the murders

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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21s
Prosecution has no more questions from expert witness Greg Guillette, senior analyst with gladiator forensics. Smith's defense attorney John Patrick Dolan begins cross-examination.

Robert Pape has been listening intently to questions for the last 40 minutes. Cristin Smith has been writing on paper for most of the testimony.

Defense attorney Dolan brings up zoomed image of Cristin Smith’s call pattern on screen behind Guillette. Shows Smith's cell phone did not ping on the cell phone tower that is located on Highway 74. Guillette confirms this to be true.

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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This map shows cell phone towers in discussion. Tower 523 is near I-10, Tower 745 is near Hwy 74. Defense attorney Dolan again establishes there was no evidence found that Smith's cell phone pinged off of Tower 745. Forensic analyst Guillette confirms @KESQ @LocalTwo #PinyonPines

Sorry, I can't copy the picture she has shown on Twitter


5m
Cross-examination: Dolan is working to plant doubt in the dependability of cell tower evidence, as there are sectors on the map that do not have information that could have helped to verify/support data.

Cross-examination: Defense attorney Dolan: "There is no way you can tell the jury that Mr. Smith was on Hwy. 74 on the night of Sept. 17th 2006?" Forensic analyst Guillette: "I can only say it's possible."

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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#PinyonPines triple murder trial: Dolan has no further questions. Court is in morning recess. @KESQ @LocalTwo

 

[Niner]

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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54s
Court is back in session after brief break. Robert Pape's attorney, Jeff Moore, is now cross-examining Greg Guillette, the senior analyst with Gladiator Forensics, the telecommunications company that analyzed cell phone tower data in case for @RivCoDA.

Guillette: Testifies that cell towers that did not pick up information were not relevant to the case. This would include several towers in the area, which are located near Hwy 74.

 

[Niner]

an unexpected retweet:

Katie Widner CBSL2 Retweeted
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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12m
I will be announcing my decision on the Iran Deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00pm.

Katie Widner CBSL2
@KWidnerCBSL2
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17s
Moore is cross-examining Guillette about the differences in cell phones and what signals they pick up.

Judge decides it's time for lunch break. Court will resume at 1:30 p.m. in #PinyonPines triple murder trial. @KESQ @LocalTwo


and this is where I end my day on the tweets!

I'll be back early tomorrow morning to finish up today's tweets.

:seeya: