Wednesday, June 6th:
I have a Skype with family tonight - bro's birthday, so I won't be back after the first tweets! I'll try & get back after about an hour or so into deliberations.
Hey Niner,
Enjoy the Skype birthday celebration! That is super.
I have a question though - does everyone on the Skype birthday conversation get a big slice of "virtual" birthday cake? I always wondered how that worked.
Namaste,
Wrong sister...they reviewed testimony of Tiffany Teasdale. I hope someone remembers her testimony.I hope someone remembers Beckys sisters testimony...(I heard that the jury requested to review one of the victims relatives testimony so I'm assuming it's Drew Friedli)
Did she originally say Becky was dating someone else? ...I think she also said Becky didn't date any marines.
I believe the defense said she contradicted her original statements & she said that she may have forgotten some things in the 12 years since the crime occured.
I still think this looks good for the prosecution.
Katie Widner CBSL2 @KWidnerCBSL2 14m14 minutes ago
Jury will deliberate for a tenth day tomorrow. They have gone home for the day. Will be back tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.
Biggest news to come out of the #PinyonPines triple murder trial in weeks: @RivCoDA PIO says “The court is going on the record in (Dept.) 44 tomorrow at 9:30. (We) don’t know what it’s regarding. It is NOT for verdicts.”
I really don't know what to make of everything now. With the announcement of the jury "going on the record tomorrow morning but not for the verdicts"..imo..the only thing it could be is a hung jury. It makes me sick to think they will get away with murder. I just don't think the DA will retry the case.. especially if there is an equal number opposing verdict.IMO if they’re reviewing her testimony, it’s to review how much Pape and Smith would have known about the crime scene reasonably if they weren’t actually there. They piece together what she was told, when she found out certain things and she relays that she spoke with pape.
She talks about what she was told (fire out the house, 3 bodies found), when she came to town, when she spoke with police, when she went back to the house and the fact that she wasn’t initiallly allowed near the crime scene.
She was in contact with pape and Garcia.
JMO, but I think that’s why they’d review her testimony—to see if she told pape the “privileged” information investigators took to mean he was the perp.
If the jury hangs I really think they will reprosecute. Maybe not immediately, but I don’t see DA mike Hestrin letting a triple murder go. I have a lot of faith in him, and he was the county’s top prosecutor before being elected DA, so I honestly think he wouldn’t have brought it forward without believing the case had legs. If they wait, they’re waiting for evidence technology to advance or to do more tests (like proving the wheelbarrow had weight in it when it was moved back from the scene of the altercation).I really don't know what to make of everything now. With the announcement of the jury "going on the record tomorrow morning but not for the verdicts"..imo..the only thing it could be is a hung jury. It makes me sick to think they will get away with murder. I just don't think the DA will retry the case.. especially if there is an equal number opposing verdict.
Do you think they believe Tiffany fed Pape information? Did they establish if Javier Garcia informed Pape of the crime scene or if Pape already knew...(Pape could have phoned Becky's work & said he was Javier Garcia...just a thought)
I think that Garcia was a red herring although many people locally believe he’s guilty. I think if he knew information it came from his parents contacts, or even from another friend who has a parent who was working the crime scene. So many people believe in Garcia’s guilt, I firmly believe that’s one of the main reasons his mom was voted out.