JDB said:
Forgetting one detail here.If and that is a big if she did buy arsenic on line. WIth or without the computer there would be a charge on one of the credit cards.But the DA could not find that little detail because it did not exist IMO.
JDB, the evidence was that there is a garden supply store ON POST. With $10 cash she could have easily have bought Grant's Ant Kills and there would be no record of it.
She had days between dosing him and his death to dispose of evidence and then she had months afterward to dispose of anything else, like the computer.
The prosecution has proven that the MEANS were legal and cheap and readily available.
She had the MOTIVE, freedom, same as Scooter's with an extra $250,000 kick. And I am sure it is not lost of the jury that Todd's trust fund that she gushed about was drained dry just a week before he became ill.
Oh, and 5 days before he was sick she was signing up for a web singles dating service. Shades of "I LOST my wife."
And then there's the OPPORTUNITY.
Acute arsenic poisoning manifests symptoms of severe gastric distress 30 mins to 4 hrs. after ingestion. Let's do the math.
On Feb 8th, 10:30 pm, Cindy comes home to Todd and they retire at 11:30.
At 3 am he is violently ill with severe vomiting, cramps, bloody diarrhea.
No one else was there to dose him unless you are suspecting the kids.
No one else had the motive.
No one else benefitted.
And I'll tell you what makes me feel acquittal is off the table. CINDY TESTIFIED!!! And you know what was strange? Her lawyer never asked her if she killed Todd. No tearful denial. No "I couldn't kill him! I loved him!!" You can bet the DA pointed out to them that Cindy never looked them in the eye and denied killing Todd.
And she became evasive and combative on cross. She was caught in a big big lie, too.
She told the jury that she would call Todd's cell phone over and over just to hear his voice. How touching!! Except the DA showed her the bill and she had to admit that sometimes the calls were incoming from his phone....Oh, yes, that's right. She gave that phone to her daughter and it was really her and Jenna calling each other.
And then there were the emails she wrote her "fiance" Ross (with whom she hooked up 2 mos to the day of Todd's death) In one she said she "had to" marry Todd. Denied that on the stand. DA had her read it aloud. Oh. Well, she didn't know what she meant by that.
In the other she told Ross that she couldn't see herself with Todd "five years" while she could see herself "50 years with you, Baby!" She didn't know what she meant by that either. Funny.
And yet her lawyer told the jury that Todd who took her and her 3 children on and was kind to them was her "knight in shining armor" and the "love of her life." But she couldn't see herself 5 years with him. Yeah, that trust fund would be LONG gone.
And then there's the 911 call. If you haven't heard it, I suggest you play it a couple of times. To many ears, it sounds staged and self-serving. it's hard to believe she is giving CPR in that call. And the ER doctor who saw Todd's body says his body was oddly mottled and cold. Cindy told a friend, who testified, that Todd was dead before help came. So many believe that she was pretending to try to save him. And if the jury believes that, she is TOAST.
Notice I haven't meantioned the *advertiser censored* and the thong contest and all her skanky behavior?? That's because I see LOTS of compelling evidence apart from the crap which is just icing to me. I could go on about the evidence.
This case is so much like Scott Peterson's. Similar motive. Similar narcissistic sociopathic defendant with a very cold heart and odd ways of "grieving." And similar "There's no evidence!!!" cries.
I am sure you recall that the DA could not prove exactly how Scott killed Laci, or where or when. Just as the DA cannot tell you what date Cynthia Sommer bought arsenic. Or how much she gave Todd. Was it in food or drink?
But the truth is: NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE DONE IT.
Oh, and here's another little fact for you. When Todd got sick, Cindy called her mother in law to tell her, which MIL thought was odd. And Cindy called her own mother to tell her how sick Todd was.
She was preparing them for the shock of a healthy 23 year old's dropping dead, make it seem not so surprising, since he was so sick. And his medical records support how sick he was.
And then the defense comes up with this bogus "He should have been really sick!" defense and so on the stand Cindy tells the jury Todd really wasn't that sick. Really. It's a lie. Why would she need to lie like she does if she were innocent?? I am sure the jury is asking that.
I am shocked that anyone buys her garbage. The stuff put out in her defense reminds me of the SII "arguments". Deny deny deny. Her attorney made so many misstatements in his close and also would twist the evidence by leaving bad stuff out. I don't think juries like being played like that. It's an insult to their intelligence.
And after seeing all the closing arguments, I really think the only two possibilities are conviction or hung jury. She's not a celebrity. She's as detestable as Scooter. The jury's not gonna like her felony child neglect conviction. I think she's toast. This trial or a retrial.
She is sooooo obviously guilty. I am as sure of it as I am that Scott killed Laci and Conner. The pieces are all there. I pray that the jury puts them together.
JMO
