CA - Joey, Summer, Gianni, Joseph Jr McStay Murders - Feb 4th 2010 #9

[missy1974]

If she doesn't even remember the interview, how is she remembering what she did and didn't say?

Did she remember it or did they have to ask her if she "recalled" saying this or that?

 

[Plumeria5]

Missed today. Hubby had emergency quadruple bypass. Whew. 6 hours in surgery. I see that you all have been busy.

My husband had open heart surgery last June. I remember that long wait during surgery and how stressful it was. Make sure you take care of yourself, too!

 

[JMarsh]

She gets it from her brother! Does she also have a history of a heart attack and CHF or is CM projecting?! No one should lie about a medical diagnosis because Karma is a *****. No joke!
Lying about an illness it not funny and certainly not a way to win favor with any jury.

There is no evidence that Chase lied about his illness.

 

[missy1974]

There is no evidence that Chase lied about his illness.

or that she lied about hers.

 

[missy1974]

@MichaelCorleone

If you have the spreadsheets, or totals, can you help me with something...

why does it say 1/6/09 at the top??? is that a typo?

 

[JMarsh]

or that she lied about hers.

I do believe Juanita lied, but not for the reasons everyone assumes. I do think she told a fib or two.

 

[citygirl]

A medical diagnosis of a stroke does not require a precription for pain pills. Although I do believe she hadn’t seen CM in 5 years, could CM have stolen medication from her to drug JM with without her knowledge? YES!!!
Addictive tendencies have a genetic component and we know CM had an addiction to gambling.

Exactly. Most likely post stroke they would prescribe anti-depressants. JMO.

 

[missy1974]

Exactly. Most likely post stroke they would prescribe anti-depressants. JMO.

She didn't say was on pain meds because of her stroke *sigh*

 

[mom2chloe]

Can you link to me anything that shows she is lying about her illness? Didn't she have an oxygen tank yesterday? Do we think she rented the oxygen tank for good measure????

I’m not denying her need of oxygen but merely questioning her veracity. Now I am even more disgusted that CM would have his ill sister come to his defense. Where does it end? He is a sociopathic narcissist and will throw anyone under the bus to his benefit.

 

[geevee]

I didn't say you had to, and that's ok, I don't know if I do either, but no way I could tell you whether she is lying now or then or both.

Luckily, if the jury believes a witness lied either previously in an interview or later in testimony, they can throw out everything they said as untrustworthy, which I feel this witness is.

 

[mom2chloe]

There is no evidence that Chase lied about his illness.

There is no evidence to support his claim either. IMO

 

[missy1974]

I’m not denying her need of oxygen but merely questioning her veracity. Now I am even more disgusted that CM would have his ill sister come to his defense. Where does it end? He is a sociopathic narcissist and will throw anyone under the bus to his benefit.

You are aware that the prosecution called her as a witness, right? Not the defense. Maybe the prosecution should have talked to her sometime between 2014 and 2019 and they would have had a clearer picture of what she was going to say, lying or not.

 

[missy1974]

Luckily, if the jury believes a witness lied either previously in an interview or later in testimony, they can throw out everything they said as untrustworthy, which I feel this witness is.

Could be. But I don't see how that helped the prosecution at all. They didn't even know what she was going to say LOL If they had known, they could have prepared for that, but it made them look.... sloppy... again.

 

[geevee]

Could be. But I don't see how that helped the prosecution at all. They didn't even know what she was going to say LOL If they had known, they could have prepared for that, but it made them look.... sloppy... again.

I suppose they felt it was more important to get what she said in the interview in front of the jury regardless of what she said on the stand. My brain would have been shouting 'Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!' when contemplating putting her on the stand though.

 

[mom2chloe]

You are aware that the prosecution called her as a witness, right? Not the defense. Maybe the prosecution should have talked to her sometime between 2014 and 2019 and they would have had a clearer picture of what she was going to say, lying or not.

I will await the defense and more importantly the prosecution’s rebuttal. IMO there is more to come and I remain hopefully optimistic that CM will be found guilty. I hope anyone else with knowledge of and/or complicit in these murders will face prosecution as well. Time will tell.

 

[citygirl]

One very strong issue pointing to Chase's innocence is that he allowed, perhaps even insisted on his legal team investigating every bit of the evidence. They could just as easily have found more evidence against Chase, not the exculpatory evidence they found.

And if they had found evidence of guilt, they would have been required to turn that over. Under California law, discovery works both ways.

Why would a man allow a deeper investigation into the evidence, if he had anything to fear from that?

This speaks loudly to the innocence of Chase, for me.

Fair enough. And you know this how?

 

[missy1974]

I suppose they felt it was more important to get what she said in the interview in front of the jury regardless of what she said on the stand. My brain would have been shouting 'Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!' when contemplating putting her on the stand though.

RIGHT!!!! or at the moment she said she was on pain meds and drooling and didn't even remember the interview... I think I would have retreated LOL

 

[missy1974]

I will await the defense and more importantly the prosecution’s rebuttal. IMO there is more to come and I remain hopefully optimistic that CM will be found guilty. I hope anyone else with knowledge of and/or complicit in these murders will face prosecution as well. Time will tell.

I have been reading "more to come..." since week 1.

 

[travelbug]

Missed today. Hubby had emergency quadruple bypass. Whew. 6 hours in surgery. I see that you all have been busy.

I'm so sorry to hear that. Hope he is resting comfortably and that you are holding up okay.

 

[citygirl]

I do believe Juanita lied, but not for the reasons everyone assumes. I do think she told a fib or two.

You do? Can you expound on this?