GUILTY IL - Carrie Olson, 29, Rock Island, 28 Dec 2013

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Under cross, Susan says Cati moved out of Tim's house sometime before New Year's. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Under cross, Susan says Tim worked in her office for the first part of the year. Also had small karaoke biz. Got unemployment. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Susan to Tim: I have much more important things to spend my money on. This text was sent on Jan. 13, 2014. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Susan says Cati had gone down to Kentucky to take care of a family matter, took her 2 daughters. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Susan says she told her son "Obviously this isn’t a good fit, you need to find something else." #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

On re-direct, Susan McVay says she let Tim go from her accounting co. Says he wasn't always working 40 hrs, was late sometimes #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Court taking a 5-minute break. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

No more questions from either side for Susan McVay. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Susan McVay says she thought Cati was coming back, but she didn't. #mcvay
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Kevin E. Schmidt ‏@maquoketaphoto 2h2 hours ago

Susan McVay says she let Tim go from her company. Says he wasn't always working 40 hrs, was late sometimes #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Smith says she was contacted about the sticker from a Dakota Co Sheriff's deputy in April 2014. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

An orange Big Lots price sticker for a shovel was found near Olson's body in Hastings, Minn. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Court is back in session. Saundra Smith, who works at Big Lots, is on the stand. She's an area asset protection manager.
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Kevin E. Schmidt ‏@maquoketaphoto 2h2 hours ago

Tim McVay speaks to his lawyers as his mother Susan McVay testifies Friday. #mcvay @qctimes

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Smith says she was asked to look up the purchase of a kid's snow shovel on Dec. 29, 2013. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Smith says in early January 2015, a Davenport detective asked her to check sales in a store in La Crosse, Wis. on Dec. 29, 2013. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

ASA Jennifer Gardner shows the price sticker for a "kid's snow shove." price is $4. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

According to the document, the buyer gave the sales clerk $20.77 in cash and got $6 back. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

The sale of a kid's snow shovel and leather travel bag was done around 11:30 a Dec. 29. The shovel was $4, bag was $10. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 2h2 hours ago

Up on the screen, Gardner shows a document of the transaction #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Gardner displays a pic of the leather travel bag on the courtroom screen #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Smith says she reached out to another Big Lots associate to research the bag. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Smith says she relayed the info to the Davenport detective. Says he wanted info on what the bag looked like. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

The Big Lots store in La Crosse is on Highway 61. That also goes through Dport and Hastings. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

The bag is black, has "very distinctive" pockets on one end. Also has stitching in a pattern across the bag, Smith says.
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Gardner now shows Smith a sml leather travel bag. Looks like it could fit in overhead compartment of an airplane #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under cross, Smith says the barcode does not indicate which Big Lots store it came from #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under cross, Smith says the photo of a leather travel bag shown by Gardner was found on EBay. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

When asked where the store would put shovels, Smith says they are instructed to put them and salt int he front when it's cold. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under cross, Smith says there was no video of the sale of the shovel and bag at the La Crosse store. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under cross, Smith says she doesn't know how long Big Lots sold the specific shovel listed on the barcode. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under cross, Smith says she does not know how many snow shovels were sold by Big Lots between Dec 2013 and January 2014 #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Under re-direct, Smith says she was given info as to where Olson was found in Hastings and where she is from (Dport) #mcay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Defense attny Aaron Dyer asks if anyone got a description of the person who bought those items. "No," she said. #mcvay

 

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Kevin E. Schmidt ‏@maquoketaphoto 1h1 hour ago

Jennifer Gardner shows a black bag to Saundra Smith an area asset protection manager with Big Lots. #McVay @qctimes

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Clifford is explaining what the different numbers mean on the sticker. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Clifford received from Smith a photocopy of the price sticker found near Olson's body #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

No more questions for Smith. Patrick Clifford, Big Lots senior asset protection analyst, is on the stand #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 58m58 minutes ago

Clifford says that it was until later that he was asked to start focusing in on transactions at the La Crosse, Wis., store. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 59m59 minutes ago

Clifford says he started to pull sales transactions, and available video, from stores in Saundra Smith's zone #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 1h1 hour ago

Clifford says the barcode was printed and the item was shipped to a Big Lots store in December 2013. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 52m52 minutes ago

We heard from a Hastings woman yesterday that #McVay arrived at her friend's house about 3:35 p.m. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 52m52 minutes ago

La Crosse is more than 2 hours away from Hastings. The sale happened at 11:29 am Dec. 29, 2013. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 57m57 minutes ago

Clifford now talks about a receipt for the shovel, travel bag that has been projected onto the courtroom screen. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 46m46 minutes ago

Clifford says the SKU - stock keeping unit - on the shovel barcode matched the one on the receipt he pulled up #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 48m48 minutes ago

Clifford now talking about steps he took to look up information on the black leather travel bag #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 51m51 minutes ago

Clifford says there is no surveillance video of the transaction. Says the recorder was off at the time. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 36m36 minutes ago

Clifford now identifying and describing the black leather bag #mcvay

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Kevin E. Schmidt ‏@maquoketaphoto 34m34 minutes ago

Jennifer Gardner questions Patrick Clifford a senior asset protection analyst with Big Lots. #McVay @qctimes

Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 28m28 minutes ago

Defense attny Aaron Dyer pts to a document on the screen, says 9 of the particular kid's snow shovel was sold in La Crosse on Dec. 27 #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 31m31 minutes ago

Under cross, Clifford says the La Crosse Big Lots has sold the leather travel bag since 2013. #mcvay

 

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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 44s45 seconds ago

Mueller, 31, says he first met Olson in Nov 2012. Met her in downtown Moline. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 3m3 minutes ago

Court is back in session. Justin Mueller, Olson's live-in boyfriend, is called to the stand. #mcvay
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Tara Becker ‏@TaraBecker_QCT 22m22 minutes ago

No more questions for Clifford. Court takes a 15 min break #mcvay