VERDICT WATCH NY - Dr. Mary Yoder, 60, fatally poisoned, Whitesboro, 22 July 2015

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16h16 hours ago
Hegde went to her parents’ home in Sauquoit after leaving the hospital. Her father was there, sobbing on the back porch.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16h16 hours ago
Hegde recommended that her father contact her aunt, Kathleen Richmond, who had also lost a spouse. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16h16 hours ago
Hegde says Conley has joined their family for holidays, birthdays, other big events. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16h16 hours ago
Hegde says an autopsy was performed July 24, 2015. She spoke with medical examiner numerous times. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16h16 hours ago
Hegde: The medical examiner asked her to gather information, trying to figure out how she may have ingested a deadly toxin. #ConleyRetrial



hmmm..... that's all there is for this person's tweets. I'll go look at the others, and see if there is anything further! Yes, I have time on my hands! :giggle:

 

[Niner]

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris 17h17 hours ago
Hegde is a trained family practice physician. Currently a stay-at-home mom. Yoders' oldest daughter#ConleyRetrial

This ^^ wasn't in the other tweets, so thought I'd post this part


Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris 16h16 hours ago
Judge says prosecution still has a way to go w this witness, so court in recess until 10am Tuesday #ConleyRetrial


Okay I see why the other lady stopped posting tweets - that was the end of the day!

I'll be here tomorrow, as probably Harmony too! Hopefully, we will have MORE people interested in this one!

:wave:

and Harmony - I can "do" Cara's tweets.....

 

[Niner]

Hey Bravo! :wave: I "see" you!

Almost forgot the time.... :doh: I'll go look for some tweets....

 

[Niner]

Looks like they started earlier than 10am - it said one hour ago the first tweet.

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1h1 hour ago
First to take the stand will be Liana Hegde, the victim’s daughter. She began testifying yesterday and will finish today. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 29m29 minutes ago
On Dec 17, Liana Hegde learned official cause of death - colchicine toxicity. She was familiar with the toxin, had prescribed it in the past


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 28m28 minutes ago
Hegde says she did not tell her brother the cause of death - he was told by his dad, William Yoder. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 25m25 minutes ago
Hegde began looking into where her mother may have come in contact with colchicine... possibly from plants in her garden. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 24m24 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Hegde asked her father and brother to gather her mother’s supplements, which could have potentially been contaminated with the toxin


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 23m23 minutes ago
July 21st was a Monday (the day M. Yoder got sick). M. Yoder worked a full day on Mondays. W. Yoder did not work that day.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 23m23 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Hegde says Kaitlyn Conley was the only other employee at Chriopractic Family Care.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 22m22 minutes ago
Hegde now talks about the Celebration of Life service they held for her mother. It was in her garden on July 25, 2015. #ConleyRetrial
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 22m22 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Hegde says Conley helped coordinate service.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 20m20 minutes ago
At the service, Hegde says she asked her Aunt Kathy to help her father grieve.. Hegde says she was afraid her father may hurt himself.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 18m18 minutes ago
After the service Hegde says W. Yoder, A. Yoder and Kaitlyn Conley came to her home in Long Island until early August. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 17m17 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
A. Yoder and W. Yoder then went to California and Arizona to visit family.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 16m16 minutes ago
Hegde says a fill in doctor was keeping Chiropractic Family Care running while her father was gone. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 14m14 minutes ago
In Nov 2015, Hegde learned that her father had begun dating her Aunt, Kathleen Richmond.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 12m12 minutes ago
Hegde says M. Yoder traveled to LI several times in April/May. She says she was perfectly healthy, played with 4 young grandkids, loved life


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 9m9 minutes ago
W. & A. Yoder went to visit Hegde for Thanksgiving 2015. At that point, Adam and Katie were not speaking. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 8m8 minutes ago
Hegde had a conversation with Conley about the day M. Yoder got sick. This conversation happened in LI, after funeral service.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 7m7 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Correction: July 20th was a Monday.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 6m6 minutes ago
Hegde says she has Conley’s number saved in her phone. She is not looking at documents (screen shots of texts between her and Katie).

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 7m7 minutes ago
Hegde says she has Conley’s number saved in her phone. She is now looking at documents (screen shots of texts between her and Katie).

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews [video=twitter;920299150507470849]https://twitter.com/CaraThomasNews/status/920299150507470849[/video]




Hegde is reading text messages between her and Katie - about reimbursing her for celebration of life expenses.




Okay - caught up! nline: I might have to leave for a few to fix my dinner in about 1/2 an hour, but I'll catch up the tweets!

 

[Bravo]

Hey Niner. Thanks for the tweets. I will be in and out today but will stay caught up.

 

[Niner]

Don't bother with the "minutes ago" I've been :waiting: for tweets to come thru!


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 5m5 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Conley texts Hegde, asking her about the toxin (says she learned that from W. Yoder). Says she doesn’t want to ask Adam b/c he “switched.”


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 3m3 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Conley tells Hegde that M. Yoder started feeling sick around 4:30pm on July 20. Said it was a completely normal day.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 44s45 seconds ago
Hegde says she learned that the Sheriff’s Dept was investigating her mother’s death. She met with Inv. VanNamee Dec 4. #ConleyRetrial


I guess they are on break or something - no tweets in the last 10 minutes.

Oops - I miss spoke - one just came thru.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 55s55 seconds ago
Prosecution finishes questioning Hegde. Defense begins cross examination. #ConleyRetrial

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago
Defense asks Hegde if she loaned her brother money. She says she gifted him money to help pay off expenses. Says it was thousands.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Policelli reads text messages between Hegde and W. Yoder about a fight she had with Adam. Said “he’s mad at the world,” was very hurtful.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 4m4 minutes ago
Hegde says she knew about an argument Adam had with their mother on Mother’s Day - regarding his drinking. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 3m3 minutes ago
Hegde says she didn’t know about the money Adam borrowed from their mother & Katie... or about the rape until this investigation.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 45s45 seconds ago
Policelli: “Katie loved your mother correct?” Hegde: “You’d have to ask her.”

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago
Hegde says she didn’t know about other uses for colchicine (horticulture uses) until she began doing more research about it.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago
Policelli asks Hegde if she knew that her aunts suspected W. Yoder of their mother’s murder. She says she didn’t know that until later.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Hegde says her aunts initially suspected their other sister, Patty. Her aunts sitting in the courtroom shake their heads.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 28s29 seconds ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Judge just yelled at one Mary Yoder’s sisters for speaking out in disagreement to Hegde’s testimony.



Oops! naughty!


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 18s18 seconds ago
Hegde finished testifying. Brief recess. #ConleyRetrial


I guess about 15 minute break! :dunno: I'll go prep my dinner!

 

[Niner]

Sorry - I see I posted a tweet twice... for some reason sometimes the post stays in the reply box, and I guess I didn't delete that last one far enough! cguru:

And I COULD have turned my oven on 20 minutes ago!! :gaah: Now I wait.... LOL!

At least there a lot more people here today then yesterday! Aren't you glad I went back to yesterday's tweets so you would know what was going on?!

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews [video=twitter;920312338800095232]https://twitter.com/CaraThomasNews/status/920312338800095232[/video]




We’re back. People call Dr. Daniel Isenschmid, a forensic toxicologist with NMS Laboratories. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 8m8 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Judge tells jury this witness is a bit out of order due to scheduling conflicts.

 

[MsArk]

(Thank you so much, Niner! You are the best!)

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 56s56 seconds ago
Isenschmid is describing the procedures for handling and testing samples.
Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 9m9 minutes ago
Isenschmid: 5 samples were sent to his lab by Onondaga County Medical Examiner in 2015 - regarding Mary Yoder case.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 6m6 minutes ago
Isenschmid identifies reports done on blood samples submitted - asked to test for cyanide and colchicine.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 39s39 seconds ago
Isenschmid says samples tested negative for cyanide.

 

[Niner]

(Thank you so much, Niner! You are the best!)

You are quite welcome! Not busy at the moment, so why not! But in about 5 minutes my dinner will be ready - but I will gather up the tweets for you all!

The tweets aren't coming fast....

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Isenschmid says 96 nanograms per milliliter of colchicine was found in Mary Yoder’s sample. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 49s50 seconds ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Dr. says they had to dilute the sample. Machine couldn’t read the levels because they were so high.


Jolene Cleaver‏ @OD_Cleaver 9m9 minutes ago
Isenschmid: blood, urine, gastric samples sent by Onondaga Co. M.E. to test for cyanide, Colchicine. Samples were Yoder's. #ConleyRetrial


and dinner is ready.... back soon!

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 15m15 minutes ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Dr. say the levels were about 18x the therapeutic range for colchicine.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 9m9 minutes ago
Isenschmid says 1,000 nanograms per milliliter of colchicine were found in Mary Yoder’s gastric fluid. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 3m3 minutes ago
Dr. says colchicine is not something that can absorb through the skin, unless there’s a solvent mixed with it. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 3m3 minutes ago
Prosecution done questioning. Defense begins cross examination.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 3m3 minutes ago
Policelli asks more about other ways people can ingest colchicine.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago
County is paying NMS labs for Isenschmid’s testimony. $350 per hour.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Re-cross: Isenschmid is not getting any extra money, other than his regular salary, for testifying.

 

[Niner]

Here's some other tweeters' tweets!

Rocco LaDuca‏ @RoccoLaDuca 18m18 minutes ago
Looks like one of the jurors has himself a bloody nose - holding a tissue to his nose #ConleyRetrial


Rachel Murphy‏ @RMurphyWKTV 11m11 minutes ago
They had to dilute some of the samples 200 times because the range was so high. #ConleyRetrial


Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR 12m12 minutes ago
Dr. I: No known antidote for colchicine. Would have to give therapeutic treatment. #ConleyRetrial


Rachel Murphy‏ @RMurphyWKTV 10m10 minutes ago
Colchicine takes about 15 minutes to an hour for the body to absorb. Depending on the dose and what is in the stomach. #ConleyRetrial

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago
Next witness: Elizabeth Neubauer. She was a patient at Chiropractic Family Care. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 55s56 seconds ago
Neubauer had an appt at 10am on July 20, 2015. She says Kaitlyn Conley was at the reception desk. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 36s37 seconds ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
She says Dr. Mary treated her. Didn’t see Dr. Bill or Adam in the office that day.


Rocco LaDuca‏ @RoccoLaDuca 3m3 minutes ago
Because Adam Yoder got sick (exposed to colchicine?) b4 mom's death, attys debating if toxic symptoms can occur by inhaling #ConleyRetrial


Rachel Murphy‏ @RMurphyWKTV 1m1 minute ago
She was familiar with Kaitlyn Conley and Adam Yoder. Adam and William were not there the day Mary got sick. #ConleyRetrial


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Replying to @CaraThomasNews
Neubauer says Dr. Mary was happy, bubbly, her normal self.

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago
Neubauer says she learned of Dr. Mary’s passing when Conley called her to inform her. She also attended the Celebration of Life.


Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 23s24 seconds ago
Next witness: Deborah Weiss. She was also a patient at Chiropractic Family Care for about 10 years.



slow tweets.... :waiting: