Trial Thread 8 May 2012 Wrapping up Closing Arguments

[Sailor Bug]

She left the car to get the hammer, at Rafferty's instruction, Gowdey says.

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey said McClintic left Tori with Rafferty while she shopped at Home Depot - court is seeing video of same

RaffertyLFP: Rafferty popped the trunk to allow McClintic to put hammer and garbage bags inside

 

[Sillybilly]

...when my last tweet was said...twitter reports Rafferty is rolling his eyes!!!

Seems this guy isn't controlled by his own lawyer even

JMO

 

[robynhood]

AM980_Court She left the car to get the hammer, at Rafferty's instruction, Gowdey says.

 

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Steven D'Souza ‏ @cbcsteve
#Rafferty has rolled his eyes and is subtly shaking his head at various points in Crown's closing arguments

 

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RaffertyLFP: Gowdey said Rafferty drove north on Hwy 6 to murder site Court sees receipt from Home Depot

Home Depot was last video sighting of either Rafferty and McClintic before Tori died.

 

[CarrieBean]

I know this is kind of OT for the moment, but it's been bugging me because I just noticed a few days ago. In the Home Depot video, Rafferty's car pulls to the far side of the parking lot first and it appears he gets out and walks away for a moment. He gets back in and drives closer to the store and parks, where TLM gets out. Has it ever been said what he may have been doing when he pulled into the first parking space? Wondering if they needed a couple of minutes to make sure Tori wasn't going to put up a fuss in the parking lot.

Doh. I just realized. Is this where he used the ATM?

 

[Sailor Bug]

The hammer, Gowdey reminds the jury, matched the damage to Tori's skull.

Of course, the hammer used was disposed of by Rafferty and McClintic and never found.

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey agrees with defense that McClintic was purposeful in buying tools at Home Dept He agrees- she was part of it

 

[LoyalSleuth]

I think it's just like a flow chart. It lays everything down in front of them so they can see the whole picture. Helps with deliberations, I think.

Thanks CB...

I hope it will be posted.

 

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Avery Moore ‏ @AveryFreeFMNews
Gowdey suggesting that McClintic bought the hammer and garbage bags with #Rafferty's cash. Says she was faithfully fulfilling her tasks.

 

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RaffertyLFP: Gowdey said Tori was not taken into store and left with Rafferty Why would she stay with him if it was innocent?

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey asks why Rafferty chose to drive to northern Wellington County? Why did he not know something was wrong?

Rafferty would have known what McClintic was buying, Gowdey suggests. He would have asked why she wanted to stop there.

If, as defense suggests, Tori was afraid of Rafferty but not McClintic, why would she stay in the car? Why drive north of Guelph?

Gowdey keeps repeating Rafferty had the keys to the car.

 

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Steven D'Souza ‏ @cbcsteve
Gowdey on McClintic in Home Depot: She was faithfully carrying out her part, she knew what she was doing and she did it

 

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Avery Moore ‏ @AveryFreeFMNews
"Did he not ask what she was buying [at Home Depot], if not, why not?" Gowdey on defence claim that #Rafferty didn't know about murder plot.

 

[nursebeeme]

Seems this guy isn't controlled by his own lawyer even

JMO

not much they can do about eye rolling and other behavior... you should have seen the Casey Anthony trial... they had to give her a pen and paper for her fidgeting hands...

 

[robynhood]

RaffertyLFP Gowdey asks why Rafferty chose to drive to northern Wellington County? Why did he not know something was wrong?

 

[nursebeeme]

basic info on decision trees (we use the same sort of thing in nursing diagnoses)

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree"]Decision tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[Sailor Bug]

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey asks why Rafferty chose to drive to northern Wellington County? Why did he not know something was wrong?

McClintic said Rafferty scared Tori. Rafferty had been mean to her. Would she not be more terrified seeing the hammer?

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey said Rafferty has similar hammer at home

 

[Kamille]

I know this is kind of OT for the moment, but it's been bugging me because I just noticed a few days ago. In the Home Depot video, Rafferty's car pulls to the far side of the parking lot first and it appears he gets out and walks away for a moment. He gets back in and drives closer to the store and parks, where TLM gets out. Has it ever been said what he may have been doing when he pulled into the first parking space? Wondering if they needed a couple of minutes to make sure Tori wasn't going to put up a fuss in the parking lot.

Doh. I just realized. Is this where he used the ATM?

Yes I think that is where he went into the Petro Station next door to use the ATM.

MOO

 

[robynhood]

AveryFreeFMNews Can you accept that #Rafferty would be completely oblivious?, Gowdey asks. It’s hours after school let out, the child hadn’t eaten anything.

 

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Avery Moore ‏ @AveryFreeFMNews
Can you accept that #Rafferty would be completely oblivious?, Gowdey asks. It’s hours after school let out, the child hadn’t eaten anything.

 

[Flowercb]

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey said Rafferty didn't ask because he was the mastermind.

He says that means Rafferty knew driving past the school would be dangerous.

Rafferty shakes his head and rolls his eyes as Gowdey speaks.

RaffertyLFP: Gowdey says when Rafferty realized it was a kidnapping he became equally guilty in crime Why not turn the car around?

Rafferty is a real piece of work. MOO