GUILTY UT - Michele MacNeill, 50, found dead in bathtub, Pleasant Grove, 11 April 2007 - #1

[geevee]

Shoot, the judge was on the bench, missed whatever he was saying, anybody catch what that was about?

 

[Softail]

And now they need ten minutes of court time to find a white board and "bring it down"...
fgs. No elmo's in Utah?


:judge: This icon is a HOOT!

I like it too!

:gday: Everyone!

 

[CarolinaMoon]

They are bringing the bath tub down.

 

[scorekeeper]

Wild About Trial @WildAboutTrial

Apparently the lawyers are getting the bathtub and camera angles are changing. 10 min recess. #MartinMacNeill

 

[popsicle]

I blame the whole problem with the camera on HLN. They always have to say things like.. what is the defendant saying to his lawyer or writing etc. The camera hasn't shown any close-in shots as we normally see. grrr

Having a bad day.

 

[scorekeeper]

I blame the whole problem with the camera on HLN. They always have to say things like.. what is the defendant saying to his lawyer or writing etc. The camera hasn't shown any close-in shots as we normally see. grrr

Having a bad day.

Hate to hear that............here's some LOVE

:loveyou::loveyou::loveyou:

 

[scorekeeper]

court back

 

[Chelly]

Morning WS friends.

 

[Chelly]

Jury coming in

 

[popsicle]

I really like this judge... could see being married to someone like him. Quiet strong type. lol jmo

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

Judge to court 'Any last minute house keeping needing to be done'

?

Was someone camping out in the tub and they need to clear out the blankets, sheets and potato chip crumbs?

 

[scorekeeper]

Heidi Johnson next witness

 

[geevee]

Next witness Heidi Johnson.

ETA Now Heidi Peterson 911 dispatcher

 

[Softail]

The state calls Heidi Johnson. Jury is present. Moving right along....

 

[Chelly]

dispatcher heidi johnson

 

[Sulamith]

Hi All, Thanks to all of you who have posted here. I'm caught up on this thread plus watched the 20/20 show and have read quite a few of the newspaper articles. So I'm ready to go.

I agree, this is such a very sad case.

There's some pretty bizarre stuff in it when you go digging around. The "alleged" (I forget, do we have to say "alleged") murderer with a sister who strangled to death (?) brothers who were alcoholic/drug users who died young and a brother who committed suicide only months prior to this murder.

The ex-mistress who says he confessed to her "as pillow talk" that he had murdered a brother and attempted to murder his own mother!

The only son who made a statement that he supports his father and is estranged from his sisters. The local police sending an email to his New York law school warning that some of his recent tweets might indicate he has a propensity for violence. Then within months he kills himself. Yikes!

The 12 year old girl who may or may not testify is actually the granddaughter of the murderer and the victim - biological daughter of their daughter named Vanessa. But adopted by the grandparents and raised as their child.

And now they are bandying about the bipolar psychiatric history of the daughter Rachel. Which as long as she is stable on medication, I don't really think has anything to do with the credibility of her testimony.

The Defense lawyers have been pretty good in their ability to keep things out of the trial, I'll give them that.

I am just going to keep thinking "Scott Peterson", "Scott Peterson". That jury convicted and sentenced him to death on circumstantial evidence. And there have been several others where the jury put it all together and came back with a conviction. The one where the guy left the two year old little girl with the dead mother and there were the little bloody footprints all over the place. And the other one that comes to mind is a guy who shot his wife on the beach and also shot himself in the chest - non-lethally of course - saying it was some stranger who accosted them on the beach.

In the Peterson trial they had no proof at all as to how Laci had died. And I remember that the Prosecutor started out slow in that trial. Remember Mark Geragos was razzling and dazzling the jury? Making cutesy little jokes and asides in order to draw a laugh from the jury. (I still grit my teeth when I see him on the TV)

I noticed on the list of witnesses for the State they have telephone people listed. Hopefully he was stupid enough to have called or texted the mistress several times from the house when he went back there and murdered his wife that morning. Every little bit helps.

Bumping this good post.

 

[Softail]

Ahhhh.... Heidi Peterson. She was a Johnson.

 

[SusieD]

Hi - catching up...Salt Lake resident here so it's close to home but Utah County is a world away

I'd never heard the entire 911 call until yesterday, geeze louise what a piece of work.

I think the announcement he made screaming "I'm was a bishop, I pay my tithing" was pandering to potential Utah County jurists.

And the reason I find that meaningful is the level of knowledge of guilt it shows. He's already playing to a jury in the 911 call, who does that if they don't think they might get arrested?

I'm sure he thought he'd never be caught, but went for a Plan B just in case. Only guilty people do that

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

Anybody catch how this judge deals with objections. He actually outlines how to overcome the objection in some cases.

 

[Softail]

He gave the wrong address to 911.