GUILTY UT - Uta Von Schwedler, 49, Salt Lake City, 27 Sept 2011

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Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 15m 15 minutes ago
Knife blade tested negative for blood. But DNA matched Uta. Jeskie says that DNA could be skin, from Uta laying on it in tub #walltrial

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 14m 14 minutes ago
Small traces of DNA from crime scene investigator Scott Scriven found on knife. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 10m 10 minutes ago
Jeskie says there were .01 nonograms of male DNA found under Uta's fingernail. But it was inconclusive who it was #walltrial

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 8m 8 minutes ago
Jeskie said because Uta was under water for long period of time after her death, it's possible some of that DNA washed away. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 7m 7 minutes ago
Jeskie said because it was a low level of DNA, the test was inconclusive. Wall could not be included nor excluded as a match. #walltrial

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 7m 7 minutes ago
When prosecution asked if it's rare for female to have male DNA under her fingernails, she said yes, it is rare. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 3m 3 minutes ago
Jeskie said it's more common to have the individual's own DNA under their fingernails. #walltrial

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 2m 2 minutes ago
DNA profile on several places on lamp found on Uta's bed matched Nils Abramson. #walltrial

 

[Chelly]

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 2m 2 minutes ago
DNA profile on several places on lamp found on Uta's bed matched Nils Abramson. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 1m1 minute ago
DNA profiles from two individuals on Uta's comforter. Uta was one, Nils Abramson was possible contributor. Wall was excluded. #walltrial

 

[Chelly]

Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 1m1 minute ago
DNA profiles from two individuals on Uta's comforter. Uta was one, Nils Abramson was possible contributor. Wall was excluded. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 4m4 minutes ago
Minor trace of DNA found on white pillow case that possibly matched John Wall. A major trace of DNA was found from Nils. #walltrial

Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 2m2 minutes ago
Another spot on white pillowcase showed three possible contributors (neither major or minor) for Uta, Nils and Johnny Wall. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 11m 11 minutes ago
In cross-exam, Defense asks Jeskie if it's possible to transfer DNA in washing machine from person to person. She says yes. #walltrial

Kelly Keiter @kkeiter · 5m 5 minutes ago
Defense asks Jeskie if Wall's sons would match DNA at places where Wall tested positive as a possible match. Jeskie says yes. #walltrial

 

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Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 30s31 seconds ago
Defense: Because paternal DNA is the same - that means multiple males in one family could all be possible contributors. #walltrial

Kelly Keiter ‏@kkeiter 16s17 seconds ago
Jeskie agrees it's possible that if all four children's DNA is in a sample, Johnny would be tested as a possible contributor #walltrial

 

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anyone want to post tweets? feel free.

 

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865623315/John-Wall-says-ex-wife-hit-him-hours-before-she-was-found-dead.html

Hours before his ex-wife was found dead, Johnny Wall told attorneys the woman hit him after he found her inside his garage and then chased her down.

He said he believed she was at his home looking for poisoned coffee grounds.

His story was part of three hours of videotaped depositions from March 22, 2013, that prosecutors played for jurors Tuesday.


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Wall claimed von Schwedler wanted an old coffee bag — possibly because she had poisoned the coffee with drugs she obtained at work that he believes caused his second wife to miscarriage twice.

 

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http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/utah/son-utah-doctor-wanted-him-to-believe-death-was-a/article_e735a2d8-9058-59cc-97ab-d53a1973853d.html

Utah doctor John Brickman Wall's son says he moved out after his father aggressively tried to convince him his mother's death was a suicide

 

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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=33685701

He chased after her as she ran down the driveway, he said.

"I tried to grab her hand. She turned around and hit me in the face," Wall testified.

But Wall said he couldn't remember where in the face he was hit, if he was hit with her hand or an object or if it caused the scratch below his eye that police later found — something the prosecutor conducting the interview said she had a hard time believing.

 

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I find it very difficult to believe that John Wall thought that his ex wife was responsible for poisoning coffee beans, causing his 2nd wife to miscarry, left the bag of beans lying around his house and never notified the authorities. Uh Huh! Normal reaction...not!

I also find it very difficult to believe the story he tells about the confrontation in the driveway. If someone struck me in the face, I would know if they were empty handed and where the first blow landed. Maybe by the 2nd or 3rd blow, you might be groggy, but I am sure you would notice the 1st. This sounds as if he was trying to explain away injuries she inflicted trying to fight him off during her murder.

 

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http://www.sltrib.com/news/2253377-155/prosecution-rests-its-case-against-utah

Prosecution rests its case against Utah man accused of killing his ex-wife



Defense attorney G. Fred Metos argued during his motion for a directed verdict that a medical examiner was unable to rule von Schwedler's death a homicide, there was insufficient DNA evidence to put Wall at the death scene, and a proposed scenario for how Wall would have forcefully injected his ex-wife with drugs "is just simply unreasonable and not believable."



























































































































































































































But the judge ruled against Metos, allowing the trial to continue.



With that, Metos called two witnesses Thursday: a crime scene technician who photographed the scene, and a private investigator.

 

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http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/33d6681f1baa49868db8531269844ca6/UT--Doctor-Murder-Charge

Lawyer Fred Metos argued Thursday the DNA evidence placing 51-year-old John Brickman Wall at her Salt Lake City home is weak and the theory that he injected her in the wrist with Xanax is unbelievable. Judge James Blanch disagreed

 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/-john-brickman-wall_n_6835144.html

John Brickman Wall's Ex-wife Likely Wasn't Murdered: Defense Expert

"I don't think I've seen a case of drugs, a knife and drowning," said Melinek. "It's incredibly rare to unheard of."

But under questioning from prosecutor Anna Rossi, she acknowledged that suicides by drowning in the bathtub are also rare.

Melinek's analysis nevertheless painted a very different picture of the death, one in which von Schwedler scattered pills as she searched for medication to calm herself and smeared blood in the bathroom while lowering herself into the tub, holding a beloved photo album and dropping a small knife in the water.

 

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article13135178.html

Judy Melinek testified Monday that Salt Lake City cancer researcher Uta von Schwedler likely look a large amount of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and cut her own wrist before she drowned in her bathtub.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article13135178.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Chelly]

Cimaron Neugebauer retweeted
Christine McCarthy ‏@ReporterXtine 2h2 hours ago
Johnny Wall says he will not testify. #walltrial