Another week comes to an end
Well, I have to be quick on Friday afternoons, because the deputies are ready to go home and they'll kick me out of this courthouse. I am going to bullet point some things Stafford testified to in the last 90 minutes that I have not heard before:
* He met with Jerry Anderson the day following the discovery of Emily's body. He showed Jerry a photo of Emily taken from the night before, just to confirm an identification. Stafford said Jerry was calm and didn't show any emotion to the photograph. Stafford said he didn't know Jerry. He's been around a lot of family members during death notifications and some have broken down, but it would not be fair to say he hasn't seen anyone act like Jerry before.
* The reason Stafford said he was so stern with Gardner about the time of death was because he wanted to be as accurate as possible. He also needed to know if this crime occurred in North or South Carolina. He also thought it was odd the victim was found in the same clothes reported missing in but she didn't die until two or four days prior to her body being found.
* During a conversation with Jerry Anderson, Stafford said Jerry wanted to know how long he was going to be a suspect. Anderson said he was worried the investigators would twist his words around. He also hated all the media coverage (imagine what he thinks now!). Jerry also wanted to donate Emily's clothing to the church, and he wanted to destroy all of Emily's photos... "That just needed to die," Stafford said Jerry said.
* Stafford said he reviewed phone records regarding the phone call that came into the Waffle House on Jan. 7 about Emily's truck. Two calls were from Dallas, Texas. One lasted five seconds, the other one minute and 53 seconds - that was the call investigators believe concerned Emily's truck. However, Stafford said he's tried numerous outlets and investigated up until this April, and has never identified where or whom that call came from.
The rest of his testimony was to collaborate other witnesses' statements, such as Antonio Reyes and Martin Tallas. When we recessed, Stafford was talking about the search conducted at the Anderson farm on Jan. 18.
I would guess Stafford will be back on the stand Monday. However, the jurors will not return until 2 p.m. That's because we are having another little mini-hearing Monday morning. This time to determine what, if any, a SBI agent can testify to about chemical testing done to determine blood. I guess councils are hoping that will take just the morning on Monday. But remember, the mini-hearing about the dog man took two full days... We'll see Monday. I'll be back then. Have a great weekend.
* He met with Jerry Anderson the day following the discovery of Emily's body. He showed Jerry a photo of Emily taken from the night before, just to confirm an identification. Stafford said Jerry was calm and didn't show any emotion to the photograph. Stafford said he didn't know Jerry. He's been around a lot of family members during death notifications and some have broken down, but it would not be fair to say he hasn't seen anyone act like Jerry before.
* The reason Stafford said he was so stern with Gardner about the time of death was because he wanted to be as accurate as possible. He also needed to know if this crime occurred in North or South Carolina. He also thought it was odd the victim was found in the same clothes reported missing in but she didn't die until two or four days prior to her body being found.
* During a conversation with Jerry Anderson, Stafford said Jerry wanted to know how long he was going to be a suspect. Anderson said he was worried the investigators would twist his words around. He also hated all the media coverage (imagine what he thinks now!). Jerry also wanted to donate Emily's clothing to the church, and he wanted to destroy all of Emily's photos... "That just needed to die," Stafford said Jerry said.
* Stafford said he reviewed phone records regarding the phone call that came into the Waffle House on Jan. 7 about Emily's truck. Two calls were from Dallas, Texas. One lasted five seconds, the other one minute and 53 seconds - that was the call investigators believe concerned Emily's truck. However, Stafford said he's tried numerous outlets and investigated up until this April, and has never identified where or whom that call came from.
The rest of his testimony was to collaborate other witnesses' statements, such as Antonio Reyes and Martin Tallas. When we recessed, Stafford was talking about the search conducted at the Anderson farm on Jan. 18.
I would guess Stafford will be back on the stand Monday. However, the jurors will not return until 2 p.m. That's because we are having another little mini-hearing Monday morning. This time to determine what, if any, a SBI agent can testify to about chemical testing done to determine blood. I guess councils are hoping that will take just the morning on Monday. But remember, the mini-hearing about the dog man took two full days... We'll see Monday. I'll be back then. Have a great weekend.
posted by THE HICKORY DAILY RECORD at at
5:06 PM
6 Comments:
So someone in Dallas TX knew about the murder. This person was either the person who killed Emily.. or the person who helped Jerry do it.
OK, my jaw just dropped again. Dallas? Really Dallas?
How does the prosecution explain this?
justwatchin, I appreciate your two theories, but logistically speaking, I think if Mr. Anderson had a secret helper, he would have made the point of giving himself an iron-clad alibi, or what would have been the point of getting someone else involved?
So I'm more inclined to go with your idea that the killer himself was in Dallas. Can't imagine Mr. Anderson was there that day was he?
Could it not have been a truck driver from around here that stop at the Waffle House to eat and recognized the truck? He probably did not want to get involved and be made a fool of if the truck was not Emily’s. His conscience or curiosity may have gotten the best of him by the time he arrived in Dallas.
Well now that they have brought up the call and it was from TX.makes one think,maybe someone else did drive the truck,had a flat got scared and left the truck,then went on to TX.,it would'nt be to hard to catch a ride with a trucker there and travel on south to TX.(truck stops close by)
I was in Chicago one time calling home from the hotel...but my home phone's caller id showed I was calling from Denver, CO. Must have been where the hotels corporate office was located. I wonder how accurate the Dallas, TX location is?
What if she was having an affair with the hispanic farm foreman and her husband just had had enough and killed her. Why else would he want her stuff gone so quickly? And maybe the forman is the tx connection, lot's of mexicans come here and leave family in tx. I have no idea, but am surprised noone mentions these angles.
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