Day 2 of testimony is over
Three more witnesses took the stand Monday afternoon, including former Waffle House employee Bruce Bomar. He told the courtroom he saw a white Chevy truck parked outside the Waffle House for eight days before her body was discovered. On the first Friday night he saw the truck, he testified he saw a man standing in the doorway of the driver's side of the truck. However, he did not id the man as Jerry Anderson. He said the man he saw was white, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a crew cut - like a military hair cut. Bomar testified he believed the truck never moved, because it was always in the exact position.
Bomar spoke to officers the day they found the truck. He remembers speaking to then-Capt. Jeff Stafford (now Major), but Stafford had more hair then. That got a chuckle out of everyone. However, Bomar testified that no one from the sheriff's office or DA's office spoke with him until May 16. Then, they came to Duncan, S.C., to show Bomar a lineup of photos. He did not recognize anyone in the line up as the man he says he saw the first night he noticed the truck. That was May 16, 2007 - two days after jury selection began, as Lisa Dubs pointed out. Why they waited so long is beyond me. Wouldn't you want to show him a line up when it's fresh on his mind?
Bomar also included in his testimony that he never saw Emily Anderson - around the truck, in the Waffle House or in Duncan, S.C.
Jerry Anderson was more active in court today. I noticed he wrote notes to his attorneys, and then they'd ask a question. For example, when Mike Griffit was on the stand, Robert Campbell asked him, after whispering with Jerry, if Jerry's name was ever included in the Griffit family Christmas present exchange. Mike Griffit said probably so.
Jerry was dressed in a light pink/light magenta shirt, with a tie and black slacks. He was more involved with his attorneys, but typically kept his head down and rarely looked at the jurors. At one point at the beginning of lunch break, he grinned back at the two rows of supports from Sawmills. That was upsetting to Emily's family... It is a murder trial. Family and friends also filled up two rows.
It's getting a crowded courtroom and the information is only heating up. Tracy Pyle will retake the stand at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. He was talking about photos he took in Duncan, S.C., of Emily's truck when court recessed.
Bomar spoke to officers the day they found the truck. He remembers speaking to then-Capt. Jeff Stafford (now Major), but Stafford had more hair then. That got a chuckle out of everyone. However, Bomar testified that no one from the sheriff's office or DA's office spoke with him until May 16. Then, they came to Duncan, S.C., to show Bomar a lineup of photos. He did not recognize anyone in the line up as the man he says he saw the first night he noticed the truck. That was May 16, 2007 - two days after jury selection began, as Lisa Dubs pointed out. Why they waited so long is beyond me. Wouldn't you want to show him a line up when it's fresh on his mind?
Bomar also included in his testimony that he never saw Emily Anderson - around the truck, in the Waffle House or in Duncan, S.C.
Jerry Anderson was more active in court today. I noticed he wrote notes to his attorneys, and then they'd ask a question. For example, when Mike Griffit was on the stand, Robert Campbell asked him, after whispering with Jerry, if Jerry's name was ever included in the Griffit family Christmas present exchange. Mike Griffit said probably so.
Jerry was dressed in a light pink/light magenta shirt, with a tie and black slacks. He was more involved with his attorneys, but typically kept his head down and rarely looked at the jurors. At one point at the beginning of lunch break, he grinned back at the two rows of supports from Sawmills. That was upsetting to Emily's family... It is a murder trial. Family and friends also filled up two rows.
It's getting a crowded courtroom and the information is only heating up. Tracy Pyle will retake the stand at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. He was talking about photos he took in Duncan, S.C., of Emily's truck when court recessed.
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5:08 PM
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I'm confused, maybe someone can clear this up. The Waffle House manager said he thought the truck was in the hotel parking lot, but everyting else keeps saying the Waffle House parking lot. Any idea which it is? It seems to me that a manager (of the Waffle House or hotel)should know if a unmanned vehicle is on the property any length of time.
I was confused too, so I tried to look at the site of Waffle House in Duncan. If this is the right one, Bank is beside, then 1 Waffle house, another Waffle house right beside that one and then a Microtel hotel exactly behind this one. From the view, it looks like the parking lots almost join or you can easily go from one to another. So maybe it was at the back part that sort of interlocked with the 2 parking lots.
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