The first witnesses take the stand
Between 11:20 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. we saw three witnesses take the stand. The first was Mrs. Jennie Wilson. Wilson and her family own Sawmills Hardware. The Wilsons were throwing a dinner party on Dec. 29, 2005, the night Emily went missing. Jennie Wilson testified that she called Emily twice that evening. The state played the messages Wilson left for Emily.
One around 6:30ish said the food was getting cold and to call her (Wilson) back. The second call was around 9:30, and Wilson told Emily on her voice mail she was keeping the food warm for Emily to stop on by. She said she would talk to her later. Wilson never received a call from Emily. She said Emily was planning to attend her dinner party. Jerry, who was at the Wilson home that evening, said Emily was running errands and would be late. When she didn’t show up 30 minutes later, the ladies at the dinner party started calling around. Jerry and another man went out to look for Emily.
Wilson described Emily as friendly and always laughing. She had lunch with Emily and a few friends the day before. She said Emily was normal – laughing and chatting it up with her friends. She also said Emily was at the hardware store the morning of her disappearance. She bought a pair of gloves. The invoice was entered as evidence.
At noon, Teresa Ward took the stand. She is a communication operator for the Granite Falls Police Department. She said Jerry Anderson and a second man came to the police department around 9:15 or 9:30. Jerry asked if his wife had been in any accident. Ward said she called around Caldwell County law enforcement agencies. She said she called Hickory police and the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and three local hospitals. No sign of Emily. Ward said Jerry did not seem concerned or worried, but calm, she said.
The witness currently on the stand is Caldwell County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth Bentley. He was the responding deputy to the Anderson home Dec. 29 when Jerry reported Emily missing. He asked Jerry and several friends at the home questions. He said he went with Jerry to the couple’s dairy farm to get Emily’s pertinent information. He then said we went back to the office to enter Emily in NCIC – the national data base for law enforcement.
I know I’m writing a lot, but so much is going on. It’s incredible. I would describe it like the Batman TV show that stared Adam West. You know when Batman gets in a fight and it would show POW! in that bubble. Then when the villain struck back it would say WHAM! in that bubble. Well, I’m not indicating anyone is the villain in this, but that’s what it’s like. That state (because it always goes first) will say something. Then the defense has a chance to say something to defend that back.
For example, during opening statements, Eric Bellas said a neighbor heard two shots come from the wooded area were Jerry and Emily reportedly were. Then during Dubs statements she said that it was hunting season and that a hunting stand is in that area and that neighbors hear gunshots all the time. It’s very back and forth like that.
Court continues at 2 with Deputy Bentley back on the stand. The defense will begin to question him. I should be back around 3:30.
One around 6:30ish said the food was getting cold and to call her (Wilson) back. The second call was around 9:30, and Wilson told Emily on her voice mail she was keeping the food warm for Emily to stop on by. She said she would talk to her later. Wilson never received a call from Emily. She said Emily was planning to attend her dinner party. Jerry, who was at the Wilson home that evening, said Emily was running errands and would be late. When she didn’t show up 30 minutes later, the ladies at the dinner party started calling around. Jerry and another man went out to look for Emily.
Wilson described Emily as friendly and always laughing. She had lunch with Emily and a few friends the day before. She said Emily was normal – laughing and chatting it up with her friends. She also said Emily was at the hardware store the morning of her disappearance. She bought a pair of gloves. The invoice was entered as evidence.
At noon, Teresa Ward took the stand. She is a communication operator for the Granite Falls Police Department. She said Jerry Anderson and a second man came to the police department around 9:15 or 9:30. Jerry asked if his wife had been in any accident. Ward said she called around Caldwell County law enforcement agencies. She said she called Hickory police and the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and three local hospitals. No sign of Emily. Ward said Jerry did not seem concerned or worried, but calm, she said.
The witness currently on the stand is Caldwell County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth Bentley. He was the responding deputy to the Anderson home Dec. 29 when Jerry reported Emily missing. He asked Jerry and several friends at the home questions. He said he went with Jerry to the couple’s dairy farm to get Emily’s pertinent information. He then said we went back to the office to enter Emily in NCIC – the national data base for law enforcement.
I know I’m writing a lot, but so much is going on. It’s incredible. I would describe it like the Batman TV show that stared Adam West. You know when Batman gets in a fight and it would show POW! in that bubble. Then when the villain struck back it would say WHAM! in that bubble. Well, I’m not indicating anyone is the villain in this, but that’s what it’s like. That state (because it always goes first) will say something. Then the defense has a chance to say something to defend that back.
For example, during opening statements, Eric Bellas said a neighbor heard two shots come from the wooded area were Jerry and Emily reportedly were. Then during Dubs statements she said that it was hunting season and that a hunting stand is in that area and that neighbors hear gunshots all the time. It’s very back and forth like that.
Court continues at 2 with Deputy Bentley back on the stand. The defense will begin to question him. I should be back around 3:30.
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