A sister's emotional testimony
All right folks, the rest of the afternoon went without any interruptions. Lisa Dubs continued to ask Dee Watson, Emily's sister questions. Watson has been on the stand since 10 this morning. She'll be the first witness on the stand tomorrow morning, unless something unusual happens.
Here's a glance at the evidence Watson testified to today (in front of the jury):
First the prosecution. Dee said her and Emily did not have regular speaking patterns. Some days they would talk three or four times a day. Sometimes they'd go a week without phoning each other. Dee also told the jurors Emily hid some family jewelry in the house. She told her sister during a summer 2005 trip Dee made to Sawmills that if anything ever happened to her, Emily wanted Dee to take the jewelry. Emily reportedly said she didn't want Jerry to have any of her belongings. Dee also said Emily was unhappy about the move to Tennessee and Emily wanted out of her marriage.
When Jerry Anderson called Dee Watson Dec. 29, 2005, to tell her her sister was missing, Jerry said they didn't have a fight and Emily wasn't mad, but she was missing. Dee said her sister would not just leave and not phone her or not take her medicine or not take her pets or her clothing. Dee saw those things when Dee went to Sawmills after Emily's disappearance. Dee testified that Jerry was "chipper" and he seemed "unconcerned." Dee also said during her trips to Sawmills while Emily was missing, Jerry kept trying to get Dee to take Emily's things back to Kentucky. During a memorial service in Kentucky, Jerry sat on the back row and did not stay for food after the funeral ended.
During her questioning, Dubs asked Dee about an attorney hired after Emily's death. Dee said the main purpose for that was to get Emily's ashes and her belongings. However, she didn't deny that there were/are plans to sue Jerry Anderson for wrongful death. Several of Dubs' questions were about Emily's previous five husbands. Apparently, Dubs said, Emily had a box in the Sawmills attic for each of her previous husbands. Dee wasn't aware of that but said Emily was known to be a pack-rat. There also was mention of photos Emily received about a year before her death of just her. The photos were from husband No. 4. He apparently cut himself out the pictures and sent Emily the rest of the photo - those photos were turned over to the sheriff's office, Dubs said. Dee also mentioned a small card, possibly like one on an arraignment of flowers, she found in a drawer in Emily's nightstand. It was from Bill, a man she dated before Jerry. There was no indication when that card was received or what it said. Dee also testified that during Emily's disappearance she and Jerry Anderson did a credit check on Emily. That's when Jerry learned of a few credit cards in his Emily's name he didn't previously know about, including one from Victoria Secret. Earlier, however, Dee testified that Emily didn't wear bras and often not underwear (it seems she preferred long johns). Dubs' question why Emily would need a Victoria Secret account was objected and sustained.
The day ended with conversations about the funerals for Emily. In Sawmills, Dee and her family sat with Jerry and his son, Matthew. But in Kentucky, Jerry sat on the back row. Dubs alluded that there were already some pent-up feeling against Jerry. Still, Dee thought it was unusual he sat in the back when the day before she had sat with him in Sawmills.
Here's a glance at the evidence Watson testified to today (in front of the jury):
First the prosecution. Dee said her and Emily did not have regular speaking patterns. Some days they would talk three or four times a day. Sometimes they'd go a week without phoning each other. Dee also told the jurors Emily hid some family jewelry in the house. She told her sister during a summer 2005 trip Dee made to Sawmills that if anything ever happened to her, Emily wanted Dee to take the jewelry. Emily reportedly said she didn't want Jerry to have any of her belongings. Dee also said Emily was unhappy about the move to Tennessee and Emily wanted out of her marriage.
When Jerry Anderson called Dee Watson Dec. 29, 2005, to tell her her sister was missing, Jerry said they didn't have a fight and Emily wasn't mad, but she was missing. Dee said her sister would not just leave and not phone her or not take her medicine or not take her pets or her clothing. Dee saw those things when Dee went to Sawmills after Emily's disappearance. Dee testified that Jerry was "chipper" and he seemed "unconcerned." Dee also said during her trips to Sawmills while Emily was missing, Jerry kept trying to get Dee to take Emily's things back to Kentucky. During a memorial service in Kentucky, Jerry sat on the back row and did not stay for food after the funeral ended.
During her questioning, Dubs asked Dee about an attorney hired after Emily's death. Dee said the main purpose for that was to get Emily's ashes and her belongings. However, she didn't deny that there were/are plans to sue Jerry Anderson for wrongful death. Several of Dubs' questions were about Emily's previous five husbands. Apparently, Dubs said, Emily had a box in the Sawmills attic for each of her previous husbands. Dee wasn't aware of that but said Emily was known to be a pack-rat. There also was mention of photos Emily received about a year before her death of just her. The photos were from husband No. 4. He apparently cut himself out the pictures and sent Emily the rest of the photo - those photos were turned over to the sheriff's office, Dubs said. Dee also mentioned a small card, possibly like one on an arraignment of flowers, she found in a drawer in Emily's nightstand. It was from Bill, a man she dated before Jerry. There was no indication when that card was received or what it said. Dee also testified that during Emily's disappearance she and Jerry Anderson did a credit check on Emily. That's when Jerry learned of a few credit cards in his Emily's name he didn't previously know about, including one from Victoria Secret. Earlier, however, Dee testified that Emily didn't wear bras and often not underwear (it seems she preferred long johns). Dubs' question why Emily would need a Victoria Secret account was objected and sustained.
The day ended with conversations about the funerals for Emily. In Sawmills, Dee and her family sat with Jerry and his son, Matthew. But in Kentucky, Jerry sat on the back row. Dubs alluded that there were already some pent-up feeling against Jerry. Still, Dee thought it was unusual he sat in the back when the day before she had sat with him in Sawmills.
They will pick it back up tomorrow. It's been a action-packed day. Sorry to write so much... I'm sure there is so much more I could write about, but trust me, I hit the highlights. Be back in the morning.
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1 Comments:
So the sister all of the sudden remembers this damning statement.. and then admits she's planning to sue Jerry for wrongful death? So if he's convicted of murder.. her wrongful death case will be a slam dunk. Maybe that's why she "just remembered".
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