The week is over
Well, we have recessed for the day. The first full week of testimony is over. During the last year of court, we heard from two witnesses. The first was Mindy Ramsey, 18, of Sawmills. She was next door neighbors with Jerry and Emily. She testified that she saw Emily's truck parked around 9 a.m. Dec. 29. Mindy and her sister were about to go shopping. The Ramsey were neighbors, but also close friends with Emily and Jerry. They were all like family, Mindy testified. The teen did say she saw Emily and Jerry sometimes have disagreements, but they would get it out in the open and move on. Dubs asked Mindy if she ever heard Jerry threaten Emily. Mindy replied no. The last time Mindy saw Emily Anderson was Christmas. Emily had made a manger scene and given it to Mindy. It was something Emily wanted to be remembered by: The Andersons were planning to move to Tennessee sometime in the spring of 2006. Walter Moore testified that Emily wasn't particular excited about the move. Moore, who took the stand after Mindy, said Emily didn't want to leave behind her friends in Sawmills. Emily also was nervous about moving to Tennessee because the Andersons ran into opposition there because of the dairy farm and environmental reason. Both Mindy and Moore, whose family owns the property Jerry rented, said they saw a worried Jerry Anderson when Emily went missing. Moore said Jerry kept asking questions and wanted to know what happened. After Emily was found dead, Mindy testified that she heard Jerry crying... That was odd, she said. Jerry didn't express his feelings out loud.
Does it almost sound like these were defense witnesses? Well, they weren't. Maybe the prosecution is building up to something. It's been an interesting first week. Recall the Waffle House employees' testimonies and Rachael LeClair's testimony. We're learning stuff everyday and soon, maybe not for another three of four weeks, but soon the jury will have a big decision to make.
Again, we are done for the day. I'll be back Monday. Check out the paper this weekend for further updates.
Does it almost sound like these were defense witnesses? Well, they weren't. Maybe the prosecution is building up to something. It's been an interesting first week. Recall the Waffle House employees' testimonies and Rachael LeClair's testimony. We're learning stuff everyday and soon, maybe not for another three of four weeks, but soon the jury will have a big decision to make.
Again, we are done for the day. I'll be back Monday. Check out the paper this weekend for further updates.
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What did Bellas ask these witnesses? What were their responses to his questions?
Thanks for the updates. Is there a list of all of the potential witnesses?
I'm curious about the lack of any testimony having to do with insurance money. This was probably the single biggest incriminating "fact" hanging over Mr. Anderson's head in the year leading up to the trial. It is what most people used to convict him in their heads.
And now nothing? Was it all just an incorrect rumor?
Jenny Wilson's testimony said that Jerry indicated that Emily was running errands and would be late for the dinner party, when does Jerry say that he last spoke with Emily and where was she then?
Hey Allison, I believe the blog says "The week is over," not that the trial is over.
Observations from week #1:
- Employee at Waffle House remembers driver’s height from eight days earlier? What? I was at a coffee shop yesterday and I can’t remember the person who was working the register, even though we exchanged a few words. I don’t even remember if the person was male of female. Yet this Waffle House employee who must see 500 people a day in the restaurant not only remembers seeing someone across a parking lot eight days earlier, but he can also pinpoint the height? Not 5’ 9”. Not 5’ 7”. Nope, the person was 5’ 8”. In my view, this employee might be well intentioned, but he lacks credibility.
- The Waffle employee testified he saw a man getting out of the truck at “night”. His word. So if other testimony puts Mr. Anderson at a dinner party starting from 6:30. And occupied with the search for his wife and talking to the police for the rest of the evening, how could he have been 110 miles away that night?
- Employee said man had crew cut, Mr. Anderson is bald. And if the employee was observant enough to note the driver’s height, wouldn’t he have noticed the man had red hair and a beard?
- Why use a front end loader? Why not just lift her onto the bed of the truck and then drag her over to the tool box. If you were going to hide a body in the tool box, wouldn’t you try to be a little more subtle rather than driving a noticeable piece of machinery into the woods for all your employees to see? And besides, Mr. Anderson is not a slight man. Wouldn’t it have been easier for him to just pick her up. Emily was not overly large. And anyone who has dealt with farm animals knows how to move an awkwardly shaped body. And have you seen a front end loader in action? I have. There is no way you can scoop up a body without scraping it up or ripping the clothes. Yet we heard no testimony to that effect. Also, I do not believe a husband who cried when told his wife was dead would be able to use such a device on a loved one.
- Why were there no tire tracts in the woods? It rained half an inch the night before. A front end loader would have clearly left tire marks in the wet unpacked soil.
- Still bothered by the phone call. How does the phone call fit into the prosecution’s theory of the case. It is apparent the police had Jerry in their viewfinder from day one. Tell me they weren’t watching him? They didn’t keep a tail on him? And with all of today’s computer technology, there is no audit trial to track where the phone call came from? I don’t believe that. That phone call is on someone’s long distance bill somewhere. Even if it was made from a payphone, there is a record of that call somewhere. If I was on the jury, I couldn’t possibly convict Mr. Anderson until the prosecution explains that phone call.
- Divorced 4 times, why commit murder on the 5th time? This makes no sense to me. Clearly Mr. Anderson knows how to get divorced. Why risk everything to kill her? He wasn’t even married that long, so the divorce judge was not going to force Mr. Anderson to make large alimony payments to her. Makes no sense to kill her.
- What if you were a 48 year old woman and you wanted a divorce, would it be unheard of that you might go out on a date with someone else? I never hear this theory discussed. Consider an attractive looking, pleasant woman quickly approaching 50. Her marriage is in trouble. What’s the first thing you would do? I know what I would do, I’d try to find someone else before I hit the psychological barrier of 50. Couldn’t it be that Emily was dating someone else. After all, she was the one seeking the divorce. If anything, she is a doer. She could seek out a lawyer but it isn’t possible she could seek out a boyfriend?
What about the business partner in Tennessee? I hear he's a rich jerk. Is this true, & if so, what role did he play? Did the fact that Emily was 40% owner in the new CAFO (dairy) have anything to do with her death???
Allison,
You are a sick puppy! And you can't read. Half of the bs you are spouting come from your sick mind. Maybe you have a thing for Jerry?????You seem to think that this trial is over. Well before it's over, I'm sure some real, hard evidence will be presented. It seems to me that Dubs is doing her best to find a technicality that will free Jerry or else she would not be playing her silly game and delaying the trial. Let me say as a retired Army man, I support your right to have an opinion and God knows you do have an opinion, just stick to facts and stop having these thoughts that it is impossible for a person such as Jerry to say he didn't do the dirty deed. Let us finish the trial and see what the jury says.
Allison, I find your comments to be offensive, blame the victim just doesn't fly with me.
If anderson is innocent then I hope this is proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
The trial has just begun, lets let the evidence be presented.
Also why do you think Ms. Dubs didn't ask anything of Ms. LeClair?
If I were a juror I would find that unseeming.
Allison, how do you KNOW the soil in the area was unpacked? And there were no tracks found?
How do you KNOW that was no phone trail for the phone call?
You speak of what YOU would do, but you aren't Mrs. Anderson, I think that would speak volumes about you, not Mrs. Anderson
People, People...Allison has her thoughts just as we all do (know matter how far fetched they are)...this is a blog...just remember that.
As for the question of the witness list.. When it was read to potential jurors it was somewhere around 110-120 people on this list (seems about all of SawMills residences)
Allison has definitely missed her calling. She should have been an attorney. Sounds like she could wrap up a murder case in 3 days! Maybe she should just submit HER list of questions for the witnesses... since she apparently thinks she knows more than any of the professionals working on this case.
Allison has definitely missed her calling. She should have been an attorney. Sounds like she could wrap up a murder case in 3 days! Maybe she should just submit HER list of questions for the witnesses... since she apparently thinks she knows more than any of the professionals working on this case.
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