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Good Monday morning. We've heard from two witnesses so far today. Sawmills residents Mary Bentley and Ray Wilson testified they heard two guns the morning of Dec. 29, 2005. A passionate Mary Bentley remembers telling her dog Titus, "What idiot would be shooting this early in the morning?" After Bentley learned Emily died from two gun shots, she told law enforcement about her memories of that morning. Bentley also said she heard from equipment shortly after the gun shots, but none the rest of the day. Bentley testified there is a shooting range in the area and a lot of folks hunt, but in Dec. 2005, she hadn't heard gun shots in a long time. The two gun shots were right after the other. "Pow," "pow," Bentley said. It scared her, because she was on the bed, with the window open, smoking a cigarette (that got a laugh or smile out of a few jurors).
Ray Wilson told Jerry Anderson the night of Dec. 29, 2005, when they were worried about Emily, he heard gun shots earlier that morning. Wilson testified that Jerry did not hear gun shots that morning, nor did he looked shocked or scared or turn white or red. Jerry did look shocked, Wilson said, when Jerry learned that evening Emily never made it to Sams Club.
Both Wilson and Bentley live within earshot of the Anderson's dairy farm. They all attend(ed) church together.