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Hey, y'all, welcome to Criminalists Behavior Podcast, the podcast that
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takes you deep into the heart of Louisiana's history and
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current most chilling true crime stories. I'll be guiding you
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through the darkness of these crimes and all of those involved.
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Each week we dig deep on those forgotten crimes, are
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those crimes currently happening with the underlying legends that continue
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as we unravel what happened in these mysteries. So today
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we're on season two, episode number four, and this is
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the Courtney Cocoa case. And y'all, this case is a doozy.
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So if this is your first time listening, Hi, my
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name is Sarah Cudia and I'm your host for Criminals
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content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and
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sexual violence, and gets adults, children, and animals. Listener discretion
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I'll bring you straight there. So now we're just gonna
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get into the case. So in August twenty nineteen, Woody
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Overton received a call from Stephanie Bellgarde, a mother whose
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daughter has been murdered fifteen years earlier. Unbeknownst to them,
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this conversation would profoundly alter their lives. Courtney Coco, originally
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from Alexandrea, Louisiana, was killed on October four of two
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thousand and four, and her body was actually discovered in
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an abandoned warehouse in Winnie, Texas. Authornity suspected she had
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been strangled and wrapped in her own comforter, and the
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investigation quickly went cold, so Stephanie was left with only
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inconsistencies cover ups and falsehoods to guide her. Over the years,
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she had compiled her own case FYLE, which contained crucial
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information about the suspect. Law enforcement had made numerous promises
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to her over the years, but by that August, she
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had grown weary of waiting and disillusioned by unfulfilled commitments.
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They weren't following through with what they were saying, and
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it just seemed like there was nothing happening in her
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daughter's case. She was determined to seek justice for Courtney.
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So in February twenty nineteen, Woody Overton launched a true
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crime podcast titled Real Life, Real Crime, and he shared
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stories from his extensive career or law enforcement. He narrated
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his experiences, detailing what he observed, smell, and her during
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all of his investigations. His engaging storytelling quickly attracted a
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diverse and dedicated audience who appreciated his old cop stories.
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When approached to investigate a nearly two decade old case
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aka Courtney Coco, the retired homicide detective fl compelled to
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assist the family that was in distress, so what he
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readily agreed to help Stephanie in her quest to sault
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Courtney's murder with only one condition. That condition was he
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wished to share the story on his podcast. He extinctively
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recognized that his growing audience could play bot a role
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in an investigation, and y'all, that's exactly what it did.
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On September sixth, twenty nineteen, Woody released the first episode
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of Who Murdered Courtney Coco, and in an instant, Stephanie
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and Courtney's family found themselves supported by a passionate community,
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the listeners of Real Life, Real Crime, affectionately known as
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the lifers. They became deeply invested in this
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case, and
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there was an outrageous number of sharing over the injustices
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surrounding Corney Coco's story. So, Courtney Coco was a nineteen
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year old college student hailing from Rapidese Parish, Louisiana. She
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was actually pursuing a career in criminal justice at Northwestern
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State University and the last time her mother, Stephanie Belguarde,
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saw her alive was on October one, two thousand and four.
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Her mom did an interview with Dateline NBC and she
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was just so heartbroken and she re counted the following
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it was the opening day of Squirrel season and we
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had plans to go camping for the weekend. Courtney was
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at my house and I invited her to come join
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us on this squirrel hunt, and she politely declined that offer,
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and she was not particularly fond of the camp life.
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So Stephanie stated that she reflected on her daughter, saying
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the following Courtney was always dedicated to improving herself and
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shaping her future. She had a zest for life. Her
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sisters and nephews filled her absence profoundly, and they were
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a very tight knit family and this has been incredibly
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challenging for all of them. But on Monday, October four,
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two thousand and four, the partially closed and decaying remains
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a nineteen year old Courtney Coco were discovered in an
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abandoned structure located at Formsy Market Road fourteen oh six
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aka FM fourteen oh six, which was adjacent to Interstate
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ten and Winnie, Texas Now. Courtney was a resident of Alexandria,
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as previously stated, and she was last seen around four
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thirty am on Saturday, October second, two thousand and four.
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Despite various leads during the investigation, the case went cold
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fifteen years following the discovery of Courtney's body. Law enforcement
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apprehended a suspect who had been engaged to Coco's sister
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in two thousand and four, So let me stop right there,
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right quiet, in case you weren't following. Her sister was
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engaged to this person that they deemed the suspect and
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who was arrested for the murder of Courtney. So this
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dude faced trial, and after a deliberation period of only
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ninety minutes, a jury from a Rapany's parish reached an
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unanimous verdict of guilty for second degree murder. The uncertainty
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surrounding the events that befell nineteen year old Courtney Meghan
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Coco caused significant distress for her family and her acquaintances.
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Her mother, Stephanie, remained vocal about her daughter's case, engaging
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in advocacy for victim's rights and collaborating with the National
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Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, and she made the
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following statement, I know that there's a reason that I'm
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in this position, and I think it's to help others.
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I can't get justice for my daughter, but I'm trying,
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and I'm going to keep trying. Time out last dying breath,
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she also stated, but I could help other families to
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get justice for theirs, and that's what I'm going to do.
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She stated, she is Courtney's voice and she will always
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be Courtney's voice. So Skyler Hearn served as an investigator
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with Texas Rangers in two thousand and four, and on
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October fourth of two thousand and four, he received a
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request for assistance from the Chambers County Sheriff's Office recording
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an unidentified body found in an abandoned structure. Now, Skyler
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testified that the body was found new from the waist
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down save what sucks, and position in a sexual elect
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position to his on her back, with her knees bent
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and legs spread wide open and arms extended to her side.
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The body was located near the opening doorway of the
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building with her genitalia area facing the road. How fucking
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humiliating is that, y'all? Like, I can't I can't imagine
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that if her mama, her mama probably felt ashamed for her,
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Like that's no way that a person should be treated
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displayed out there with her legs wide open, spread eagle
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to the freaking road. What more or less? Like just
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this is just
disturbing, but with that being said, the
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body was located near the doorway, and it was in
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various stages of decomposition. There was evidence of post mortem
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alteration to her nose and mouth. Now Courtney was identified
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through her class ring, which on her class ring, like
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most it bored her name on it. The dust on
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the floor remained undisturbed, indicating that a sexual assault likely
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did not take place within the building. However, you know
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that Detective Hern documented nearby shoe entire impressions, and the
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state presented several photographs illustrating Courtney's body and the crime
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scene along with Detective Parent's testimony. Now, Hearn remarked that
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one of the photographs revealed a slight heel drag in
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the dust, suggesting that she had been placed in that
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position rather than being dragged there. Now, Detective her and
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communicated with the Alexandria Police Department APD, and this followed
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the identification of Courtney Coco. During what she discovered that
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both her vehicle and her phone were unaccounted for. Now,
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Courtney was known to drive a pony at Bonneville s
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Dan bearing the Louisiana license plate j u W for
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six eighth. Detective Cedric Green of the Alexandria Police Department
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conducted a search of Courtney's residents and he had formed
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Detective her And that a bedroom was just a total
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disarray and her confider was actually reported as a miss. Additionally,
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the detective her And learned that Corny had recently inherited
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a substantial amount of money, and he noted the presence
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of an empty cash box in her home that appeared
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to have been forcibly open. So that leads us to
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know that this crime is one it appears that it
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is sexually motivated, finding her body with her pants down
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and posed a sexual position. And number two, money motivated
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because she just was like in the place of inheriting
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so much money. So the detective Hearn was president at
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the autopsy at Corty and the autopsy was actually performed
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by doctor Tommy Brown. According to information provided by the
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Alexander Police Apartment, Detective her discovered that Corny has been
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lasting a live approximately fifty two hours before her body
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was discovered. Now, doctor Brown determined that Cocoa's remains had
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been moved from a different location where the temperature was
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actually elevated, as evident by the advanced state of decomposition,
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but estimated that it would have taken between four to
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seven days for her body to decompose to such an
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advanced stage in the environment in which it was ultimately found. Now,
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the Tective Hearn indicated that an investigation following the discovery
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that Courtney's vehicle was missing along with her cell phone,
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and he sought to ascertain the temperature within a coarse trunk, which,
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given that the temperature in Alexander was approximately in the
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upper eighties, it would likely exceed one hundred degrees inside
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the trunk. Now, Detective Hearn traced Courtney's phone to Houston,
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where a juvenile was actually in possession of it, and
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informed the authorities that he recently purchased it from individual
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he referred to as Red. Additionally, Detective Arent located at
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Courtney's car in the same vicinity in Houston where it
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was reportedly being rented out to exchange for a narcotics
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The individuals found with the vehicle claimed to have obtained
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it from this same suspect that the cell phone was
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obtained Red. However, none of those in possession of Courtney's
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belongings were connected to her depth and the identity of
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this person named Redd remained unknown. Detective Hearn provided a
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testimony indicated that Coke Co's DNA was discovered in the
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trunk of her own car and Fred Landry's DNA was
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located on the latch of the trunk. The Austin Police
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Department and firm detective and formed detective term about a
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suspect in the custody and this suspect was named Levey Duncan.
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Of his investigation
yielded no evidence linking Duncan to Courtney
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Coco's case. So this case and associated chargers are fundamentally
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based on factual circumstances, and such, our examination of the
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factual evidence that was accepted and submitted to the jury,
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while extensive, detailed, and at times redundant in this opinion,
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was essential for a comprehensive and thorough evaluation of the
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intricate and interconnected tissues raised in disappeal. So we will
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now outline the evidence that was presented during the trial. Also,
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we're going to acknowledge at the beginning that the jury
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faced conflicting and contradictory testimonies which required them to address
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multiple factual disagreements. The initial witness to provide testimony during
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the trial was Wayland Dirrex. At the time of the proceedings,
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Wayland resided in a homeless shelter in Misso from where
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he was arrested and subsequently transported to Louisiana in order
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to testify. Now there's some stated that he had known
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the suspect for approximately twenty five to thirty years, and
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in May of twenty eleven, he engaged in a discussion
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with the suspect regarding the act of killing. Now there's
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an express his belief that he could never take a life,
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to which the suspect replied, it ain't as hard as
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you think. Now. The suspect then recounted an incident in
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which he claimed to have killed someone by smothering them
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and mentioned that he disposed of the body afterwards. Derrison
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recalled that the suspect that was under arrest indicated he
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used a pillow, excuse me, or something like that to
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smother the individual. But the more Durson testify that the
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suspects said he wrapped the body in a blanket and
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it believed it was actually dismarted in Texas. So this
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is leading up to Courtney Cocote, right, because you know
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Courtney's confident was missing from her home and while you
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know her body was found in Whenny, Texas and the
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the NN warehouse. But the suspect reference a person named
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Cocoa and ascerned that the blanket actually belonged to her
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as well. Garrison speculated that Courtney was either the suspect's
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girlfriend or the sister of his girlfriend. Because it was
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kind of confusing, and followed that conversation, Derrison promptly reported
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the details to the police and provided a recorded statement.
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He noted that the suspect appeared anxious about the possibility
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of their mutual friend, Chris Clark, sharing information with law enforcement,
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so Chris Clark was potentially a ci AKA criminal informat right.
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But during cross examination, Derrison and acknowledged that he had
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multiple convictions from that he was unable to specify the
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color the blanket or its owner, although he speculated that
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it might have belonged to Courtney. Now the Defense Council
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probe Derrison regarding his early statement to the police in
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which he claimed that the suspect in lace Evans Coco's
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sister had murdered Courtney to obtain insurance fund In a
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previous account, Derrison mentioned that Courtney was wrapped in his blanket,
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yet during his testimony he referred to the blanket as herbs,
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so there was you know, mix up in the stories
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he was saying. He couldn't get his shit together. Derrison
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informed the police that Evans had a role in Courtney's murder.
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He refuted the notion that his history of drug use
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had any impact on his memory. On redirect examination, Derrison
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clarified that the SUSA never stated that Evans had killed Courtney,
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but rather indicated that Evans was involved in matters related
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to the money asspot. Derrison asserted that he had no
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modeve to fabricate his testimony, and Detective Heron followed up
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with a cross examination, and he said that he was
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not aware of the developments of Alexandri Police Department's investigation
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following October two thousand and five. Throughout his investigation, He's
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discovered that this person named Read was with an unnamed
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cousin when they disposed of Courtney's car and
phone in Houston.
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Detective Karen acknowledged that if Corney's car had been utilized
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to transport her body and then was subsequently abandoned in Houston,
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then the perpetrator would require another vehicle to return to
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whatever destination they were going to. After the Defense Council
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inquired whether Landard could be regarded as a suspect due
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to his z NATE being present on the Trump fladge,
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Detective Karen responded that it would be necessary to ascertain
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win and how lander DNA came to be on that
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Trump lodge, and the DNA that was discovered under Cordy
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Coco's fingernails was her own DNA, so when the Defense
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Council acts detected her and if his testimony indicated that
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the defendant was responsible for Courtney's death, he replied negatively.
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Now a doctor of osteopathic Medicine, Doctor Tommy Brown was
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recognized as an authority in forensic pathology and he achieved
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bar certification an Atomic and Clinical Pathology in nineteen seventy six,
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followed by Nuclear Medicine in nineteen seventy nine and forensics
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pathology in nineteen ninety. Throughout his career, doctor Brown had
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performed over fifteen thousand autosy show and it had been
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acknowledged that he was an expert in the runs a
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pathology field on more than one hundred different occasions, and
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on October fifth, two thousand and four, doctor Brown conducted
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the autopsy on Courtney Coco and he reported that the
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body was in a state a severe decomposition accompanied by
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a significant odor. When a state acquired whether in an
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individual who handled a decomposing body would carry the same odor,
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doctor Brown concurred. He emphasized that the necessity of having
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background information prior to forming a conclusive opinion. Doctor Brown
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noted that Courtney was last seen on October second, two
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thousand and four, at four thirty am, and a timeline
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did not align with that advanced decomposition that was observed.
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He testified that Courtey must have been subjected to high
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temperatures during that time, which would have expedited the decomposition process.
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Doctor Brown also acknowledged that being confined in the trunk
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of a vehicle could actually contribute to that accelerated decomposition.
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Doctor Brown conducted an external examination of Courtney, which showed
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no indicators of trauma. The contents of Courtney's stomach included
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French fries and chewing gum, and there was evidence of
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alcohol in her system as well, and doctor Brown determined
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that the cause of death was a homicide by unspecified means,
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attributing this conclusion to the body's significant decomposition, which hindered
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the identification of and anatomical details. It testified that the
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most probable cause of death was exphixia resulting from smothering.
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Given the absence of bodily trauma, the lack of any diseases,
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and analysis of the toxicology report. His autosity report was
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submitted as evidence and outlined his findings as follows cause
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of death homicide by undetermined means in a severely decomposed body,
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manner of death homicide and the comment that was left
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on this finding was All procedures were performed by the prosecutor,
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including the collection of decomposition fluid and spleen for toxicology.
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A rape kit was performed, bringing out scrapings, clippings and swabs,
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pulled head hair, pulled and combed pubic hair, and a
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removal of clothing and recovery of hair from the clothing
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and the body. The body was in a severe state
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of decomposition, which all secured. The anatomic findings and the
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circumstances of the case are indicative of a homicide the
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mechanisms would most likely be due to expixiate due to smothering,
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and the toxicology results were real that ethanol content contributed
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most likely from the severity of the decompositional state. Doctor
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Brown was in question regarding the toxicology results, and I'm
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gonna go with the question and answers. Hair So y'all
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could really understand how he was questioned on the stamp.
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So the question presented to him was so the last
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sentence there, toxicology results revealed and ethanol content contributed most
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likely from the severity of the decompositional state. What on
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earth does that mean? Now? Doctor Brown followed up with
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his answer, and this is what he said. The autopsy
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findings on ms n MS two. Our toxicology with m
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n MS shows that a toxicology analysis was done twenty
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sixteen six and sent to NMS, and their results showed
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that the ethanol or the alcohol level was zero point
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one seven eight grams per one hundred miller leaders and
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that is about half of what the original You see
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how he's talking. Why is he talking? I guess because
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it's annoying me. Me trying to read this to you
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is disturbing who let me finish what he said. So
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he said that, you know, it was zero point one
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seven eight grams per one hundred milli leaders, and that
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is about half of what the original autopsy findings at
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the America Talks was. It also showed that she had
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adjusted some tramadol, which is a synthetic opioid that is
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used for pain, and it is also an opium derivative.
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And eleven hundred nanograms per millial leader nanograms is billions
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of a mill leator. So then they followed up with
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this question, so, so explain that to me. How is
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it we have a n m as Laves report which
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finds the blood alcohol concentration of zero point one seven
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eight and the spleen haaso point thirty two. How does
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that actually happen? So doctor Brown followed up with his answer,
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and he said, the interval of time for one reason,
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but also the screen. It's there's no studies that I
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know of that you take blood in the screen and
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you can quantitate the amount of blood from the screen
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and put it into your mililu or the findings that
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you're going to make your decision for an autops In
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my opinion, she probably was drinking at the time, but
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that would not account for her being totally or could
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have died from alcohol intoxication. And he also followed up
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with there's a number of things that might interfere with
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the results. Number one is it's postmark. Number two is
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there's a peripheral distribution of the alcohol and the drugs
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within the system. After death, it goes to different ports
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with the organs, and this screen is a carripheal organ
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so it's going to show an elevated love will Also, however,
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there's no studies in forensics and toxicology that does not
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use display as a quantitive reason to determine that the
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person has died from alcohol intoxication. It's not acceptable as
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a quantitative means qualitative. You can say there's alcohol there,
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and I could try to divide it up by saying
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that she probably did and vibe with alcohol, but it
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was not near where they're referring to as the point
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thirty two. So in case you're like English, please because
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that she was like what confusing. Blood alcohol concentration levels
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up to zero point one point six may be linked
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to process of the body's decomposition. However, doctor Brown emphasized
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that displaying is not a reliable indicator for assessing the
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blood alcohol concentration, expressed at his belief that Courtney did
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not succumb to her demand to alcohol poisoning or a
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drug overdose. The presidence of chewing gum played a crucial
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role in concluding that Courtney was affixiated, as it indicated
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to doctor Brown that she was likely chewing the gum
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at the time of her being smothered, which led to
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her inadvertly swallowing it. Now, Doctor Harry Vannelle and Adele
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Shaker arrived at conclusions that was also consistent with those
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of doctor Brown. During cross examination, Doctor Brown said that
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there were no signs of lacerations around Courtney's snap, nor
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were there any fractures present in the carotid or hyoid
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bones that would imply strangulation. His assertion that Courney suffered
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from exphyxiation was derived from the diagnosis of exclusion only,
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and this was informed by his education and his experience professionally.
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Doctor Brown also mentioned his intention to determine the substances
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that was present in her system, which led him to
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extract blood from her spleens solely for qualitative analysis the
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toxicology report from twenty fifteen the presence of tramadol and
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courting system. However, doctor Brown believed that the quantity of
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the amount of tramadol found in her system detected that
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it was insufficient to suggest any type of overdose from
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a curran And he also followed up with this in
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the statement while he was on the stand and he
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said not in my opinion, No, the on one sense
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shows on five deaths due to tramadol, the meaning was
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zero point six thousand, one hundred. She only had one
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one hundred. So the debts that were reported you to
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tramadad were five thousand nanograms per milliarly higher than what
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she actually had in her system. So the therapeutic level
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for tramadol was listed up to eight hundred nano. So
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Courtney was a little bit over the therapeutic level according
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to doctor Brown. Now, Fred Landry was summoned by the
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state to provide his testimony. During his statement, Landry disclosed
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that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with Courtney
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while she was involved with her boyfriend known as Jitty.
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So now you do realize that he was engaged to
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her sister. So this is just all screwed up, a
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freaking love triangle, quadrew whatever you want to call it,
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a quathrupple. I don't know anyways. Heserted that he had
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no connection to her death, and under cross examination, he
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acknowledged that his DNA had been discovered on the trump
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latch of Courtney's vehicle. Detective Sedja Green, who has been
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involved in a case from the very beginning, also provided
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his testimony. He recounted his search for Courtney's residence and
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his conversations
with Jackie Hanson, Lonnie Melburg, and Louis Jones.
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Lots of individuals that were confirmed to have seen Courtney
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alive lives, and they were not rolled out as suspects.
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Detective Green said that there was no evidence that implicated
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them in Courtney's death. As well, evidence collected from the
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residents indicated that Courtney, along with Hanson, Melbourne, and Jones,
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had been playing dominos and using marijuana. The tap de
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green father discovered that on the evening of October first,
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two thousand and four, prior to Courtney's disappearance, immage's supportany
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in clothing she was wearing was later found at her home,
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and additional investigation revealed that Courtney had been diagnosed with
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a STD in Rapides Parish Healthy Units shortly before she disappeared.
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A letter that was addressed to Courtney from my nurse
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at the healthy Unit, dated September twenty third, two thousand
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and four, emphasized the necessity for her sexual partner to
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receive the same treatment as well. The name Jitty was
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handwritten on a letter indicating his role as Courtney's sexual partner.
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During Cral's examination, the defense attorney inquired of Detective Green
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regarding other individuals of interest related to this case, so
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they were trying to see that it wasn't just Fred
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Landry that should be questioned in this case. He provided
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a testimony indicating that Levy Duncan visited Courtney's residents and
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he was accompanied by in Melbourne. Furthermore, on October second,
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two thousand and four, Courtney returned home with Hampton at
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Jones following a Domino's game. The techt degree noted that
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prior to her disappearance, Courtney had been involved with several individuals,
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including Hampton's brother Floyd Williams, who he is actually referred
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to as the President. They call him Jitty so Additionally,
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Courtney's sister, Evans, emerged as another person of interest in
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investigation for that insurance money. Detected Green and marked that
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Evans was uncooperative and really reluctant to engage with law enforcement.
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Courtney was also romantically linked to Ernest Ville, known as Prince,
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who subsequently became a person of interest as well. Detective
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Green testify that Courtney's residence had been subjected to burglary
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on at least two occasions prior to her dead, with
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law enforcement unable to identify the person responsible for that,
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and upon on turning eighteen, Courtney began to receive her
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inherence funds, including a want song payment of twenty thousand
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dollars that started in June a, two thousand and four,
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which was depleted from her bank account the following month
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in July. Now Officer William Bates, who served as a
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crime scene officer with the Alexandri Police Department for nineteen
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years prior to his retirement, also provided testimony. He stated
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that he conducted a search of Courtney's residence and captured
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photographs in October of two thousand and four, following their
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discovery of her body in Texas. Officer Based reported that
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all interests to that there were no indications of force entries,
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suggesting that the assailant either entered through an unlocked foor
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or courtey allowed him inside. He observed that a guards
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can had been overturned in a kitchen and that Corney's
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mattress had been moved. The lock box located under her
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bed was sound to be empty, and apparently a box
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of cigarettes was sounding that Now. Officer Bay's father testify
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that the last recorded use of Courtney's phone was in
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Alexandria and that occurred at four thirty am on October second,
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two thousand and four, and her final phone call was
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made to the residents belonging to Latanya Anderson, who was
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William's girlfriend. So Janet Beyon resided in Winnie, Texas, and
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served as a civilian employee at the CCS in two
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thousand and four. During her testimony, Yon indicated that she
474
00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:05.640
was friends with the identific identifying witness Jude Wilson, and
475
00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:09.719
they apparently graduated together in nineteen eighty one. She
described
476
00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:14.199
Wilson as possessing a photographic memory and being an artist.
477
00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:18.880
Now they y'all noted that Texas Price Festival was taking
478
00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:22.480
place annually on the first weekend of October, and in
479
00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.679
September twenty twenty two, investigators reached out to her to
480
00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:28.639
Empire and she recalled an incident that occurred on FM
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00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:34.280
fourteen oh six in two thousand and four. Initially, Janet
482
00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:39.000
didn't have any recollection of any such event taking place. However,
483
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:43.440
she later remembered that on October third, two thousand and four,
484
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:46.679
which was a Sunday and coincided with the Goat at
485
00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.599
Lamb show at the Rice Festival, in which she was
486
00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:53.199
a chairman of. The show commenced at five PM and
487
00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:58.920
concluded around nine. Here al Porn and Janet returned home.
488
00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.440
She actually passed that they have a building where Courtney's
489
00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:07.199
body was eventually discovered. She was following Wilson in her
490
00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:11.320
truck when another vehicle unexpectedly and took the space between them,
491
00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:14.519
so hurried up and rushed out in between the both
492
00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:18.280
of their vehicles. So Janet testified that Wilson reported the
493
00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:22.519
CNAM to the CCS. So approximately four days later. So
494
00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.199
here we go with the questions and answers on that
495
00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:29.800
cross examination. So question all right, Miss von at the
496
00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:33.400
time that he became to the Shair's office, had Corney
497
00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:37.920
Coco fighted and discovered in that building and Janet responded, no, sir,
498
00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.599
this was the day before. I think the body was sound,
499
00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:43.079
so we knew nothing about a body. We were just
500
00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:46.559
but when he came in four days later, the body
501
00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.639
had been found and he felt like that incremation would
502
00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:54.559
be very important. Next question was that that's what I mean.
503
00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.199
Let me let me be clear about the question of asking.
504
00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:01.920
She responded, okay, and he asked this question. By the
505
00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:04.800
time that you see this almost wreck with a person
506
00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:08.199
you later found out to me, mister Wilson, when you
507
00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:10.679
see that, Wrett, you had no clue there was a
508
00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:14.280
body in that building, and she responded, not
at all,
509
00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:18.519
no certain. He followed up with the question, mister Wilson
510
00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.079
comes to the Shower's office after the body is found,
511
00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:25.800
and she said correct. Beyon could only recall that other
512
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:30.800
vehicle was of a dark color. She stated in her
513
00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:33.599
testimony that she was unaware of the body being located
514
00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:37.920
at the deserted structure due to her employment with the ccso, however,
515
00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:40.519
she had not considered a specific day on which the
516
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:45.400
body was found so then he questioned the following, so,
517
00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:49.360
is there any doubt in your mind that what you observed,
518
00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.280
and they're directly between mister Wilson and this car was
519
00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:56.840
on that very week end, and she responded, no doubt.
520
00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:59.960
So then the question was asked, was it a Pride
521
00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:03.280
Day night, Saturday night or Sunday night? She said it
522
00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:05.719
was Sunday because I went to work the next morning,
523
00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:09.559
which would be Monday. Yon said she tried to write
524
00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.639
down the car's license plate number, but she lost the
525
00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:14.000
piece of painer and could not remember the license plate
526
00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:17.880
number at the time of trial. So during cross examination,
527
00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:21.800
Beyon indicated that the Rice Festival typically commences on a Wednesday,
528
00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:26.000
if concludes on a Sunday. However, in two thousand and four,
529
00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:30.679
the festival actually extended beyond its usual duration as they
530
00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:34.719
featured a barbecue cookoff the weekend prior. This cookoff occurred
531
00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:38.119
on Friday and Saturday, and although some teams departed on Sunday.
532
00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:41.000
The Defense Council presented the two thousand and four Rice
533
00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:45.840
Festival program as EPIC, which specified the festival days asset
534
00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:49.159
Timber twenty fourth to October third, two thousand and four.
535
00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:52.400
They all couldnot remember it. Bilson was engaged to create
536
00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:56.400
the grochures or programs for that year, and in August
537
00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:01.199
twenty twenty two, Trooper Younger reached out to Beyon, who
538
00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:03.760
was at the time expressed a lack of memory darning
539
00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:08.199
the near collision involving Wilson and that unidentified veal. So
540
00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:11.719
Beyon noted that Trooper Younger referenced the Courtney Coco case,
541
00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:15.199
which she initially believed was unrelated to this, and question.
542
00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:19.719
Trooper Younger informed Beyon of the police's perspective as she
543
00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:22.159
was a witness to the events on October third, two
544
00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.639
thousand and four, well Beyon could not confirm if Trooper
545
00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:29.639
Younger men she Wilson's name. She stated that she did
546
00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:32.639
not have any type of communication Wilson all on her
547
00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:37.000
discussion with Trooper Younger. Now, Beyon recalled that immediately after
548
00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:39.679
her phone call when she were younger, the details of
549
00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:44.280
the incident actually came after her when Trooper Younger contacted
550
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:46.800
her again in September, and of prior to the trial.
551
00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:51.760
This is whenever she provided a comprehensive statement. So they're
552
00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:56.760
pretty much trying to put this vehicle at the crime scene.
553
00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.559
So Beyon provided testimony indicating that individuals interviewed at the
554
00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:06.119
CCSO typically proposed their statements in their own handwrite, after
555
00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:08.880
which the police transcribe these statements for the witnesses. To
556
00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:13.840
some she clarified that certain investigators would listen intentively while
557
00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.679
taking those journey interview and subsequently draft the witnesses statement
558
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.800
based on their notes prior to requestioning the witness signature.
559
00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.039
So they was confident that the incident took place on
560
00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:28.119
my third two thousand and four. She would have not
561
00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:31.679
been in a truck and trailer on any other day
562
00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:38.320
during the rice festival. So Jude Wilson, who has resided
563
00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:41.519
in when Hee, Texas the majority of her of his life,
564
00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.320
frequently traveled along at the fourteen oh six and the
565
00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:49.199
statement part about his memory on the evening when they
566
00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:54.639
be your accident occurred, so they questioned him, and the
567
00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:58.639
colin's question was asked, so tell me the kind of circumstances.
568
00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.679
When was this a time of day? And he responded
569
00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:06.719
to it was night. And I don't remember what the
570
00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:10.239
day was exactly or anything like that. I'm terrible with
571
00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:12.800
days and stuff like that, but I do remember that
572
00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.280
my wife had asked me to pick her some cigarettes.
573
00:40:18.280 -->
00:40:21.480
I went across the streets to Texaco, and which I
574
00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:24.519
knew they closed about ten o'clock. So I got there
575
00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:27.760
and then I took off and then had a bad home.
576
00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:32.719
And he stated that as he was coming over the overpass,
577
00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:38.880
he knows here was a core there, and then the
578
00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:43.400
attorney interrupted him and it said core where, and then
579
00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:47.960
Jude responded, at this house there was an abandon house,
580
00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:51.159
so it wasn't provided testimony indicating that while he was
581
00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:55.480
traveling traveling over the overpass, he didn't observe that individual
582
00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:57.559
walking in front of the highlights up a bit before
583
00:40:57.760 --> 00:41:00.880
approximately ten to twelvey from that in the building in
584
00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:05.440
question now, he said that that the individual that he
585
00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:08.239
saw into the big women began to reverse out of
586
00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:11.599
the driver. He also said that he had to maneuver
587
00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:14.880
his vehicle to a one collision with the car because
588
00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:17.679
the student was just backing out his drive body like
589
00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:21.719
a bat out of hell. So he was going about
590
00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:24.079
fifty five to sixty thousand an hour. You know that
591
00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.559
that he ups the portion of the vehicle's license plate,
592
00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:29.079
identifying it as all we say in the plate featuring
593
00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:32.320
the letters Jay and W along with the number eight.
594
00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:35.360
When he couldn't remember the empire thing, it recalled the
595
00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:39.960
letters suspectively as they corresponded to his initials. He further
596
00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:43.199
testified that the driver of the vehicle accelerated and merged
597
00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:47.280
onto it ten headed towards the Houston direction. So, when
598
00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:50.800
requested to provide a description of the person he saw
599
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:54.159
in the driver's scene, he stated that the Christen seemed
600
00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:57.840
young because that's very short hair and lack of facial hair.
601
00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:02.079
He testified that the individual exhibited characteristics typical of a
602
00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:06.840
white or Caucasian person, including recular let's in the standard US.
603
00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:11.679
Wilson did not view the person's face directly, but he
604
00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:14.519
almost saw what would appear to be like a facial
605
00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:18.440
full file. Additionally, he created a map on the Rice
606
00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:22.880
festival for sure, and
distributed the growth sures. So the
607
00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:26.079
next question was act so in relationship to the Rice festival,
608
00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:29.599
when is this almost right that we're talking about, And
609
00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:31.960
he responded, I couldn't tell you to ride off him
610
00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:35.199
because there were so many things going on. It was
611
00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:39.000
just everything was just like a blur. So they call
612
00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:41.199
it up with the simon when you say so many
613
00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:43.280
things going on you mean so many things going on
614
00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:46.719
at the Rice festal and he said yeah, at the
615
00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:48.800
Rice Fescal, I was up and down the road all
616
00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:54.000
the time. So then the question was act so generally,
617
00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:59.480
when is the Rice festival? And JUNI responded it used
618
00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:02.719
to be the the first week of October. So Wilson
619
00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:07.039
delayed reporting the near accident until October eighth, after learning
620
00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.039
that a body had been discovered. He had borned a
621
00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:13.079
police at the CCSO and could not recall the specificay
622
00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:16.079
at the pitsident as he had been occupied distributing the
623
00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:19.800
brochures to receive payments or his efforts. So he offered
624
00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:23.599
details concerning the individual's description and that forcial license plate
625
00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:27.000
with the BW and the number eight. And following his
626
00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:29.719
conversation with the police, he was given a prepared statement
627
00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:34.760
to starn Wilson's written account at the CCSO. And this
628
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:38.800
is what that statement read. I'm gonna read it as follows. Okay,
629
00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:43.679
my name is Juge Wilson. I traveled FUM fourteen oh
630
00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:47.280
six several times. AKA there is an abandoned house on
631
00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.360
FUM fourteen oh six which the body was found. I
632
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.760
was traveling down to FM fourteen oh six. I believe
633
00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:55.559
it was Monday, September twenty seven, two thousand and four.
634
00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:58.199
I had gone to Auerfield and I was on my
635
00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:02.199
way back to the house I believe in there before
636
00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:05.679
they closed. I was coming over the overpass at Inner
637
00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:08.280
sax Ten and I noticed that car backing out of
638
00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:11.760
disabandoned palace. I really paid attention to the car because
639
00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:13.559
it did not appear they were going to stop, and
640
00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:15.519
I thought they might back out in front of me.
641
00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:19.119
They stopped almost at the road. I noticed the car
642
00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:22.800
was dark in color and it had Louisiana plates. I
643
00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:26.159
recalled part of the license places as being JW because
644
00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:29.360
those are my initials, and it sadouts me. It appeared
645
00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:32.360
to be an older model car because I noticed a
646
00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:35.320
tail has to be boxier than that of a modern
647
00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:38.519
style car. It was dark inside the vehicles, so I
648
00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:42.039
could not see inside the vehicle. I did in the mirror, however,
649
00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:45.760
after I passed, and the vehicles traveled south on FM
650
00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.480
fourteen oh six over the bridge and headed back towards
651
00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.559
the Winning area. The only other car that I have
652
00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:54.960
ever seen at disabandoned house was a white four door
653
00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:58.079
car which was approximately one month ago and this car
654
00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:01.119
also had Louisiana plates on it. When I saw the
655
00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:03.320
news last night on October seven, two thousand and four
656
00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:05.760
with description of the vehicle, there was no doubt in
657
00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:08.000
my mind that this is the vehicle that I saw
658
00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:11.119
bucking out of the driveway of this abandoned house. So
659
00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:14.239
Wilson was not approached for going to Corney's case until
660
00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:16.960
a few years before the trial when a Detective Dryden
661
00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:20.840
from Alexandria Police Department reached out to him. And this
662
00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.639
was roughly fifteen years after this whole ordeal and that
663
00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:30.079
near accident happened, and based on his recollection, Wilson created
664
00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:33.000
a settle butt of the individual for detective driving because
665
00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:36.199
he couldn't see the facial expressions because you know, the
666
00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:42.119
car was dark. And when Detective Dryden contacted Wilson's apart
667
00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:45.280
if he would be open to reviewing a photographic lineup,
668
00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:48.239
he said that he was initially kind of skeptical, but
669
00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:54.000
ultimately consented. Now drinking the photographic lineup and at trial,
670
00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:58.920
Wilson identified the defender, a white male, as an individual
671
00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:01.760
who has been driving the vehicle that damn near applied
672
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:07.159
into him. During cross examination, the defense attorney inquired to
673
00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:09.519
Wilson why he had failed too much in observing the
674
00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:11.800
number eight in the license plate during any of his
675
00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:15.400
previous statements to law enforcement. Wilson responded that he informed
676
00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:18.920
that ccso, but noted that this detail apparently did not
677
00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:22.079
make it into the statement. Additionally, the statement did not
678
00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:25.840
include Wilson's assertion that he had seen an individual walking
679
00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:29.280
and entering the vehicle in detail he claimed to communicate
680
00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:33.000
to the police. Wilson conceded that he had signed affidavid
681
00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:35.679
affirming the truth and accuracy had the statement. However, he
682
00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:37.920
admitted that he had not reviewed the statement prior to
683
00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:44.119
sign it. So that is wrong first off, especially if
684
00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.159
it's a legal binding document. You want to review what
685
00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:48.480
the hell's on that statement, either want to make sure
686
00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:51.119
nothing else was added on there or nothing was left
687
00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:54.519
out like in this case. But he found testified that
688
00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.039
he had never read his statement from two thousand and four,
689
00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:00.199
and when discussing his interactions with the detective try I did.
690
00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:03.519
In twenty twenty, the defense console question Wilson about his
691
00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:07.960
reservations for borning aphotographic lineup, and this is the following
692
00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:12.599
exchange I took place. He said, he answered the following,
693
00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.480
because it's almost twenty years later and I've never done
694
00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:19.679
a lineup before. As I said, I did a tway
695
00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:22.559
in four of them and sent it to him, and
696
00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:24.840
that's when he asked me to be able to pick
697
00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:27.760
this person out out of a potential lineup, and I
698
00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:32.199
didn't know whether because if if I had I've been
699
00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:35.000
able to recognize his features, I certainly wouldn't have been
700
00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:39.159
able to participate in this lineup. So then the question
701
00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:41.559
was brought up, but did you not tell Detective Dryden
702
00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:43.599
I didn't see his full face? Did you not tell
703
00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:48.760
him that? And then Jude responded, I'm sorry, can you
704
00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:52.639
repeat that? So then they rephrased a question did you
705
00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:56.239
not tell him you did not see his full face?
706
00:47:56.960 --> 00:48:01.599
And then you have responded corrupt? So the next question
707
00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:04.079
I asked was wouldn't that be why you'd be skeptical
708
00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:07.320
to pick someone out of a lineup? And he responded no,
709
00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:10.039
because if if I could see a side profile of
710
00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:13.960
somebody and they had a side profile, then that would
711
00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:17.920
be acceptables as well. So then the next question was
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did they show you a side profile? They showed you
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a frontal picture of six individuals. Right, and then Jus responded, yeah,
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that's correct. So then they said, so if you didn't
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see his full face, how could you pick him out
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of a lineup? And jud responded, because I can use
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my mind and I turned him interrupted they didn't sideways
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and interrupted, Oh, so then the question was the silhouette
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what regular looks in a nose? Correct? So Jus responded yes.
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So then they also questioned, regular lifts a nose that
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could be justified on anybody? Am I correct? And then
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he said yes, sir. So it wasn't informed to Dryden
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that he recalled the car's license plate, including his initials,
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the JG W. And yet he did not reference to the
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number eight in this first account, so they were focused
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on that right, So the Defense Council required if Wilson's
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regarding the date of the mere collision was accurate. Wasn't
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informed Detective Dryden had it took place during the week
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of the Rights festival, and the Defense Council question why
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Wilson would have been distributing brochures on the final day
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of the festival, which den. Wilson responded that he believed
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they had exhausted their supply brochures. He further, testiflied that
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he typically distributed brochures on them one of their Tuesday
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preceding the start of the festival, so before the festivals started.
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So now the shit is trade, So why would you
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be giving up brochures about the festival or the last
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day the festivals taking place? But then he said, well, no,
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it was the last day before the festival took place.
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So they're trying to mix him up on his memory
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00:49:58.039
and see if they could catch him tell him lies.
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So the festival, because SA Marilyn commenced on a Friday,
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continued through the following week, and concluded on that Sunday.
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So in two thousand and four, the festival actually occurred
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September twenty four to October third. Courtney's body was found
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on the four, so that would be if he's saying
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that he was distributing those brochures on the last at
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the festival, which would be October third, and Fortney's body
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was found on the fourth, then it's just not making sense.
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So then the question was like, so the clear you
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told detectors Dryden that on a Monday or Tuesday before
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the festival again, which was in September, that this incident
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actually happened to you. So the corps almost backing into
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am I card, he said, well that I didn't give
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any dates. I thought that may that might have been
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the time, but I'm really not sure as to what
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time that was. So then they follow over the question,
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we get that, but you said it was before the festival, right,
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So Jude said, uh, yeah. So then the question was like,
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did you not see this piece of evidence that said
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the festival was between the days of September twenty fourth
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and October third? Is that correct? And jud said yeah.
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So upon a redirection and examination, he acknowledged that his
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difficulty in recalling the specific dates, and he restated that
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he relied on the CCS SOL to accurately compile his
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statement from the information he provided them, so he found
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that they did not fulfill this responsibility. Wilson expressed his
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belief that Caucasians typically have narrow noses and while individuals
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of African American, Native of American, and Vietnamese disent intend
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to have a water flatter news so this is why
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he concluded that they suspect would be white. So Clyde
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Griffin provided testimony during the trials and that he encountered
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Cocoa at the club on a Friday, preceding discovery of
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her body. So subsequently Saturday afternoon, he observed a man
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operating Courtney's green Pontiac, Bonneville, and Alexandria. Although Griffin recognized
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the man from a previous encounter, he was unaware of
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his name. Ultimately, Griffin identified Bill as an individual that
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was driving Courtney's vehicle and at a photographic lineup. So
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Michael Paul, not Michael Michelle Paul was Courtney's aunt, and
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she testified that the family was permitted to enter Courtney's
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residence approximately eighteen days after the place I released it
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following their discovery of her body, and they said during
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this visit, Paul observed that Courtney's confident was missing from
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her bed and discovered a small number of mechanic rads
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estimated to be between six and ten. Now, why would
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Courtney have about six to ten mechanic rats in her dryer?
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So Paula's pressed the concern, recarding the unusual nature that
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Courtney would be washing only just six to ten rags,
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and particularly since they admitted a strong odor of bleach,
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she could not ascertain any reason for courting to possess
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mechanic shop rides. So doctor Charles Dezel was recognized as
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an authority in the field of mathematics. He conducted a
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mathematical experience aiming at assessing the likelihood of a test
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subject accurately guessing specific independent variables. So he provided testimony
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indicating that the chance of the test subject correctly identifying
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two out of three letters on a license plate as
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well as recognizing it as the Louisiana plate was below
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one percent. So this probably would decrease further if the
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test subject was successfully identified as the perpetrator. In a
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line of considering cross examination, doctor Bizzell said that his
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probability experience would render cross examination and he stated that
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it would be rendered invalid if the test subject had
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her knowledge of the license plate details. As his experiment,
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the sat subject does not know the license plate. So
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now I'm going to stop it right here, because we're
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already at fifty four minutes and we still got a
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lot to go, y'all. I'm about to cover the rest
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of this case, and the rest of this case is
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involving like her relationship to this person and how he
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was engaged to her sister Lacy Evans, and y'all, a
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whole bunch of shit's about to go down. So I
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want to thank y'all for tuning into the show again.
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