10-26-2013, 01:11 PM
KEY PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY
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MacNeill's daughter, Rachel MacNeill
She's very emotional and, as expected, the defense brought up her mental health issues and bi-polar disorder - which she admitted.
Rachel testified about finding her mother's clothes (the ones she was wearing the day she died) and the stuffed animals that the kids had given her for surgery in a "bloody mess" in the garage. Her dad told her to throw them away, but she washed them and gave them to police.
She also testified about how her dad explained what happened in the tub - which conflicted with the neighbor's eyewitness accounts, the whole charade with MacNeill trying to pass his mistress off as a nanny, how he demanded an autopsy right away, etc...
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MacNeill's mistress, Gypsy Willis
Willis, 37, is testifying as a prosecution witness as part of a deal related to her conviction for stealing the identity of MacNeill's teenaged daugther; a deal that got her a get out of jail card.
She's a convicted fraud and a thief and is flippant on the stand, IMO.
She admitted that she'd been sexually involved with MacNeill for a long time before his wife's death (first casually, then seriously) and that Martin MacNeill put her up in a duplex, gave her a debit card for expenses, and helped pay for her schooling as a nursing student.
She also admitted that she and MacNeill staged the encounter with MacNeill and his daughter at the Mormon temple, where she pretended to be someone who just happened to be there as an answer to their prayers for a nanny after Michele's death.
She'll be back on the stand on Tuesday.
Ada MacNeill, 12 - testimony to be limited
Friday, Judge Derek Pullan ruled that MacNeill's youngest daughter will be allowed to offer limited courtroom testimony about how she found her mother's body submerged in the tub.
Pullan said many of the girl's memories were tainted by an older sister, Alexis Somers, who has custody of Ada and who strongly believes Martin MacNeill killed his wife. (Ada is the bio granddaughter of MacNeill, but was adopted as the MacNeill's daughter - she was born to Vanessa MacNeill.)
Pullan ruled 12-year-old Ada MacNeill can be questioned only about statements she gave a professional counselor several years ago. The girl was 6 years old when she found her mom in the tub.
MacNeill's daughter, Rachel MacNeill
She's very emotional and, as expected, the defense brought up her mental health issues and bi-polar disorder - which she admitted.
Rachel testified about finding her mother's clothes (the ones she was wearing the day she died) and the stuffed animals that the kids had given her for surgery in a "bloody mess" in the garage. Her dad told her to throw them away, but she washed them and gave them to police.
She also testified about how her dad explained what happened in the tub - which conflicted with the neighbor's eyewitness accounts, the whole charade with MacNeill trying to pass his mistress off as a nanny, how he demanded an autopsy right away, etc...
MacNeill's mistress, Gypsy Willis
Willis, 37, is testifying as a prosecution witness as part of a deal related to her conviction for stealing the identity of MacNeill's teenaged daugther; a deal that got her a get out of jail card.
She's a convicted fraud and a thief and is flippant on the stand, IMO.
She admitted that she'd been sexually involved with MacNeill for a long time before his wife's death (first casually, then seriously) and that Martin MacNeill put her up in a duplex, gave her a debit card for expenses, and helped pay for her schooling as a nursing student.
She also admitted that she and MacNeill staged the encounter with MacNeill and his daughter at the Mormon temple, where she pretended to be someone who just happened to be there as an answer to their prayers for a nanny after Michele's death.
She'll be back on the stand on Tuesday.
Ada MacNeill, 12 - testimony to be limited
Friday, Judge Derek Pullan ruled that MacNeill's youngest daughter will be allowed to offer limited courtroom testimony about how she found her mother's body submerged in the tub.
Pullan said many of the girl's memories were tainted by an older sister, Alexis Somers, who has custody of Ada and who strongly believes Martin MacNeill killed his wife. (Ada is the bio granddaughter of MacNeill, but was adopted as the MacNeill's daughter - she was born to Vanessa MacNeill.)
Pullan ruled 12-year-old Ada MacNeill can be questioned only about statements she gave a professional counselor several years ago. The girl was 6 years old when she found her mom in the tub.