02-12-2014, 02:34 AM
Jury Deliberations Underway
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Julie Corey, cleaned up and toned down for trial
I think Corey's defense attorney did about as good a job as possible in attempt to get his client off the hook.
He kept pointing the finger at Darlene Haynes' boyfriend, Roberto Rodriquez, as her killer. They had a tumultuous relationship and Rodriquez had been convicted of assaulting Dalrene 2 years prior.
But, why in the hell would Rodriguez kill Darlene at full term pregnancy and then rip the baby from her? And, how in the hell did the baby get into Julie Corey's possession?
Well, the defense attorney says that the sheer brutality of the crime, including repeated blows to the head and strangulation - along with the sliced abdomen - prove that it was a crime of passion and anger, not the crime of somebody who just wanted the baby.
The defense attorney adds that police didn't investigate alternate suspects after they found Corey with Darlene's baby and failed to look at and process all of the evidence available.
And, the defense attorney claims that it wasn't Julie Corey calling her boyfriend from Rodriguez's phone (which he shared with Darlene) pretending to be at the hospital giving birth right after the murder. Instead, he argues, that it was Rodriquez using the shared phone to call Corey's boyfriend (Alex Dion) in a panic because he felt guilty about killing Darlene, saved the baby, and didn't know what to do next.
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Problem is, Alex Dion (pictured above with Julie Corey and the baby) didn't know jack shit, according to police and prosecutors. He was grilled extensively. He truly believed that Corey had given birth to their baby, by all accounts. Corey had lost her baby just weeks before and had kept that hidden from Alex Dion.
Neither Alex Dion nor Roberto Rodriquez was charged in the murder of Darlene Haynes or kidnapping the baby. Prosecutor Bennett scoffed at the idea of Roberto Rodriguez masterminding anything.
The defense attorney did not attempt to explain how the baby actually ended up in Julie Corey's hands.
Will the SODDI defense work to create reasonable doubt about Julie Corey's guilt? God, I hope not. I think Corey's going down for capital murder, but do wish that the prosecution had physical evidence against her (to compliment the overwhelming circumstantial evidence).
Ref: http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/i...losin.html
Julie Corey, cleaned up and toned down for trial
I think Corey's defense attorney did about as good a job as possible in attempt to get his client off the hook.
He kept pointing the finger at Darlene Haynes' boyfriend, Roberto Rodriquez, as her killer. They had a tumultuous relationship and Rodriquez had been convicted of assaulting Dalrene 2 years prior.
But, why in the hell would Rodriguez kill Darlene at full term pregnancy and then rip the baby from her? And, how in the hell did the baby get into Julie Corey's possession?
Well, the defense attorney says that the sheer brutality of the crime, including repeated blows to the head and strangulation - along with the sliced abdomen - prove that it was a crime of passion and anger, not the crime of somebody who just wanted the baby.
The defense attorney adds that police didn't investigate alternate suspects after they found Corey with Darlene's baby and failed to look at and process all of the evidence available.
And, the defense attorney claims that it wasn't Julie Corey calling her boyfriend from Rodriguez's phone (which he shared with Darlene) pretending to be at the hospital giving birth right after the murder. Instead, he argues, that it was Rodriquez using the shared phone to call Corey's boyfriend (Alex Dion) in a panic because he felt guilty about killing Darlene, saved the baby, and didn't know what to do next.
Problem is, Alex Dion (pictured above with Julie Corey and the baby) didn't know jack shit, according to police and prosecutors. He was grilled extensively. He truly believed that Corey had given birth to their baby, by all accounts. Corey had lost her baby just weeks before and had kept that hidden from Alex Dion.
Neither Alex Dion nor Roberto Rodriquez was charged in the murder of Darlene Haynes or kidnapping the baby. Prosecutor Bennett scoffed at the idea of Roberto Rodriguez masterminding anything.
The defense attorney did not attempt to explain how the baby actually ended up in Julie Corey's hands.
Will the SODDI defense work to create reasonable doubt about Julie Corey's guilt? God, I hope not. I think Corey's going down for capital murder, but do wish that the prosecution had physical evidence against her (to compliment the overwhelming circumstantial evidence).
Ref: http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/i...losin.html