February 22nd. Monday morning
I arrived at 7.35am
which was way too early but that’s usually when I get to talk to Lonnie’s
friends and neighbours. I’d spoken to
Paul and Ricky over the weekend to make sure that they would be 'exclusive' to me with regards to giving anyone else any information in the media. I am not 'the media' therefore they are starting to trust me, however I don't want someone else taking what they have said (and continue to say) only to me before it goes in to my book. They both have promised me that they will not be talking to any media.
We all walked in at 8.35am, I held the door for
Diana Ware who walked with her cane so very slowly as she has done for the past
5 and a half years. God Bless this dear
lady who has come to the Court so diligently over the years to get justice for
her step-daughter, Barbara Ware, who was so brutally murdered by the ‘Grim
Sleeper’. Like most days, Ms Ware had
been sitting outside the Courtroom on the bench right next to the door, just
waiting to go in and see, who could quite possibly be, her daughter’s killer.
At 8.55am the Prosecution walked in and Beth
Silverman went up to the family members, mainly the Alexander family, “How was
your weekend?” To which they responded
with their pleasantries.
At 8.58am Seymour Amster waddled in at the very
fast pace he always does.
At 9.15am Lonnie walked in wearing a grey dress
shirt and slacks. This time he looked
straight at me and nodded a ‘hello’.
I
certainly didn't want to mention it here except for a reporter from the Daily Beast, who
was sitting next to me that asked me, “Was he saying hello to you?”
I let him know that he was correct and he could see that I certainly didn't respond.
I
told him about the fact that Lonnie had/has trusted me with sharing with me his life story over the years and that
might have been the reason he acknowledged me this morning in the way that he
did. However, I really don’t know why
Lonnie would acknowledge me today after so many years of just looking straight ahead.
I certainly didn’t respond with any reaction at all, as I don’t ever want to be thrown out of another
Courtroom in my life.
At 9.17am Judge Kennedy took her seat at the
bench.
There was some discrepancy with a person in the
room by the name of Sonya Mogul (spelling?) she sat two seats away from me and
had a very sour look on her face and made eye contact with nobody.
Seymour responded that she wasn’t going to be a witness for the guilt phase and would only be called upon during the penalty phase.
Amster: But I can
make it without her”, Amster said with his very false sense of confidence.
Judge Kennedy addressed Ms Mongul (spelling?)
and said in no uncertain terms that she can ‘leave the Courtroom now’.
At 9.21am the Jurors came in. It was rather strange as they all came in the
regular door of the Courtroom, the one we all use, not the usual Jurors door which is by the Judge's Chambers. The Judge apologized for keeping everyone
waiting and how cold it was in the Courtroom today.
At 9.27am Dr Denise Herold took the stand. An elderly lady with what I would consider
to be a Chicago accent (I’m not certain on this), with long brown hair.
Silverman opened with the first statement.
DA: Good morning Dr. Herold
Continuation of this Testimony will be in my book.......
Cross examination from the Defense.
Amster: Can you find blood type in hair fibres?
Dr Herold said: Not to my knowledge.
The Judge then interjected with a very important
question. She asked: “Is that the
correct word, Hair fibres?”
Dr Herold stated that the word ‘hair’ is the
correct word to use and not ‘hair fibres. Amster followed suit by saying that he
apologized and would start using the word ‘hair’ from now on.
So another blunder from Amster, many more are to come. Not to mention that, as usual, he dropped his paperwork all over the place and proceeded to laugh as he always does.
Continuation of this Testimony will be in my book.......
11.28 am Amster continued with the testimony of Dr
Harold this time they started to discuss Alicia ‘Monique’ Alexander. I felt so sad as about 8 members of the
Alexander family were sitting in front of me as they usually do, the parents
and the brothers and I think even the daughter or son in law too. I prayed there would be no crime scene
pictures of their daughter and there weren’t thank God. However we were told that her body was also
so decomposed so had to be put in a decomp freezer. Tests were taken on the body and given to the
LASO ~ The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office.
11.32am Heidi Robbins was sworn in. A very attractive lady with blonde hair, in
her mid to late 50’s
She has been working as the director of
Administration at the Sheriffs Crime Lab for 11 years. She runs the latent print and the CSI Unit
for the County. Latent prints are prints
that cannot be seen and therefore have to be lifted by dusting and analyzed
back at the lab. She has 5 teams and has worked with the LASD for 31
years. She was a Criminalist with the
Coroners Office in 1985 and then transferred laterally to the LASD 31 years
ago. She works in the firearms and
narcotics Unit. In 1980 she was a senior
Criminalist at the Coroners.
She explained what ‘body dumping’ means.
Continuation of this Testimony will be in my book.......
At approximately 12 noon we broke for lunch and
my friend Burton had invited me to his new office which is across the street
from the Criminal Courts Building (CCB) in the Hall of Justice.
Burton had transferred from Crescenta Valley Station to SIB ~ Sheriffs Information Bureau ~ and had invited me to come over and see his new office in my lunch break. CCB, which is where I am every day, is located at 210 West Temple Street and the Hall of Justice, where SIB is located, is right across the street at 211 West Temple.
It was great to just walk across the street and
see Burton plus numerous other people I know were also there today.
As I was waiting in the lobby for my friend, Chief Beck
came down in the elevator with his entourage and in to the lobby area where I was
standing. He said hello to me with a
smile, however I’m sure he says that to everyone that’s in his path.
Right afterwards, I then bumped in to a Sheriff
who used to be Lieutenant in West Hollywood when I lived there, over 14 years
ago. Lieutenant Johnson. Now he’s promoted very high up the ranks to
Chief. He remembered me from all those
years ago which was nice and I congratulated him and his numerous
promotions. We had a chat for a few minutes then he went up to the 9th
floor where Headquarters is located. A
Chief is 3 ranks above a Lieutenant in the Sheriff Dept. ranking system.
I told ‘Chief Johnson’ that I knew when he
promoted to Captain and he transferred to Marina Del Rey station (after going
back to the Jails first of course), then I had lost track of him when he
promoted to Commander and now Chief.
Anyway now he’s a working at the Hall of Justice which is the new
Sheriff Headquarters and what a beautiful building it is.
After I spent most of my lunch break visiting
with Burton and going around SIB an seeing the fabulous office, we then bumped
in to one of my all time favourites ~ James Hellmold. It was nice to see so many people I know and
that was only in my lunch break today.
We all went back in the Courtroom at 1.31pm
followed by the Jury members who were coming through the main doors that we all
walk through who came in about 1.34pm.
Cross examination from Seymour Amster:
Amster:
So you obtained a sexual assault kit from the victim?
Robbins:
‘Obtained?’ I think you mean I ‘collected’ it? Yes I took nipple swabs, oral, anal and also
inside the vaginal cavity area swabs.
Another blunder coming from Amster, 'obtained'...Really?
Continuation of this Testimony will be in my book.......
Robbins was excused at 1.50pm
Miss Supria Rosner was then called to the stand
and sworn in. A younger looking lady
with long brown hair, about 36 years of age.
She is a Criminalist with the LAPD assigned to testing DNA evidence in the
forensic science Unit. She’s a technical
leader and overseas all the training.
She has 30 DNA analysts and 60 DNA technicians.
A person’s DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and
consists of half of the mother’s DNA and half of the father’s. DNA is in almost every cell in our bodies,
especially in muscles and other soft tissue.
Everybody is made up of their own unique DNA except for identical twins.
Continuation of this Testimony will be in my book.......
Court adjourned at 4.04pm in the afternoon..
To be continued......
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