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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Defense: She didn't murder Danny Burroughs, and the state won't be able to prove that she did. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Defense: When when you hear the evidence... the he said-she said, the "I don't knows" ... the lack of real evidence... prosecution will fail
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Defense attorney: Presumed innocent, burden of proof, reasonable doubt ... These aren't just words, they're the foundation of our system.
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Defense attorney says the story "can't be that simple or else we all wouldn't be here." Says charges because "everyone assumes she did it."
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Defense: "They want you to believe Loretta Burroughs murdered her childhood sweetheart for a few thousand dollars. That doesn't make sense."
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Judge cautions jurors that openings are not evidence, and that they should only take true evidence and testimony into account. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: Fractures and cuts in Daniel Burroughs' remains will show "false starts," where wife couldn't cut all the way through. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
On body evidence: "Even after being dead for 8 years, Daniel Burroughs will be able to testify, & tell you how he was killed and disected."
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Lifting blankets, investigators found Tupperware wrapped in plastic. When removed, "they're hit with the smell of death and decay." #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Investigators were searching for paperwork to disprove power of attorney. In guest bedroom find closet with air freshener — and remains.
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
To get all the money from the 2009 house sale, defendant filed for divorce "from man she killed 18 months earlier," prosecutor says #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Burroughs allegedly told someone her husband left her for a Florida waitress two months before she killed him. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: In June 2007, lawyer drew up blank power of attorney authorizing defendant to sell house. Found notary through job #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Victim's belongings sold by wife included tools, boat, car, drums. "Everything she could get her hands on, she would sell," prosecutor says
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: Loretta Burroughs made $77,000 profit selling Hamilton Twp house *after* she said her husband left her. Sold all his belongings.
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: Victim wanted to move to Florida. Had house up for sale. "Don't worry," defendant told daughter. "I'm not going to Florida."
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
After brother filed missing person report, Burroughs' attitude changed. "nice lady ... snarled" at him: What the hell did you do that for?
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: A week after brother spoke to victim, defendant's niece was "taking inventory" of husband's belongings. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Victim's brother will testify that Daniel Burroughs was not himself, "lethargic." When called later, wife said, "He's gone ... He left."
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor: This woman killed her husband, she eviscerated his corpse, she placed him in Tupperware for seven years to rot. #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Prosecutor tells story of "Little Red Riding Hood" in #Burroughs opening: Not everyone or everything is as it appears to be #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Opening statements begin in trial of woman accused of killing husband, keeping remains
http://bit.ly/18ASTWT #acpress
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Lynda Cohen @LyndaCohen
Jury chosen in case of woman accused of killing husband, keeping remains
http://bit.ly/1E66LBf #acpress pic.twitter.com/CqIb0f0gDn
