The Smolinski Trial
Sdrawkcab.
Thats how you spell backwards, backward.
And that might be the best way to describe the civil trial of Madeline Gleason versus Janice Smolinski and Paula Bell taking place in New Haven Superior Court. It is so backwards, it is insane.
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Cohen testified he had talked with Bill and Jan Smolinski and asked them to stop hanging posters on poles around his business. Cohen said the Smolinskis told him they didnt think Madeline had killed Billy, but she knew what happened, and they wouldnt stop hanging posters until the mystery was solved.
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Melissa DePallo, Madelines best friend, testified in court that the Smolinskis had harassed Madeline by hanging the flyers which made Gleason emotionally distraught. DePallo said Gleason cried a lot and was very emotional about seeing her name on television. DePallo said Gleason was living with her at the time of Billys disappearance at 4 Brothers Court in Seymour.
Another Gleason friend, and poster ripper, Fran Vrabel, testified minutes later that Gleason was living with her in Ansonia when Billy disappeared. The significance of the conflicting accounts of where Madeline Gleason lived is that law enforcement has developed leads that point to Billy Smolinski being strangled by Shaun Karpiuk (Madelines son), inside Madelines apartment. Where she lived is a possible murder scene.
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As Janice Smolinski sat and listened to Gleasons testimony she said her whole body started to shake and her heart began pounding out of control. In physical crisis, and about to pass out, Janice shouted out, Stop it, thats my son youre talking about, my son...... and she collapsed into tears. In the back of the courtroom, Bill Smolinski, who had re-entered the proceedings, leapt to his feet and shouted, Youre lying, and pointed directly at Madeline Gleason. Enough, he yelled, and then he stormed back out of the courtroom.
Much, much more:
http://waterburyobserver.org/node/661