trial thread: 3/27/2012

[nobodyzgirl]

Armstrong and #Rafferty were texting on Apr. 8, 2009. Planned to see each other that day.

Armstrong says she came home from work to find #Rafferty parked outside her house in a blue Honda Civic.

 

[Sailor Bug]

Armstrong says, based on text messages, she expected to see Rafferty on April 8th, 2009. After work. She got home at 4:30.

Rafferty was there, waiting for her, she says.

Armstrong got back from work around 4:30 p.m that day to find Rafferty parked outside her home - car was blue Honda Civic

Armstrong identifies photos of school near her home and the duplex where she lives Identifies exactly where Rafferty parked

Armstrong says she came home from work to find #Rafferty parked outside her house in a blue Honda Civic

Showing the jury Armstrong's home. She says Rafferty's car was parked in front of a tree in her yard.

 

[nobodyzgirl]

Armstrong says, based on text messages, she expected to see Rafferty on April 8th, 2009. After work. She got home at 4:30

Rafferty was there, waiting for her, she says.

Showing the jury Armstrong's home. She says Rafferty's car was parked in front of a tree in her yard.

 

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Armstrong said Rafferty got out of his car and went inside with her. She says she saw brown-haired young woman in Rafferty's car

Says the woman stayed in the car. Armstrong says she sold Rafferty percacets.

Armstrong says #Rafferty met her in the driveway. She saw a woman in the passenger seat. Armstrong sold him Percocets.

RaffertyLFP: Armstrong said she sold Percocets pills to Rafferty Said she sold him the pills about twice a month

 

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Rafferty told Armstrong percacets were for his mother, who had a sore back. She can't remember how many pills she sold him.

RaffertyLFP: Armstrong said Rafferty was in house about 10 minutes then he left - no further contact that day

Armstrong heard about Rafferty's arrest on television, the day it happened.

Armstrong said the next time she saw Rafferty he looked haggard - had cold sores told her he was stressed out and not eating or sleeping

 

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Avery Moore ‏ @AveryFreeFMNews
Armstrong says #Rafferty met her in the driveway. She saw a woman in the passenger seat. Armstrong sold him Percocets.


Steven D'Souza ‏
Armstrong says #Rafferty texted her morning of Apr. 8/09. She got home from work at 4:30 p.m., he was parked in front of her house

Avery Moore ‏
Armstrong says she came home from work to find #Rafferty parked outside her house in a blue Honda Civic.

 

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Steven D'Souza ‏ @cbcsteve
Armstrong says she'd been selling #Rafferty pills for about a year. She testifies he initially told her that pills were for his mother

 

[nettie_82]

RaffertyLFP: Armstrong said the next time she saw Rafferty he looked haggard - had cold sores told her he was stressed out and not eating or sleeping

 

[robynhood]

..just thought I would copy this tweet directly from a reporter @ the trial....hopefully this will work and I have done it properly as I know everyone wants to know this....9:40

Mike Knoll: @guest - I'm just going to answer this one now as it will be asked 100 more times today: It's unknown if Rafferty will take the stand.
Trailis to reume any moment and the are on chapter 3 ... GUELPH .banks statements & survillence

 

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Armstrong says #Rafferty visited her home in Guelph about a dozen times between Apr. 8th and his arrest on May 19th. Also texted.

RaffertyLFP: Armstrong said Rafferty told her that "a friend of a friends daughter was missing" and that he going to help look for her

Armstrong saw Rafferty after April 8th. He was "stressed out". Looked worn down. He said a friend of a friend's daughter had gone missing

Armstrongs says #Rafferty told her on one visit that a friend of a friends daughter went missing and he was going to help look for her

 

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Armstrong said Rafferty told her Tori's abduction was drug-related- that the mom owed money

Armstrong said Rafferty was "going to go look for her." He said he heard disappearance was drug related. Tori's mom "owed a lot of money"

RaffertyLFP: Armstrong said Rafferty told her that he knew the girl (McClintic) that had been taken in for questioning

Armstrong said Rafferty told her that police were waking up McClintic in middle of night, spitting in her face

 

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Armstrong said she sent Rafferty a text in middle of May asking for his help in opening swimming pool

Rafferty says the suspect in the case was being woken up in the night, yelled at, and had her face spit in by police.

The next thing that Armstrong heard was Rafferty arrest on TV

Armstrong says #Rafferty told her he thought he recognized the woman in the white jacket in the surveillance videos.

 

[nettie_82]

I feel TERRIBLE for Rodney, I hope everyone is open and honest on the stand, he really deserves that. When you hear all these statements saying her abduction was drug related it makes you really wonder what the truth is. I CANNOT imagine how he must be feeling, let alone how Tara must be feeling if these are simply untrue things being said. Rodney hit the nail on the head when saying we will never know the complete truth.

 

[Sailor Bug]

Rafferty's last contact with Armstrong was between the 14th and 17th of May. She asked for help with her pool.

That's all the questions Crockett has. Derstine now cross examining

Crowns has no more questions for Barbara Armstong. Cross Examination begins

Derstine asks how long Rafferty was in her home. About ten minutes. They chatted, like they usually do.

Derstine starts cross-examination He asks how much they chatted when she sold him the Percocets. She said nothing unusual that day

Derstine suggests Rafferty wasn't in a rush to leave. She agrees. All the questions he has.

Defence asks Armstrong about #Rafferty's composure on Apr. 8. She agrees he wasn't a "man in a hurry". Armstrong excused

RaffertyLFP: Derstine wraps up questions

RaffertyLFP: Det.Constable David Vittie is next witness

 

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Det.Constable David Vittie is next witness

RaffertyLFP: Vittie is actually Det. Sgt

Vittie has been with the OPP since 2001. Working as an officer for 22 years.

RaffertyLFP: Vittie worked with Con. Kelly from Woodstock and helped to gather witness statements

Vittie was told on May 19th the investigation was now a murder case. Met with Detective-Inspector Renton that night.

Det. Const. David Vittee Followed up on tips in the #ToriStafford case

Vittie was assigned to go to the Guelph Home Depot and look through their security video from April 8th.

 

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Arrived at the Home Depot before 6 on the morning of May 20th. Met with loss prevention officer.

Vittie, who is from Burlington, went to the Home Depot in Guelph and picked up the security tape

RaffertyLFP: Vittie reviewed Home Depot security video and saw images of Rafferty car in parking lot at 5 p.m.

Vittie says he and Detective Cobstable Kelly were looking for a 2003, black Honda Civic in the parking lot. One arrived at 5 pm.

 

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Vittie said he saw a male exiting the car and enter another building, He gets back in car a short time later

On the video, a man left the Civic, then walked back to the car. Was walking towards another building. Then drove towards the Home Depot

Vittie said he saw car pul in front of Home Depot- a woman gets out, puts on white coat and runs toward the door of store

A woman got out of the car, ran towards the front door.

Photo shows the jury a Petro Canada just meters away from the Home Depot parking lot.

 

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RaffertyLFP: Vittie said he saw a male exiting the car and enter another building, He gets back in car a short time later [via Twitter]

 

[Sailor Bug]

Police went to the Petro Canada, spoke to the manager. Asked if monitoring equipment was working. It was not hooked up.

Vittie said he talked to clerk at service station near the Home Depot - video equipment there was not working but adjacent Tim Horton's was

The Petro Canada also has a Tim Horton's, which has a camera. Police didnt see the man in the white shirt at 1st, time stamp was off 37 mins

Vittie said he could not initially find the male he was looking on video for but realized timer was incorrect -switched time and found him

 

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LFP seems to be the only one on the ball today. Others are slow with their tweets! Many aren't even there tweeting and will only give updates at the end of the day. :sigh: