***VERDICT WATCH*** Jimmy Rodgers Trial Thread (livestream) Days 1-11 2019.10.10-22

[Legally Bland]

DBM

 

[JenaTaoson]

Jaclyn Bevis‏ @jbevis10 11s11 seconds ago
Back on the record after a short recess, the crime scene technician is still on the stand for initial questioning. She's been up almost two hours

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 14s14 seconds ago


The piece of evidence is a hammer collected from the crime scene on at the Sievers home, Van Waus said.

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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 50s50 seconds ago
  
  
  Assistant State Attorney Cynthia Ross is handing her a piece of evidence and asking her to identify it.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 1m1 minute ago
  
  
  Kimberly Van Waus is back on the witness stand. She is an investigator from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
  

 

[Oregonmama]

This is getting me emotional

 

[JenaTaoson]

Jaclyn Bevis‏ @jbevis10 23s23 seconds ago
Crime scene tech now showing the jurors the hammer from an evidence envelope. Teresa's mother gasped at the sight of it. For the victim's family, the details, new and old, are gut-wrenching

Morgan Rynor‏ @Morgan_Rynor 1m1 minute ago
The crime scene technician is about to show the jury the actual hammer used to kill Theresa Sievers. Not a photograph.

 

[Oregonmama]

Van Waus is now displaying the hammer to the jury.

12:35 PM - 10 Oct 2019

 

[Oregonmama]

JRR looking at the evidence items his attorneys are viewing. You know very well what they are JRR.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 2m2 minutes ago


Van Waus is now talking about a cellphone found on the kitchen floor near where Teresa Sievers was found.

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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 3m3 minutes ago
  
  
  Vacuumings from the kitchen floor were also collected to look for "trace evidence," Van Waus said.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 5m5 minutes ago
  
  
  The hammer was swabbed for "touch DNA," Van Waus said. The swabs were submitted for DNA analysis and only Teresa Sievers' DNA was found on the swabs, Van Waus said.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 7m7 minutes ago
  
  
  Ross is asking Van Waus what happened to the hair that was on the hammer when it was found on the ground in the kitchen. She said it was removed and packaged separately.

 

[Oregonmama]

Ugh.... they wore gloves of course and TS was fighting for her life.

The swabs were submitted for DNA analysis and only Teresa Sievers' DNA was found on the swabs, Van Waus said.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 56s57 seconds ago


Kimberly Van Waus, of the Lee County Sheriff's Office, holds up a hammer prosecutors say was used a weapon to kill Teresa Sievers.

 

[Oregonmama]

A lot of Walmart receipts

 

[JenaTaoson]

Alright guys I have to head off of here for a bit. Hopefully someone can pick up on the extra tweets.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 17s18 seconds ago


Van Waus is going to step down from the stand and show where the items of evidence were found in the house using a diagram.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 22s23 seconds ago


The red and black hammer was found on the kitchen floor, Van Waus said.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 22s23 seconds ago


Also found in the kitchen were a cell phone and some receipts, Van Waus said.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 40s41 seconds ago


Van Waus was at the crime scene for four days, she said.

Each day there was something to different to do, with a lot of processing on day two, three and four and documentation on day one, she said.

 

[Oregonmama]

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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 1m1 minute ago
   Van Waus will be recalled later in the trial to answer questions about going back to the Sievers house to collect more evidence, Ross said.
   
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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 2m2 minutes ago
   "The entire house was processed for fingerprints and DNA," Van Waus said.
   
   This included every surface that could be touched in case investigators find out later on its important.
   

 

[Oregonmama]

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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 22s22 seconds ago
   The state is done questioning Van Waus for now and the defense is going to cross examine her.
   
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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 1m1 minute ago
   Van Waus said a suitcase found in the bedroom had a smaller suitcase inside of it.
   
   There was a smaller suitcase found in the garage.
   

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 40s40 seconds ago


Assistant Public Defender Donald McFarlane double checks that Van Waus earlier said the home did not appear ransacked.

 

[Oregonmama]

Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 43s44 seconds ago


McFarlane asks Van Waus about valuables found in the home left behind after Sievers was killed.