Unfortunately, I have only been able to watch a portion of this fascinating case. But here are a few thoughts about the portions I have seen. Marcia Trimble's mother, Virginia, testified first about the last time she saw her 9-year-old daughter. It was hard to watch as the brave Virginia fought back tears as she handled the blouse that Marcia wore on the day she went missing. She was very sharp on the stand, and I think everyone's heart went out to her.
A lot of DNA evidence was presented. Fascinating stuff, but I only got to see portions of it, and I am hoping the local TV stations will put up links for us to see this in entirety.
Through the years, a big question has been how did Marcia's body go unnoticed in the Thorpe garage for 33 days? Hard to believe that would happen. They have had a string of police recruits, who helped search the garage, testify on the stand. None of them saw the body in that garage. Now 34 years later, they are having to stand by their word that they found nothing. The DA seems to be making a case that they did a sloppy job of looking and that they had to fill out reports and diagrams later to cover the police department's butt. But they say that is not true. Also unfortuately, a couple of the police recruits later were terminated from their jobs at the police department for issues of truthfulness (lying on the job, etc.) which could amount to their being impeached as witnesses. (Isn't it fun having a law degree and know this stuff??)
But seriously folks--not to find a body for 33 days? Not even by someone else in the neighborhood? This has always been one of the strangest parts of the case.
Jerome Barrett waived his right to testify, which is certainly understandable.
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