Allegations of witness manipulation aside, there was one witness the State presumably hadn’t manipulated. He was the first witness for…
Phil Weidner was definitive when it came to judging the state of the prosecution’s case at this psychic and procedural…
May it please the Court, the State rests. With this traditional invocation, the State of Alaska tossed its cards on the…
With Jim Robinson’s startling new revelations, defense attorney Weidner faced a dilemma. His instincts told him to move in for…
The third “surprise” witness-to-be was Jim Robinson, the owner of Craig Auto. It was Robinson who was shooting the shit…
A month after the Richard Olmstead disaster, Mary Anne Henry attempted a second run at John Peel. This time, she…
Every prosecutor wishes for emphatic proof. They want someone who can point to the defendant and say, “That’s the man.”…
Of all the witnesses who appeared during May of 1986, Dawn Holmstrom seemed particularly important. She had plans to meet…
Barker Davie had extensively analyzed the Investor fire. A former forensic chemist for the Fort Wayne Police Department from 1973-1980,…
Turning to address the Peel interrogation in Bellingham, Phillip Weidner accused Sgt. Glenn Flothe of trying to “break” Peel and…