Massholes for sure are interested, especially those who live in and around Canton.
Based on the pageviews these blogs are getting, Stoolies are interested.
So am I, obviously.
But there are limits.
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(The last four years were proof enough of that.)
And that the best approach is to wait and see what is actually presented to the jury.
Because that is the literal definition of “evidence.”
Not what the lawyers say.
Not theories you read on Twitter.
Not blogs or YouTubes.
Warnng: I’ll be using a lot of sports metaphors as we go forward here.
It’s more like a baseball postseason series.
But one where you’ve had plenty of time to set up your rotation.
Which invariably means sending your Ace out to the mound.
If that’s been the case here, the state is behind early in this one.
So not a great first inning.
And it hasn’t gotten better.
–The first witness called was O’Keefe’s brother Paul.
He testified to the fact Read and his brother had been having relationship issues.
And that he was getting frustrated by the way she had been spending so much money on the kids.
Not to State Trooper Proctor during the investigation.
And not in Grand Jury testimony.
When they train you to write reports, they stress the importance of being precise.
Of getting all the details right.
From the most important to the least significant.
But none of these witnesses ever jotted it down or mentioned it until now.
Meaning there are not only careers and future pensions to be considered, but relationships as well.
For that I apologize.
These names and relationships get confusing, and there’s no scorecard.
(Another sports reference.)
And she’s the one who Googled “hos long to die in cold.”
The fact she did so is not in dispute.
What is disputed is when.
The phone data said it was at 2:27 am.
The state claims the data is wrong, and it was after 6:30 when he’d been found.
Their theory goes that she made the Google search only after a very distraught Read asked her to.
But the dashboard cameras on the police cruisers were on.
Which no one made note of, reported, or tried to stop.
If they’d seen anything?
And no one inside came out to find out what the ruckus was?
But this little 911 emergency inspired a uniquely aggressive form of None of My Businessishness.
That’ll all come out as the trial goes on.
No, I’m talking about the leaf blower.
First of all, since when are those a tool used in law enforcement?
Especially Crime Scene Investigation?
I don’t know how crime scenes are maintained.
Again, what do I know?
What I can speak intelligently on though, are two things: Power equipment and sleep.
Specifically how the former messes with the latter.
No one from the Canton PD asked if anyone at 34 Fairview had information.
No one asked the neighbors if they’d seen or heard anything.
No doors were knocked on.
Someday soon, we’ll find out if that’s how the jurors see it.
