07-19-2012, 01:18 PM
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13ABC
Gripping opening statements today in the case of an East Toledo man accused of killing a Springfield Township couple. This morning jurors learned things about the case only a small circle has known about.
The prosecutor says this case is built on circumstantial evidence and they have no eye witnesses to the crime. While Pettaway's defense team claims there are multiple suspects who could have committed this violent crime.
They are the mystery details the public has wanted to hear since the violent murders of Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub. The couple was found dead in Straub's parents home. Prosecutors say Clarke's father found the couple after he kicked in the door
"He rips opens the plastic bag that's been duct taped over his sons head he touches his sons head and realizes his sons neck is stiff and he's been dead for some time. And he rips of the bag of Lisa's head," said prosecutor Tim Braun.
Prosecutors say the couple had an addiction to the common pain medication percocet. They planned a get together with friends to snort the pain drug that night, but someone killed the couple.
Cameo Pettaway is accused of the crime. Prosecutors say a cigarette butt puts Pettaway and his co-defendant Samuel Williams at the scene.
"When that butt was analyzed there were two people that smoked that butt and that's something the state of Ohio can prove scientifically because there's DNA from two separate men on the cigarette butt," said the prosecutor.
Prosecutors say the evidence will show when Williams was arrested he tried to tip off his buddy Pettaway
"The first call Sam Williams made from the county jail after his arrest was to Cameo Pettaway. The defendant in this case. and you'll here that call, " said Braun
But they admit other people could also be involved.
"We also know there was the DNA of an unknown male on the duct tape on the back of johnny Clarke's neck. We know that there was DNA left on the duct tape around Johnny Clarke's ankles by a woman who's never been identified."
Pettaway's defense team blames the murders on Johnny Clarke's drug dealing lifestyle. As for that cigarette butt found by the garage door ... the defense says there were other cigarettes found at the scene. Those cigarettes contained other DNA.
"There's none of cameo Pettaways DNA found at the crime scene not on the bags not on the duct tape not on any of the other physical items found in the crime scene area. What the prosecution can not prove is Cameo Pettaway's DNA got on that cigarette butt in connection in the commission of these homicides," said defense attorney Mark Geudtner.
Pettaways defense team also claims this investigation suffered because sheriff investigators lack experience in homicide investigations.
13ABC
Gripping opening statements today in the case of an East Toledo man accused of killing a Springfield Township couple. This morning jurors learned things about the case only a small circle has known about.
The prosecutor says this case is built on circumstantial evidence and they have no eye witnesses to the crime. While Pettaway's defense team claims there are multiple suspects who could have committed this violent crime.
They are the mystery details the public has wanted to hear since the violent murders of Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub. The couple was found dead in Straub's parents home. Prosecutors say Clarke's father found the couple after he kicked in the door
"He rips opens the plastic bag that's been duct taped over his sons head he touches his sons head and realizes his sons neck is stiff and he's been dead for some time. And he rips of the bag of Lisa's head," said prosecutor Tim Braun.
Prosecutors say the couple had an addiction to the common pain medication percocet. They planned a get together with friends to snort the pain drug that night, but someone killed the couple.
Cameo Pettaway is accused of the crime. Prosecutors say a cigarette butt puts Pettaway and his co-defendant Samuel Williams at the scene.
"When that butt was analyzed there were two people that smoked that butt and that's something the state of Ohio can prove scientifically because there's DNA from two separate men on the cigarette butt," said the prosecutor.
Prosecutors say the evidence will show when Williams was arrested he tried to tip off his buddy Pettaway
"The first call Sam Williams made from the county jail after his arrest was to Cameo Pettaway. The defendant in this case. and you'll here that call, " said Braun
But they admit other people could also be involved.
"We also know there was the DNA of an unknown male on the duct tape on the back of johnny Clarke's neck. We know that there was DNA left on the duct tape around Johnny Clarke's ankles by a woman who's never been identified."
Pettaway's defense team blames the murders on Johnny Clarke's drug dealing lifestyle. As for that cigarette butt found by the garage door ... the defense says there were other cigarettes found at the scene. Those cigarettes contained other DNA.
"There's none of cameo Pettaways DNA found at the crime scene not on the bags not on the duct tape not on any of the other physical items found in the crime scene area. What the prosecution can not prove is Cameo Pettaway's DNA got on that cigarette butt in connection in the commission of these homicides," said defense attorney Mark Geudtner.
Pettaways defense team also claims this investigation suffered because sheriff investigators lack experience in homicide investigations.