Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

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13ABC @ 6:45:

TOLEDO, Ohio -
Defense attorney John Thebes argued that Williams' DNA and fingerprints could not be found on any other evidence at the crime scene, when other people's were, including "Unknown Female Number One"
on the duct tape and Clarke's sweatshirt and sweat pants. However, analysts couldn't identify those people.

"Meaningful for people out there probably laughing at this whole proceeding right now," says Thebes.

Another big question both sides addressed is whether to believe the testimony of one witness: the former jail inmate named Eric Yingling who says Williams confessed to him while behind bars.

"If you believe Eric Yingling this case is over. He [Williams] is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We're going to talk about that because there's things that Eric said that other persons wouldn't know about that adds credibility to him," says Miller.

Prosecutors specifically point to evidence that Lisa's dad Jeff Straub had $4,500 worth of Iraqi currency hidden in the closet of an upstairs bedroom which was found in tact even though the home was ransacked.
Yingling says Williams told him he didn't take the dinar because he didn't know if it was real or Monopoly money.

The defense calls Yingling "slick" saying Yingling stole information from Williams' court documents in jail and came up with a story for the prosecution for a deal.

"He landed on the space he needed to land on. He got to play that get out of jail free card," says Thebes.

Thebes argued some on Yingling's story didn't match the evidence.
Thebes says the evidence points away from Williams.

Several friends of Johnny Clarke testified this week that Johnny sold marijuana and that both Johnny and Lisa used percocet pills.

Another witness said she was mad at Johnny before he died about problems with him selling her his car. She testified that she is good friends with Williams.

From Toledo Blade

Yingling further testified that Williams said that all they found was "monopoly money" -- cash with former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein depicted on it. He testified that Williams said they didn't take it because they didn't know how to change it into American dollars.

Defense is quite surly!

I believe that Erik Yingling told the truth to the Prosecutor, stealing any foreign currency and trying to cash it in hoodrat style, would certainly draw attention to self, I don't think Yingling had anything to gain, Yingling had to know if those two walked they might come after him IMO as unsavory as Yingling is he bloody did the right thing! Hope it helps Johnny and Lisa!

Toledo Blade Dinar story in blue, is slightly different from ABC.