08-04-2011, 11:18 AM
trial is on.
PAW PAW, Mich. (WOOD) - Amy Henslee had bruises to her neck and chin that occurred around the time of her death from a shotgun blast, consistent with her being assaulted with a blunt object before she was shot to death, Dr. Stephen Cohle testified Thursday in the trial of Junior Beebe Jr.
Beebe is accused of killing Henslee, 30, and Tonya Howarth in January, then burying them behind a trailer on Bangor Township property owned by Beebe's family.
Cohle, the Kent County medical examiner who helps other counties at times, also said Henslee's body had "blunt injury, in the form of scrapes and bruises." There were also significant injuries observed on and around one of Henslee's arms.
Prosecutors also displayed a mock-up of the trailer where Henslee and Howarth were shot to death.
The courtroom trailer mock-up will poke holes in Beebe's defense, prosecutors say, as well as the expected testimony of the medical examiner.
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In the first day of testimony, Henslee's husband, James, talked about the day his wife went missing. Two police officers and Henslee's neighbor also took the stand, as did Beebe's mother, Karen.
She testified she dropped Howarth off at the property where she was killed, and that she had contact with her son after the shootings but before the bodies were found two days later.
mock-up of trailer
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PAW PAW, Mich. (WOOD) - Amy Henslee had bruises to her neck and chin that occurred around the time of her death from a shotgun blast, consistent with her being assaulted with a blunt object before she was shot to death, Dr. Stephen Cohle testified Thursday in the trial of Junior Beebe Jr.
Beebe is accused of killing Henslee, 30, and Tonya Howarth in January, then burying them behind a trailer on Bangor Township property owned by Beebe's family.
Cohle, the Kent County medical examiner who helps other counties at times, also said Henslee's body had "blunt injury, in the form of scrapes and bruises." There were also significant injuries observed on and around one of Henslee's arms.
Prosecutors also displayed a mock-up of the trailer where Henslee and Howarth were shot to death.
The courtroom trailer mock-up will poke holes in Beebe's defense, prosecutors say, as well as the expected testimony of the medical examiner.
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In the first day of testimony, Henslee's husband, James, talked about the day his wife went missing. Two police officers and Henslee's neighbor also took the stand, as did Beebe's mother, Karen.
She testified she dropped Howarth off at the property where she was killed, and that she had contact with her son after the shootings but before the bodies were found two days later.
mock-up of trailer