Winter 1992 was a pretty heady time. Butcher, Baker had just been published. It was selling like wildfire right out…
Every prosecutor wishes for emphatic proof. They want someone who can point to the defendant and say, “That’s the man.”…
Phil Weidner had nothing but praise for Dawn Holmstrom. “She’s a very truthful witness,” he proclaimed. “She’s made every attempt…
In May 1986, prosecutor Mary Anne Henry brought a steady torrent of witnesses through the Ketchikan courtroom. She’d already called…
When Mark Coulthurst’s parents made their way north after the boat fire, they lugged dental records in their luggage. After…
Barker Davie had extensively analyzed the Investor fire. A former forensic chemist for the Fort Wayne Police Department from 1973-1980,…
Mary Anne Henry had heard enough. She requested Weidner be fined for violating court rules with his questions about Dean Moon and…
Defense attorney Phil Weidner started by having Trooper Anderson write out a list of things he could have fingerprinted —…
March 26, 1986 Phillip Weidner told the judge three inmates had alleged Mark Coulthurst was “heavily involved in dealing cocaine”…
The allegations that a commercial fisherman might be dealing cocaine, with a tragic outcome, were based in reality. Take the…