Phil Weidner had nothing but praise for Dawn Holmstrom. “She’s a very truthful witness,” he proclaimed. “She’s made every attempt…
Of all the witnesses who appeared during May of 1986, Dawn Holmstrom seemed particularly important. She had plans to meet…
Memories. Sweet memories. There are things we can’t forget. Things that are gone in a microsecond. There are recollections that…
In May 1986, prosecutor Mary Anne Henry brought a steady torrent of witnesses through the Ketchikan courtroom. She’d already called…
Under cross-examination, defense attorney Phillip Weidner got Dr. Bell to admit his experiments didn’t take into account the influence of…
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,…
There were two things about the Investor crime that desperately needed explication. Then, as now, these were the forensic dimensions…
Turning to address the Peel interrogation in Bellingham, Phillip Weidner accused Sgt. Glenn Flothe of trying to “break” Peel and…
Joh Peel’s “missing” fourteen minutes focuses on the portion of his self-directed chatter banned by Judge Schulz. It begins with…