STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
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Defense Evidence<br />
Trina Gifford left the house around 8:00 a.m. to take her boys to her ex-<br />
husband’s, and Junior was still home when she left. (Vol. LXXI, R. 89) Trina<br />
worked until about 2:30 and then returned home. (Vol. LXXI, R. 90) Gifford<br />
believed Junior also had to work that day. However, Gifford testified before the<br />
grand jury on August 19, 1999, that she did not believe he worked that day. (Vol.<br />
LXXII, R. 25-26) Time records showed that Junior clocked in at 11:26 a.m. and<br />
clocked out at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 1996. (Vol. LXX, R. 135)<br />
Gifford originally did not think she had worked on Saturday, September 28,<br />
1996 but changed her mind after she saw her record from work. (Vol. LXXII, R.<br />
22-23) She had previously told <strong>of</strong>ficers Michael Mannix and Jeff Bush, as well as<br />
a Macon County grand jury, that she had been home that day. (Vol. LXXII, R. 23)<br />
Keith Wiggle saw Junior in his parent’s driveway around 9:30 or 10 a.m. on<br />
September 28, 1996. He was upset and crying and talking to his sister. (Vol.<br />
LXX, R. 154) Jeannette Slover came over to see the baby on Sunday or Monday<br />
and stayed for 15 minutes to a half an hour. (Vol. LXX, R. 155; 157)<br />
Crystal Sams, a fellow employee at Cub Food, saw Junior at between 9:30<br />
and 10:00 a.m. on September 28, 1996. Junior was holding a cup and brush in<br />
his hand. (Vol. LXVII, R. 226-28; 235) As Sams talked to Junior, she pointed to<br />
a picture <strong>of</strong> a woman and asked Junior if that was his ex-wife. (Vol. LXVII, R.<br />
229-31) Junior looked at the picture and dropped the cup and brush. Junior<br />
went into the pricing <strong>of</strong>fice around the corner and Ms. Sams stayed and patted<br />
Junior on the back. (Vol. LXVII, R. 231) Sams saw Junior about an hour later as<br />
he was walking around the store looking for shoplifters. (Vol. LXVII, R. 232-33)<br />
Junior got home around five o’clock that evening. Trina Gifford and Junior<br />
originally had plans for that evening but instead stayed at home eating pizza and<br />
watching movies. (Vol. LXXI, R. 92) They stayed at home the entire night and<br />
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