Some very interesting information came out yesterday.
WICHITA | The man accused of killing Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller bought a gun the week before the slaying and practiced shooting it near Topeka the day before Tiller’s death, prosecutors said today.
Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston laid out the prosecution’s case during opening statements of Scott Roeder’s murder trial, describing to jurors the events the morning Tiller was killed.
“It was Scott Roeder who with premeditation and with intent killed Dr. George Tiller on May 31,” she said.
He bought the gun at a pawn shop and the bullets at a shooting range only a few blocks from where I live:
Foulston told jurors that FBI agents who searched Roeder’s house after the shooting found a gun box showing that a .22-caliber Taurus handgun had been purchased, along with a receipt for ammunition at the Bullet Hole in Overland Park on May 28. Other items found, Foulston said, included a May calendar with the 30th and 31st dates highlighted and a brochure from Tiller’s church dated Aug. 24, 2008.
Foulston said authorities determined that the gun was bought at a Lawrence pawn shop on May 18 and that Roeder returned to the store on May 23 to pick it up.
Foulston told jurors that Roeder’s brother, David, of Topeka, called the Kansas Highway Patrol the day after Tiller was killed, saying he was concerned that his fingerprints were on his brother’s gun.
Now this blew me away:
She said the gun was never recovered.
I want to know who paid for Tiller's motel rooms two weekends in a row. He had not had a job in over a year and asked for a public defender. The Garden Inn Suites is not a cheap motel.
Foulston told jurors that after Tiller was killed, police officers drove around the area, checking with motels to see whether Roeder had stayed there. They found that Roeder had stayed at the Garden Inn Suites the night before the shooting and had checked out a 9:30 a.m. on May 31. Tiller was killed shortly after 10 a.m.
Foulston also said that Roeder had stayed at the Starlite Motel in Wichita the weekend before Tiller was shot. She said the church’s assistant pastor said that a man had come to the church service the Sunday before, but left after about 10 minutes. He was driving a car that fit the description of Roeder’s car, she said. Foulston said Tiller was on vacation and wasn’t in church that weekend.
Now isn't this special? Scott has friends in the courtroom.
About a half-dozen of Roeder’s supporters attended Friday’s session. Roeder glanced at them and smiled as he entered the courtroom. As the session began, the judge warned those in attendance not to cause any outbursts or distractions. During the session, one woman was admonished when she reacted with glee when a photo of Tiller’s body was shown to jurors.
Cathy Ramey, a longtime anti-abortion activist from Oregon, said she came to Wichita to observe the trial.
“I’m here because I believe that God has a consistent standard of justice and whatever force is necessary to protect an innocent born person ought to be applied to an innocent unborn person as well,” Ramey said. Regina Dinwiddie, a friend of Roeder’s from Kansas City, showed reporters a petition that she had been taking around Wichita. It said, “We, the undersigned, declare the justice of taking all godly action necessary to defend innocent human life,. We proclaim that whatever force is legitimate to defend the life of a born child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn child. We further declare that if Scott Roeder shot and killed George Tiller, Roeder’s actions are morally justified if they were necessary for the purpose of defending innocent human life. Under these conditions, Scott Roeder should be acquitted of all charges.”
Dinwiddie said she’d gathered about 100 signatures on her petition.
“The tide is turning,” she said.
http://www.kansascity.com/842/story/1700992-p2.html
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