02/27/08
Life Without Parole
Judge Schroeder said, ”Mr. Jensen you will be confined to prison for the rest of your life without possibility of parole.” The Judge also said that his crime was so enormous so monstrous and so unspeakably cruel that he could give nothing less than the maximum. There are a limited number of people who would do something like this and they are the ones who need to be put away.
The victim impact statements were brief. Craig Albee read a statement from Mark’s children, David and Douglas. Then all four of Julie Jensen’s brothers read a statement asking for no mercy for Mark Jensen.
Prosecuting Attorney, Robert Jambois finished up by calling Mark Jensen a sociopath and said that he already had been out more years than he deserved after murdering Julie Jensen. He asked the Judge to give Jensen a sentence long enough that Mark Jensen would never get out of prison.
02/26/08
Sentencing for Jensen today
The sentencing portion of the Mark Jensen poisoning trial starts today. Jensen's defense attorney
Craig Albee said Tuesday there would be an appeal, but he wasn't sure if he'd handle it.
There's a California case that is a worry to Julie Jensen's family.
In the California case, Dwayne Giles was convicted in the death of his former girlfriend, Brenda
Avie. At Giles' trial, the jury heard statements that Avie made to a police officer a few weeks before
her death, describing an assault by Giles and his threat to kill her.
Giles has appealed his conviction, arguing that Avie's statements should not have been allowed
because Giles' lawyer never had an opportunity to cross-examine her.
Marquette University Law Professor Dan Blinka said a reversal in the Giles case could help
Jensen's appeal. What the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding is "extraordinarily technical," he said.
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02/21/08
Jensen found Guilty of murdering his wife
A jury in Wisconsin found Mark Jensen guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the 1998 poisoning death of his wife following a trial that included the slain woman's haunting letter from the grave.
The jury's verdict came nearly a decade after Julie Jensen was found dead in her bed. The cause of death: Poisoning by ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze.
Julie Jensen, the victim, had given a neighbor a letter pointing an accusing finger at her husband should anything happen to her.
She also made foreboding comments to police and to her son's teacher, saying she suspected that her husband was trying to kill her.
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02/20/08
Restaurant Workers Await Verdict
In the wife poisoning trial in Walworth County, the jury is in its second day of deliberations.
The jury is deciding if Mark Jensen poisoned his wife ten years ago, or if Julie Jensen committed suicide and tried to blame her husband.
The case has drawn national attention and means big business for some people.
The trial has brought on so much attention that now, workers of a local restaurant are also impatiently waiting a verdict.
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02/18/08
Closing arguments
I was really disappointed in the closing from the prosecution, Robert Jambois, this morning. Then I got a little bored with defenses closing argument, who made his largest point about the credibility of Aaron Dillard, jail house snitch who said Jensen told him he smothered Julie Jensen. Jambois got to give the last of the closing argument and he was absolutely riveting.
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02/16/08
Case Rested
Both sides have rested in the case of Wisconsin v. Mark Jensen and closing arguments will be heard by the jury Monday.
The prosecution presented its final rebuttal witnesses, including Julie Jensen’s brother, Paul Griffin. He testified about a January 2000 conversation during which Mark said Julie was sleeping on December 2, 1998, when he left the house that morning and still sleeping when he returned.
We already have had evidence from the couple’s family doctor that Mark came to his office that morning to get a prescription for Julie because she was having trouble sleeping. The doctor testified he took Mark on his word and gave him a prescription for Ambien.
Paul Griffin testified Mark told him that by Thursday, December 3, Julie was unable to sit up by herself, was grunting and couldn’t talk, and was thirsty but couldn’t keep anything down.
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02/14/08
Jensen not to testify in his own behalf
This was a big day in the Jensen trial. This trial is in its seventh week, but Mark Jensen has never spoken in court before now.
Just before we heard from Mark Jensen for the first time, the defense rested its case.
Before the state was allowed to call their rebuttal witnesses, Judge Bruce Schroeder asked Mark Jensen several questions about whether or not he wanted to testify in his own defense.
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02/13/08
Wednesday’s testimony
There was a lot of yelling over the fact that Dr. Rumack admitted the defense paid him around $5,000 to take the stand, but he failed to mention another $10,000 he was paid.
The Judge got on a three way phone conversation with Dr. Rumack’s attorney, and made plans for the doctor to come back in and clear up his testimony Now, Rumack will be back on the stand, likely Thursday, to explain why he didn't mention it.
Wow! The prosecution was making mincemeat out of Dr. Scott Denton on cross examination, today. Dr. Denton is now saying that the conclusion he made, in 2004, that Julie Jensen’s letter was unbelievable, and that she committed suicide, he had not taken into account a lot of the testimony, and documents that are now being provided to him.
He appears to be a very credible witness as he’s not hostile with the prosecution, even though he’s a defense witness, unlike many of the other defense expert witnesses were.
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02/12/08
Psychiatric expert, Dr. Spiro, took the stand for the defense
He says that Julie was suffering from a severe psychiatric mood disorder just two days before her death. She made unusual preparations prior to her death when she told her sister-in-law, Laura, that she would be too ill to take her son to karate the next time. Remember, this is the very conversation that Laura "omitted" in her testimony last summer at the forfeiture hearing and led to fireworks yesterday!
Dr says she had a deep fear of being like her mother. She feared that terrible things would happen to her. And that she feared things going wrong in her marriage. Thadeus Wojt found her crying on her front porch.
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02/11/08
Julie Jensen's family doctor testies
With psychological testimony, the defense in the Mark Jensen trial bolstered its argument that Julie Jensen committed suicide.
The defense called the Jensen family doctor, who said a crying, distraught Julie Jensen came to his office just two days before she died.
Dr. Richard Borman reviewed the notes he made after his appointment with Julie Jensen shortly before she died.
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02/10/08
Doctor testifies of Julie Jensen's depression
The jury in the wife poisoning trial is hearing an entirely different story about what happened the day Julie Jensen died.
The first witness the defense called Friday is a psychotherapist who testified he treated Julie Jensen for depression.
Doctor Paul DeFazio treated Julie Jensen for depression several years before her 1998 death.
Attorney Craig Albee: "Your ultimate diagnosis is that Mrs. Jensen was suffering from a long term depressive disorder."
"That is correct," Dr. Paul DeFazio said.
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02/05/08
Expert witnesses testify
The computer expert gave a demonstration to the jury on how a computer works, and showing various files on the Jensen computer. Cook said that the computer had been accessed after 10:00 pm on December 2nd, and that ethylene glycol was being searched. He had testified that there were deletions done on the morning of Julie’s death. This discovery doesn’t coincide with Mark Jensen’s testimony of Julie Jensen’s health condition at the time. Mark said that she couldn’t get out of bed and was breathing hard, and could barely sit up.
The demonstration was interrupted to bring in a defense witness out of order.
Dr. Barry Rumack, Toxicologist, testified for the defense. He gave everyone a lesson in toxicology and how to calculate portions. His conclusion is that there is no medical evidence that there was more than one dose of ethylene glycol, which could have been taken 36 hours before her death.
According to this expert witness Julie would have been capable of walking, using the telephone and being at the computer through December 3rd!
Dr. Rumacks expertise does not coincide with what the defense has been saying, or with what Mark said during his interrogation, that Julie was so sick and couldn’t get out of bed. (NLH)
02/04/08
Blogger attack
There was a lot of hoopla about one of the juror’s sister blogging at another site about the trial, today.
Mark Jensen's defense argued to remove a juror Monday, saying his sister posted an internet message indicating that her brother was on the jury and that she thought Jensen was guilty.
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder stopped the trial for nearly an hour to interview the woman, who said she never expressed her opinion to her brother and never even discussed the case with him.
The judge decided there was no reason to dismiss the juror, after he read the blog, and apologized for any disparaging remarks he made about bloggers.
They finished up with Detective Ratzburg and are now having another computer expert testifying.
The prosecution’s side should finish tomorrow.
Resource…
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/15278401.html
02-02-08
Ratzburg grilled on cross
Detective Paul Ratzburg was tediously grilled by Defense lawyer Craig Albee on Friday on the way he handled the investigation and interrogation of Mark Jensen. This type of testimony is exactly why I put puzzles and games on my site, just so you have something to help you wile away the hours through the tedious times.
Detective Ratzburg was aware of Julie’s claims that her husband might try to poison her, yet at the scene of her death he only gathered the liquid from a glass on Julie Jensen’s nightstand, and only took pictures of the food in the refrigerator and gathered no possible evidence of poisoning. (NLH)
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01/31/08
Interrogation video shown
Several hours of Jensen’s interrogation, from April, 1999, was shown to the jury today. Jensen had told the detectives, on the day of Julie’s death that he never touched her. During the interrogation he said he only shook her and later said he rolled her over.
After being questioned about giving a polygraph test the detective asked if he had anything to do with the pornographic pictures around the house and Jensen hesitated for several seconds and said “Not per say.” He said he would take a polygraph test, but never did.
Jensen said he only did work related things on his computer denying any romantic connection between himself and Kelly Labonte, (now Kelly Jensen), even though he was confronted with emails passed between them.
Detective Paul Ratzburg testified about a written log found in the master bedroom of the home. The log was kept by Julie Jensen to note all hang-up calls, and pornographic photos found including those from Mark Jensen’s work. Ratzburg was suspicious that Mark Jensen was the one who was the one doing this.
Jensen said that Julie was so depressed that she seldom went out of the house the last month before her death.
During the interview Jensen told Ratzburg he believed Julie was trying to poison him.
According to the Pocket day planner of Julie’s for 1998 it sounds like she had very normal, busy days, involved in many activities. French club, children’s events, volunteer, Book club, lunch dates, baking. The prosecution says this shows plans for her future, as the entries for future events went well into the following months after her death.
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01/30/08
Cell mate testified
The weather in Elkhorn WI was so bad, today that even Tru-tv didn't get live feed. The following information is from local, on-line, news in Wisconson.
Several people took the stand, each testifying they had a different reason to believe Mark Jensen killed his wife.
Two people testified they believed Mark Jensen wanted his wife Julie dead.
Another, Bernard bush, said Jensen planned to hire a hit man to get rid of a key witness. Bernard Bush is a lifelong criminal, who faces 400 more years in prison. He wore handcuffs while swearing to tell the truth about his former cellmate Mark Jensen.
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01/29/08
Testimony continued with Dr. Mary Mainland
Defense attorney, Craig Albee, worked hard to discredit Medical examiner Dr. Mary Mainland this morning. The prosecution worked hard to bring that credibility back, through many objections by Albee, by going over the transcript between Julie Jensen’s brother Paul, and Mark Jensen himself. This information discussed the condition of Julie’s declining health over several days, and how this information, along with Aaron Dillard’s letter about Marks admission of guilt, helped to determine her opinion that Julie Jensen was given ethylene glycol and then smothered.
When all of Dr. Mainland’s grueling, three day, testimony was finally over she gave out a gasp of relief and said she was going to drive home at 80 miles an hour.
Meredith Perez co-worker started working with Mark Jensen in 1998. Perez was a cashier, issuing checks to clients and answering the phone. Perez testified that she was never aware of any harassing phone calls or mail.
Court was let out early due to bad weather. (NLH)
01/28/08
“She’s going to be asleep for a long time”
Monday’s testimony started off with continued direct and cross examination, of Medical Examiner, Dr. Mary Mainland. A large amount of questioning was concerning suicidal ideation. She was also questioned about how much she relied on, convict Aaron Dillard’s letter, in relationship to the possibility that Julie may have been smothered. She felt that Dillard’s letter, about Mark Jensen’s admission of murder, was consistent with the evidence found on Julie’s body. The defense says Aaron Dillard got his information from papers he read while in jail with Mark, and that he made up the story about Mark Jensen’s admission hoping it would help get him out of jail early.
Joan Scully, former office worker at Jensen’s work, testified that she usually opened mail for the company and that she didn’t remember any harassing mail or phone calls in conjunction with Mark Jensen as previously stated by the defense. The prosecution appears to be implying that the 50-60 sexually explicit photos were sent to his home, and work, by Mark Jensen himself, after Julie Jensen’s affair in 1991. The defense denies this.
David Jensen’s school friend, Eric Schoor, now age 17, was called to the stand and testified about his relationship with David and his mother, Julie. Eric stated that David was concerned about his mother’s health just before her death. Eric Schoor testified that David said “My mom is sick, having trouble breathing, and my father will not take her to the doctor.” He testified that he relayed that information on to his mother on Friday, the morning after Julie’s death.
Eric Schoor’s mother took the stand and substantiated what her son had told her about Julie’s illness in December, 1998.
Joseph Mangi, former principal, interviewed Julie Jensen for a part-time secretarial position. Mangi testified that he called to speak with Julie as he was going to offer Julie the position. Mangi testified that Mark Jensen answered the phone and said “she’s asleep, she’s going to be asleep for a long, long time.” and then he (Mark) laughed.
After hearing of Julie’s death, Mangi contacted the police to talk to them about his phone conversation with Mark, as he thought it was odd. (NLH)
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01/26/07
Medical Examiner Testifies
Dr. Mary Mainland, the Kenosha County Medical Examiner, testified that she knew Julie Jensen died of ethylene glycol poisoning. Mainland says based on the amount of ethylene glycol found in Julie's system, she believed Julie had been murdered. Mainland believes that if Julie Jensen had killed herself, a larger amount of ethylene glycol would have been found in her body. Resources...
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01/24/08
“She’s going to be asleep for a long time”
Monday’s testimony started off with continued direct and cross examination, of Medical Examiner, Dr. Mary Mainland. A large amount of questioning was concerning suicidal ideation. She was also questioned about how much she relied on, convict Aaron Dillard’s letter, in relationship to the possibility that Julie may have been smothered. She felt that Dillard’s letter, about Mark Jensen’s admission of murder, was consistent with the evidence found on Julie’s body. The defense says Aaron Dillard got his information from papers he read while in jail with Mark, and that he made up the story about Mark Jensen’s admission hoping it would help get him out of jail early.
Joan Scully, former office worker at Jensen’s work, testified that she usually opened mail for the company and that she didn’t remember any harassing mail or phone calls in conjunction with Mark Jensen as previously stated by the defense. The prosecution appears to be implying that the 50-60 sexually explicit photos were sent to his home, and work, by Mark Jensen himself, not long after Julie Jensen’s affair in 1991. The defense denies this.
David Jensen’s school friend, Eric Schoor, now age 17, was called to the stand and testified about his relationship with David and his mother, Julie. Eric stated that David was concerned about his mother’s health just before her death. Eric Schoor testified that David said “My mom is sick, having trouble breathing, and my father will not take her to the doctor.” He testified that he relayed that information on to his mother on Friday, the morning after Julie’s death.
Eric Schoor’s mother took the stand and substantiated what her son had told her about Julie’s illness in December, 1998.
Joseph Mangi, former principal, interviewed Julie Jensen for a part-time secretarial position. Mangi testified that he called to speak with Julie as he was going to offer Julie the position. Mangi testified that Mark Jensen answered the phone and said “she’s asleep, she’s going to be asleep for a long, long time.” and then he (Mark) laughed.
After hearing of Julie’s death, Mangi contacted the police to talk to them about his phone conversation with Mark, as he thought it was odd. (NLH)
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Testimony continued with Dr. Mary Mainland
Defense attorney, Craig Albee, worked hard to discredit Medical examiner Dr. Mary Mainland this morning. The prosecution worked hard to bring that credibility back, through many objections by Albee, by going over the transcript between Julie Jensen’s brother Paul, and Mark Jensen himself. This information discussed the condition of Julie’s declining health over several days, and how this information, along with Aaron Dillard’s letter about Marks admission of guilt, helped to determine her opinion that Julie Jensen was given ethylene glycol and then smothered.
When all of Dr. Mainland’s grueling, three day, testimony was finally over she gave out a gasp of relief and said she was going to drive home at 80 miles an hour.
Meredith Perez co-worker started working with Mark Jensen in 1998. Perez was a cashier, issuing checks to clients and answering the phone. Perez testified that she was never aware of any harassing phone calls or mail.
Another witness testified that Jensen partied, socialized and drank the following Friday at an office Chrismas Party.
Court was let out early due to bad weather. (NLH)
Suicide hints vs. voicemails (By NLH)
Today’s testimony started off with Pleasant Valley Police Lieutenant, Daniel Reilly, who was one of the first people on the scene the night Julie Jensen died.
Reilly described what he saw and what evidence he procured and documented from the scene.
Reilly says Mark Jensen told him his wife said she knew the boys would be fine and that he and his parents would take care of them.
The next to testify was Officer Ronald Kosman who Julie Jensen had met in 1993 when he was called to investigate the 50 to 60 pornographic pictures that were showing up at the Jensen home.
She was also receiving harassing phone calls. Officer Kosman put phone taps on her phone 4 times, but each time the taps were put on the harassing phone calls stopped. Kosman told Julie, after the second phone tap, not to tell Mark Jensen, as he wanted to eliminate Mark as a suspect. Kosman testified that Julie didn’t feel Mark would do something like that. He also testified that as far as he knew there were only 3 people who knew about the phone taps, himself, Julie and Mark.
Kosman got a call from Julie Jensen November 24th, 1998, and testified that Julie left a voicemail message stating, “if she were to end up dead," her husband, Mark Jensen, "would be her first suspect." In further testimony he said that Julie called him to tell him that she thought Mark was trying to poison her. She asked to meet with him late in the evening.
Julie Jensen told Kosman that she photographed some notes and left a letter that she gave to the neighbors. Julie didn’t want to share the note with Kosman as she didn’t feel as threatened as before, and that she just wanted to let him know where it was.
Kosman also testified that Julie Jensen was concerned about mark’s suspicious behavior and that Mark appeared to be hiding what he was doing on the computer.
The roll of film was processed and showed different entries of Mark Jensen’s datebook.
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01/22/08
Jensen’s Mistress (now wife) Testifies
Kelly LaBonte, now Kelly Jensen, testified today. The emails between Mark Jenson and Kelly, before Julie Jensen died, were let into evidence.
Kelly Jenson was questioned about the seductive emails between her and Jensen. Some of the emails are so racy that I feel like a blushing fly on the wall listening to it.
Although the prosecution was not finished with their questions about the emails, at the end of today, the emails appear to show, as time passed, that Both Mark Jensen and Kelly LaBonte we drawing closer in their relationship. Kelly had mentioned that she would be happy to take on Mark Jensen and his two kids.
Prosecution says the emails show motive on the side of the defendant when the correspondence relayed the wanting of commitments…“but first they want to get rid of the details.”
The defense made a motion for mistrial stating the jury would be prejudiced against the defendant do to the salacious content of the emails being read over and over, putting Jensen in a bad light. The motion was denied.
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01/18/08
Cell mate testifies about Jensen admission to murder
Friday was a very big day in the Mark Jensen trial.
Mark Jensen’s cell mate testified Jensen admitted he killed his wife.
Aaron Dillard says he and Mark Jensen became friends while in custody at the Kenosha County Jail. Dillard says after several days of talking about the Jensen case, Mark Jensen finally admitted he killed his wife.
Julie Jensen’s friend started crying on the stand earlier Friday, as she described how Julie felt in the days leading up to her death.
Malgorzata Wojt lived next door to the Jensen’s.
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01/18/08
Neighbor who got Julie's letter testified
Chilling testimony Thursday in the wife poisoning trial in Walworth County.
Julie Jensen told several people she was scared her husband was trying to kill her.
Thursday, a neighbor testified that Julie Jensen gave him a letter to give to police in case she was killed.
The neighbor says Julie Jensen was afraid to eat or drink anything her husband gave her, and believed he was trying to poison her. Tad Wojt lived next door to Mark and Julie Jensen, and over the years, became good friends with Julie Jensen.
He says just before she died, she talked about problems in her marriage, and her fears that her husband was trying to kill her.
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01/17/08
A call to Mom may prove allegations
Prosecutors played a jailhouse phone call today to support the testimony of a bank robber who claims a man accused of killing his wife was willing to pay $1,000 to make a witness "go away."
On one call, Jensen’s mother offered to help her son with his case.
“I am the damnest best research you need me to do and I am willing to do anything at all. Period," Jensen’s mom said.
The state says Mark Jensen asked his mother to help him with his plan to get rid of a prosecution witness, without her knowledge.
David Thompson testified Monday that he told Mark Jensen he knew someone who could make a witness stay in his house during the trial so he couldn't testify and Jensen agreed last September. Read more...
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01/15/08
Forensics Computer Analyst testifies on cross
Court began with the cross examination of forensics computer analyst, Rhonda Mitchell, as Jensen’s defense attorney, Craig Albee, attempted to poke holes in her testimony about how computer hits and “cookies” are determined and how temporary internet files are saved and deleted.
According to Mitchell’s testimony last Friday, there were over 2,100 hits done on Jenson’s computer for the word poisoning, and thousands of hits on other searches for things like Botulism, drugs, Paxil, bombs, toxicology, accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, suicide, and glycol ethylene (antifreeze).
And then I lost the video feed!
01/14/08
Informant Testifies
A jailhouse informant, David Thompson, testified that Mark Jensen was worried about a former co-worker, Ed Klug, who was going to testify that Jensen told him he planned to poison his wife before she died, and that he wished the witness (Klug) would “just go away.”
Thompson and Jensen spent time in the same cell block in the Kenosha County jail for about three weeks last September and spoke regularly. Thompson told Jensen that he had a friend who could keep Krug out of the picture until after the trial. This was verified by a second informant, Nathanial Clanton.
When questioned whether Mark Jensen discussed killing his wife, Thompson said he found Jensen sitting on a bed crying. After awhile Thompson said “He (Jensen) broke out in full fledge crying and said ‘I didn’t mean to do it. I’m sorry,’”
Ed Klug testified last week that Jensen had discussed killing his wife and how it could be done by various poisoning, including antifreeze.
Several of Julie Jensen's neighbors testified about Mark Jensen's demeanor during her funeral and wake, noting his jovial conduct and relaxed manner. They also testified that the day after her funeral there were 15 bags and piles of women’s clothing, shoes and other articles sitting at the end of the Jensen driveway waiting for garbage pickup.
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http://www.wisn.com/news/15045494/detail.html
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=7620949
01/12/08
Computer forensics analyst testifies
A forensics computer analyst, Rhonda Mitchell read romantic emails between Kelly LaBonte and Mark Jenson recovered from Jensen’s computer hard drive in October 1998, including one that suggested a getaway together on a Wind Star Cruise.
Over the course of the next few months and up to Julie Jensen’s death on Dec. 3, 1998, there were over 2,100 hits done on Jenson’s computer for the word poisoning, and thousands of hits on other searches for things like Botulism, drugs, Paxil, bombs, toxicology, accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, suicide, and glycol ethylene (antifreeze).
Mitchell testified the computer was barely used between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., the hours Mark Jensen was at work. The rest of the searches were done late at night into the very early morning hours, and on the week-ends.
Mitchell testified that the majority of the emails were between Mark Jensen and his mistress Kelly LaBonte, who he later married.
The defense will argue that despite the time of day the searches were done, Julie Jensen could have been the one online.
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01/11/08
Teacher’s Testimony
Therese DeFazio, a third-grade teacher who taught Jensen’s son, testified Thursday afternoon that Julie Jensen told her she feared Mark was plotting to kill her. "She said she was afraid her husband was going to make it look like a suicide because when she went to counseling, he was always saying things that made her look like she was crazy, and if she ever tried to get a divorce, he would take the children away and make sure she would never see them again,"
Defense lawyer, Craig Albee, asked for mistrial Wednesday, citing a pathologist’s testimony that he now believes a woman was suffocated nine years ago, not killed by poisoning. The motion was denied.
They plan on having a computer expert Friday, who says Mark Jensen researched poisoning weeks before Julie’s death. Resources...
http://www.wisn.com/news/15024339/detail.html
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080110/APC0101/80110055/1979
http://www.wkbt.com/global/story.asp?s=7608801
01/10/08
Wednesday's Update
Former co-worker Ed Klug testified for the first time last summer that Mark Jensen told him in November 1998 that he wanted to poison his wife. Jensen's wife, Julie Jensen, 40, died in her Pleasant Prairie home in December 1998.
Klug's wife, JoAnne, testified, Wednesday, that her husband talked to her about the alleged conversation he had with Jensen the night it happened, including how Jensen wanted to kill his wife.
Former co-worker Ronald Wruck said Klug came to his door looking disheveled the morning after Klug and Jensen allegedly talked. Klug told him that he and Jensen discussed ways of killing their wives, Wruck said.
"(He) looked kind of ragged. He says, 'I’ve been up all night. Me and Mark, we up planning to kill our wives.' I thought it was a joke. He had a history of talking that way," Wruch told the jury.
Wruck said, however, that Klug never said anything about Jensen plotting to poison his wife with antifreeze. In fact, he said Klug told him that Jensen was worried about his wife's mental health. Read full resource story and update...
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01/09/08
Pathologist says Jensen died from suffocation
Forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Chambliss, who conducted the original autopsy on Julie Jensen, said he found no obvious cause of death during the original autopsy. After further toxicology testing it was revealed that ethylene glycol, antifreeze, was present at the time of her death. He changed his opinion on the cause of death after new information from a jailhouse snitch, in combination with hemorrhaging in the lung and hear area was noticed. The snitch reported that Mark Jensen told him that he (Jensen) sat on his wife and shoved her head in a pillow to suffocate her as she wasn’t dying quickly enough.
Edward Klug, a former colleague of Mark Jensen testified that Jensen told him that he planned to murder his wife a full month before her death.
Klug further testified, “Mark told me, if you wanted to get rid of a wife, you could go to web sites on how to use poison that’s not detectable…Benadryl and antifreeze… that would not be detectable.”
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Suicide hints vs. voicemails
Today’s testimony started off with Pleasant Valley Police Lieutenant, Daniel Reilly, who was one of the first people on the scene the night Julie Jensen died.
Reilly described what he saw and what evidence he procured and documented from the scene.
Reilly says Mark Jensen told him his wife said she knew the boys would be fine and that he and his parents would take care of them.
The next to testify was Officer Ronald Kosman who Julie Jensen had met in 1993 when he was called to investigate the 50 to 60 pornographic pictures that were showing up at the Jensen home.
She was also receiving harassing phone calls. Officer Kosman put phone taps on her phone 4 times, but each time the taps were put on the harassing phone calls stopped. Kosman told Julie, after the second phone tap, not to tell Mark Jensen, as he wanted to eliminate Mark as a suspect. Kosman testified that Julie didn’t feel Mark would do something like that. He also testified that as far as he knew there were only 3 people who knew about the phone taps, himself, Julie and Mark.
Kosman got a call from Julie Jensen November 24th, 1998, and testified that Julie left a voicemail message stating, “if she were to end up dead," her husband, Mark Jensen, "would be her first suspect." In further testimony he said that Julie called him to tell him that she thought Mark was trying to poison her. She asked to meet with him late in the evening.
Julie Jensen told Kosman that she photographed some notes and left a letter that she gave to the neighbors. Julie didn’t want to share the note with Kosman as she didn’t feel as threatened as before, and that she just wanted to let him know where it was.
Kosman also testified that Julie Jensen was concerned about mark’s suspicious behavior and that Mark appeared to be hiding what he was doing on the computer.
The roll of film was processed and showed different entries of Mark Jensen’s datebook.
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