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Testimony “IiRuled Out NoBy CourtBMIDNEW LONDON, Conn. (DPI) d a, — Testimony about the motive trou^ of the woman who led police to „ -a two bodies, resulting in a *7^( double-murdter charge, would 1 prejudice the jury and could . J not be allowed, ruled Superior * Court Judge William L. HaddenJr. directState’s attorney C. Kobert p .Satti led Rhode Island stale poj.t,policeman Vincent Vespia Jr. So'throu#i the testimony Wednes* Q,day while the jury was out of „A {the room. sche^Vespia said once defendant Wes(Rscliard DeFreitas escaped Man, from Rhode Island’s state ^ ^ prison his former wife, Joanne, ^ was afraid he would kill her because of what she knew CQns about his other alleged crimes. jnce Hadden ruled Vespia’s tes* adu-timony would seriously endan- . ger the defendant’s right to a v g fair trial. DeFrieias, 36, for- ther merly of Ledyard and Donald R. Brant, 43, of Providence, j?or R.I., were being tried on two was counts of first-degree murder. stn The two bodies were those of ^ Gustavous L. Carmichael of Boston, and a woman, aged 25 to 30, whom police said had not itjtmg positively been identified. Foil lice said the pair were killed during Decemter, 1971. t0They were exhumed near a .. bouse in a wooded area of Ledyard in May, 1974.- PoliceSCOevecisisaid Mrs. DeFreitas lived withattgO!i? saiu ucncuw uu..DeFreitas at the house.neThe jury heard defense attornies Hyman Wilensky and , t ; - f?; Guerson Silverberg attempt i ; . establish that her cooperationp* . • . ■ ... *ofI*.’k... was the'result of other charges m she faced. g.
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Sat, Jun 12, 1976
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