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Lorie Gottesman, FBI document examiner
Tested the ziploc bags found at the crime scene
Said the ziploc bags from the crime scene were from the same original piece of plastic as
the next plastic bag in a box taken from the Greineder home
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Andrew Klane, Massachusetts State Trooper
Used a computer mapping program to create scale diagrams of the crime scene
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Dr. Stanton Kessler, Massachusetts Medical Examiner's office
Performed the autopsy on Mabel Greineder
Said the lethal wound cut her neck's vertebra, main veins, and muscles, but did not sever her carotid artery
Said Mabel's body showed no defensive wounds
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Robert Stites, crime scene reconstructionist
Sharpened and enhanced a photo of the bloodstain on Dirk Greineder's eyeglasses for use in Englert's testimony
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Rod Englert, blood spatter expert
Confirmed there was a hair swipe blood pattern on Greineder's jacket sleeves
Found dot patterns on the murder weapons and, more damagingly, on Greineder's eyeglasses.
Testified the bloodstains on Greineder's jacket were consistent with him touching Mabel Greineder from behind and moving her
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Lt. Ken Martin, Massachusetts State Police
Examined the clothes Greineder was wearing the day of the murder for blood spatter
Said bloodstains on the sleeves of Greineder's jacket were consistent with picking up and dragging a bloody corpse
Found spots of blood on the hammer, gloves and knife
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Michael French, latent fingerprint examiner
Tested Greineder's windbreaker using a chemical process that looks for protein, a substance found in blood
Said the windbreaker tested positive
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Harry Page, People2People member
Testified he and his wife Amy traded nude photos with Greineder
Read for the jury some of the graphic e-mails he received from Greineder
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Joanne Nichols, People2People member
Testified her screenname was "Daisymay828"
Confirmed that she received e-mails from "casualguy2000," Dirk Greineder, but did not respond to them
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Katherine Irwin, People2People member
Irwin communicated with Greineder under the screenname "backalleycat"
Confirmed received e-mails from "casualguy2000," Dirk Greineder.
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Peter Brennan, People2People Web site custodian of records
Testified Greineder's application stated he was looking for women ranging from "slim" to "a couple pounds overweight"
Confirmed that the credit card used to join the site was registered to Thomas Young
Said Greineder wrote one woman he "would reject anything leaving permanent marks" and another that he was "interested in petting and maybe more"
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Bob Gifford, Ultimatelive.com employee
Confirmed that "Thomas Young" opened an account on the site on a week before the murder
"Thomas Young" listed his e-mail address as pussyrider@yahoo.com
Said the Web site gets up to 30,000 visitors daily and this is the first time he has testified in a murder trial
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Cathy McGoff, Compliance Manager for Yahoo!
Said someone by the name Thomas Young applied for the e-mail address "cosmic_jockey"
Testified that "Thomas Young" set up another Yahoo! mail account with the screenname "casualguy2000" four days before the murder
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Trooper David McSweeney, Massachusetts State Police
A computer investigator, Trooper McSweeney examined Greineder's home computer as well as Mabel's
Testified that Mabel's computer was not working when he examined it
Fount two documents on Greineder's computer seemingly created by his wife
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Luis Rosado, Greineder's contractor
Renovated the Greineders' bathroom two days before the murder
Observed Mabel Greineder working on her computer when it froze
Greineder asked if she had been using his computer
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Margaret Desario, Verizon Wireless custodian of records
Testified about the phonecalls between Greineder and Doolio on the days before and after the murder
Greineder made a two minute call at 4:55 p.m on October 30, the day before the murder
On November 1, he called at 10.37 am for one minute
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Deborah Doolio, prostitute
Said Greineder responded to her a newspaper ad for her service, "Casual Elegance" and met her in Spring of 1999 in an area hotel
Continued their relationship on the phone; described him as "confused" and told him that seeing escorts should be put off until he "found his peace."
Greineder told her the month before the murder not to call him again because it was "not the right time," but he called her the day before and day after the murder
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Denise Parrie, Marilyn Escort Service custodian of records
Confirmed she sent an escort to the New Jersey hotel room where Greineder was staying
Stipulated prostitute Nora Perez went to Greineder's hotel room and had sex with him.
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Ronald Markwarth, Fleet Bank custodian of records
Testified Greineder made four $101 ATM withdrawals following a weekend tryst
Identified checks made to Roche Bros. in the months before the murder
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Robert Maguire, Verizon employee
Identified two numbers Greineder called during a Sheraton hotel stay
Said Greineder called an escort service and an Internet service provider
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Alan Fellerman, Sheraton Hotel employee
Testified about Greineder's Oct. 23, 1999, hotel stay
Testified Greineder called an escort service, logged onto the Internet and purchased an adult movie from his room
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Thomas Young, former roommate of Dirk Greineder
Roomed with Greineder as a college student in Yale
Testified he was never associated with Corporate Physicians
Said he was shocked to find his name embroiled in a murder investigation
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Mohan Jitlal, American Express custodian of records
Testified about Greineder's request for another credit card in the name, "Thomas Young"
Said the card was billed to Greineder's business, Corporate Physicians
Records showed a charge on October 24 for People2People and one on October 25 for an internet site
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Trevor Williams, health club employee
Testified Greineder came in the day before the murder to freeze his membership
Requested to freeze the membership from November 1999 to Feb 2000
Said Greineder returned to rescind the order on Nov. 15, 1999
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Sandra Koch, FBI lab trace examiner
Said the fibers found underneath Greineder's nails were similar to the bloody gloves and the gloves found in the Greineder doghouse
Could not link them to gloves Sgt. Foley bought from Diehl's after the murder because the fabrics were from different dyelots
Said there were blue fibers found that could not be accounted for
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Philip Boucher, Librett's distributor
Identified the bloody gloves found at the crime scene and the pair in the Greineder doghouse as the same make and brand
Said the gloves were made in China
Could not be sure if similar gloves were sold to other companies
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Gary Katz, president of Harvey's Hardware store
Testified the two-pound Estwing drilling hammer was not very popular at his store
Said the three-pound model was a bigger seller
Testified he had no precise records of his store's hammer sales
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Ted Cap, Ace Hardware employee
Said there were approximately 100 two-pound Estwing drilling hammers sold in area Ace stores
Conceded that Ace Hardware stores do not account for all sales of Estwing hammers
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Richard Sherman, hardware distributor
Testified the two-pound drilling hammer used to kill Mabel Greineder accounts for less than 1 percent of the hammer market.
Said Estwing is the top hammer maker in the country and is widely distributed.
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Belinda Markel, Victim's niece
Greineder said he was concerned because he owned
gloves and thought fibers from them might have gotten on his pants.
Greineder told her about the alleged simultaneous nosebleeds he
and his wife suffered and that they shared a towel to wipe their blood
Said Mabel carried a tissue containing his mucus and blood that
could have been transferred to the unknown assailant
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Regina Cameron, Massachusetts State Trooper
Photographed and retrieved the lighter fluid from the crime
scene
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Beth Murphy, treasurer of Diehl's Hardware Store
Testified 11 pairs of the brown gloves like the ones found at the crime scene were sold in 1998 and 40 between January and October 1999
Identified the drill hammer found and said there were several sold in 1999, including one sold in September
Identified the receipt found in Greineder's home for the hammer
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Christopher Fritts, Wellesley police officer
Watched the gate at Morse's Pond the morning of the murder
Testified he didn't see anyone put a brown work glove in the storm drain
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Lynne Mortarelli, former hardware store employee
Formerly worked at Diehl's Hardware store
Identified a Sept. 3, 1999 receipt for nails found in Greineder's home
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Jeff Dineen, supermarket employee
Testified about purchases the Greineders' made at Roche Bros. supermarket through the store's Advantage Club
Said between July and November 1999 the store sold 62 loaf pans and eight containers of lighter fluid
There are more than 19,000 shoppers weekly and about 160,000 Advantage Club members
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Diane Lilly, Massachusetts State Police Trooper
Searched Greineder's van at the crime scene
Identified Greineder's backpack and its contents, including a hammer and dishwashing gloves
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Elizabeth Fisher, crime lab technician, Mass. State Police
Examined trace materials found under Dirk Greineder's fingernails
Testified fibers found from under his fingernails were cotton fibers of the same color as the gloves found at the crime scene
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Ilse ("Ilsa") Stark, victim's sister
Testified her sister's husband had not taken part in family vacations and that she had to lend her money
Before being charged with his wife's murder, Greineder told Stark that Mabel might have some of his DNA on her since they were tossing a ball to their dog before the attack
Greineder warned her that there were going to be "bad, ugly things" that come out about him
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Dr. Robin Cotton, supervisor of Cellmark Diagnostics Lab
Testified Greineder's fingernails did not have his wife's DNA on them
Mabel Greineder's blood was found on her husband's backpack, a plastic bag at the crime scene, an umbrella found inside Greineder's car
DNA found a knife used as the murder weapon as well as on a glove found with it was consistent with Dirk Greineder's
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Richard Iwanicki, forensic scientist
Searched Greineder's Toyota Avalon
Found blood stains on the seat cushion and the center console
Also found a bloodstained umbrella inside the vehicle
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Sgt. Martin Foley, Massachusetts State Police
Greineder told him that he and his wife had not been sexually active for several years because of her back problems
Searched Greineder's garage and found an opened box of condoms and a self-prescribed bottle of Viagra and cut up credit cards later linking Greineder to his alias, Thomas Young
Confronted Greineder and urged him to confess
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Terrence Cunningham, Chief of Police, Wellesley, MA Police Dept.
Participated in two searches of Greinder's home that netted aluminum pans, a white garbage bag and several ziploc bags similar to items found at the crime scene
Found a pair of brown work gloves with textured palm and fingers in the Greineder's doghouse
Concede that sketches of Morse's Pond were found during the second search, indicating they could have been drawn after the murder
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Gwen Pino, Massachusetts State Police
Conducted tests evidence collected by investigators for presence of blood
Found blood on Greineder's backpack, sneakers and clothes
Said no blood was found on Greineder's hands, carphone he used to call police, his car door handle or steering wheel
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Deborah Rebeiro, footprint impression expert
Studied footprints at the scene
Testified footprints along the path where Mabel Greineder's body was found were consistent with Dirk Greineder's
Said no unidentified footprints would point to an unknown attacker
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Julia Mosely, Massachusetts state trooper
Took photos and gathered evidence at the crime scene
Through the testimony, evidence including ziploc bags, an aluminum pan, rubber gloves and photos was introduced
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Jill McDermott, detective, Wellesley Police Department
Saw Greineder sadly sitting with his chin resting in his palms and noticed his hands had no blood on them though his sneakers and glasses did
Said Greineder told her at the police station that Mabel Greineder's fingernails could have his skin underneath them because she had given him a backrub
Heard Greineder's daughter, Britt, ask her father, "What happened between you and mom today? Did something happen?"
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Kenneth Rudolph, Massachusetts state trooper
Testified his police dog led him to a storm drain where a hammer and knife where found
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William Kear, resides near Morse's Pond
Spoke to Greineder in Morse's Pond near the area where Mabel Greineder's body and the murder weapons were found
Saw Greineder walk rapidly with his dog from the dirt path where the body was found to the paved path where the murder weapons were found
Said Greineder told him his wife had been attacked and asked him for a cell phone
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Paul Fitzpatrick, retired Wellesley police officer
The first police officer on the scene, accompanied Dirk Greineder to Mabel Greineder's dead body
Greineder asked him if he was going to be arrested after learning his wife was dead
Noticed Greineder's windbreaker had blood on it but that his hands were clean
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Shannon Parillo, police dispatcher
Took a 911 call from Dirk Greineder at 8:56 a.m.
Through the testimony, the recording of the call was played in court and entered into evidence
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Sam Sit, jogger in Morse's Pond
Testified he saw a man in a windbreaker, later identified as Dirk Greineder, get into a police cruiser
Later saw Greineder near the cul-de-sac near where the body was found
Said he heard a distraught Greineder say something like, "I am a good doctor, but it doesn't matter how good I am. I can't save her."
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Terry McNally, resides near Morse's Pond
Walked his in Morse's Pond around 8:45 a.m. on the day of the murder
Heard a high-pitched scream coming from the area where Mabel Greineder's body was later discovered
Said he didn't see anyone
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Sgt. Peter Nahass, Wellesley Police Dept.
Said Greineder "couldn't stand still" at the crime scene
Noticed scratchmarks around Greinebagder's neck, blood on his jacket and shoes but said his hands were clean
Found a plastic bag stained with blood, a pool of blood in the dirt on the path, and dragmarks to the spot where Mabel was found
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Rick Magnan, runs in Morse's Pond
Was running on the day of the murder in Morse's Pond
Said Greineder yelled to him and asked for a cell phone
Testified Greineder asked him to stay by his wife's body while he waited for help to arrive, but Magnan offered to wait for help instead
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Duncan Andrews, lives near Morse's Pond
Walked his dog at Morse's Pond the day of the murder
Saw some others during his walk but was unable to identify them
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Walter Adams, water treatment operator
Was working at the water pump station at Morse's Pond the morning of the murder
Testified he saw a fresh set of tire tracks but no other vehicles
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Artemis Halsey, lives near Morse's Pond
Helped organize a Halloween scavenger hunt for teens in Morse's Pond the night before the murder
Said nobody in his party brought lighter fluid, ziploc bags or an aluminum pan which were later found near the crime scene
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Hugh Halsey, lives near Morse's Pond
Helped organize a Halloween scavenger hunt for teens in Morse's Pond the night before the murder
Said nobody in his party brought lighter fluid, ziploc bags or an aluminum pan which were later found near the crime scene
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Patricia Andrews, acquaintance of the Greineders'
Knew the couple from dog walking at Morse's Pond
Testified she saw the defendant walking a dog the day before the murder
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Ofc. Lamars Hughes, Wellesley Police Dept.
Called to the crime scene at Morse's Pond
Testified he saw defendant and gathered witnesses
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William Delorie, fireman
Saw a visibly upset Dirk Greineder drop to his knees and wail, "Who could have done this to my wife?"
Testified he did not see the defendant actually cry
Said Greineder told him that his wife twisted her back throwing a ball to the dog and wanted to stay behind
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Ken DeMerchant, fireman
Called to the crime scene and roped off the area
Described Mabel Greineder's corpse as ashen gray
Saw a ski glove and a plastic
bag stained with what appeared to be blood
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Jason Harris, nurse/paramedic
Called to the crime scene Morse's Pond on October 31, 1999
Recognized the large wound on Mabel Greineder's neck as a fatal blow
Said he recalled "blood spatter" on the defendant's sneakers
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