Jeanne Nakashima, Rudin's friend

Admitted she left a message about a chest on Rudin's answering machine in February 1995
Said the message referred to a china closet, not the type of hump back chest Ron Rudin's body was burned in

Vicki Drapkin, hotel auditor

Worked with Rudin, who called herself Ann Boatwright, in 1998 and lived at the same YMCA in Phoenix
Said she called police after seeing a profile of the Rudin case on America's Most Wanted
Testified that Rudin told her that her late husband's family was trying to cheat her out of assets

Chris Mendez, Phoenix police officer

Questioned Rudin in 1998 when she was a fugitive from murder charges
Said she claimed her name was Ann Boatwright and knew nothing of the Rudin case
Testified he did not detain her because he could not immediately track down a photo of Rudin or the warrant for her arrest

Alexia Conger, prosecution investigator

Said she called Rudin in March 1995 to give her a grand jury notification
Testified that Rudin directed her to serve the papers on her attorney

Caralynne Rudin, Rudin's second wife

Divorced Rudin because of his drinking in 1976, after 5 years of marriage, but continued a close friendship and business relationship
Said Rudin's use of fictitious buyers was a common way to subdivide property and denied defense suggestions that he was engaged in fraud
Told jurors that Rudin used a handkerchief while shaving

Karen Carmany Gibbs, Rudin's fourth wife

Married to Rudin from 1985 to 1987
Said he kept handkerchief for dabbing blood in a bathroom drawer
Described Rudin as a verbally abusive alcoholic

Charles Leveque, private investigator

Hired by Ron Rudin's trust to investigate his disappearance and death
Said that as an investigative tool, he told a man who owned a gun shop that the reward for information about Rudin's death was increasing "substantial" and anyone but the shooter could be offered immunity
Said he and Sharon Melton retrieved a box from Rudin's office which contained an eavesdropping device

Yehuda Sharon, Rudin's companion

Said he rented a van the week Rudin disappeared in order to take a business trip to California
Denied forging a receipt that supports trip as a cover story for helping Rudin dispose of her husband's body
Said Rudin brought him papers to review concerning her husband's assets and burial just a few days after he disappeared
Testified he felt threatened by police detectives after Ron Rudin's corpse was discovered and believed they were trying to set him up

Tom Wahl, Las Vegas police criminalist

Conducted additional DNA testing on red stains found in Rudin's bedroom and on blood on a handkerchief and bone allegedly belonging to Ron Rudin
Concluded that the stains were blood and came from the same donor as the handkerchief
Said DNA from the bone was consistent with the handkerchief as well

Richard Brooks, anthropologist

Collected "extremely charred" bone fragments in 1995 from fire pit where Rudin's body was found
Catalogued and stored them and sent a report to investigators
Gave them to Wahl to test for DNA in 2001

Alan Pederson, ATF inspector

Said Rudin was a licensed gun dealer whose stock was inspected by the ATF about one every two years
Testified that ATF records show Rudin reported the 22-calibre murder weapon missing to inspectors in 1990
Acknowledged that his files do not contain a letter from Rudin formally identifying the gun as stolen

Torrey Johnson, Las Vegas police criminalist

Said he found red particulates which appeared to be blood on the floor of Ron Rudin's Cadillac and sent them to the lab
Test-fired weapon from lake and conclusively matched the bullets to those that killed Ron Rudin

Ken Hardy, Las Vegas homicide detective

Took gun from ranger who brought it to the police station and secured it in the property room
Said weapons are "regularly" found in the lake

James Sanborn, park ranger

Said he was summoned to the lake by Peter Price to get the gun
Described picking it up with an old t-shirt he had in his vehicle and ultimately turning it over to headquarters
Testified the area of the lake where the gun was found is about an hour drive from Nelson's Landing, where Rudin's body was burned

Peter Price, scuba instructor

Said he found a .22-calibre gun wrapped in bags while diving in Lake Mead in July 1996
Testified that he notified park rangers and handed the gun over to Ranger James Sanborn

Megan Clement, lab technical director

Tested a handkerchief and the stains from Rudin's bedroom for DNA and gender type at private Lab Corp. laboratory
Said the stains on the boxspring, walls and ceiling were consistent with those on the handkerchief
Testified the stains from the walls, ceiling and handkerchief contained male DNA

Richard Ballman, molecular biologist

Tested a handkerchief and the stains from Rudin's bedroom for DNA at private Cellmark Diagnostic laboratory
Said the stains on the boxspring, walls and ceiling were consistent with those on the handkerchief
Testified spots on the "glamour shot" of Margaret Rudin contained human DNA, but further tests were inconclusive

Michael Perkins, police crime scene analyst

Said he and other analysts spent 11 hours collecting evidence in the Rudin home
Testified that the walls and ceiling at the south end of the master bedroom were speckled with about 15 reddish-brown drops which initial tests indicated might be blood
Said the stains appeared to be blood spatter from multiple gunshots to the head

Linda Errichetto, director of police lab

Said initial tests showed reddish-brown stains on a "glamour shot" of Rudin and on items in her bedroom might be blood
Described collecting stain samples and sending them to private labs for DNA testing

Yvette Eddy, former craft store employee

The former employee of Michael's Crafts Store testified that Margaret Rudin brought in a portrait to have glass put into the frame
Testified she noticed a scratch in the portrait which Margaret declined to fix
Said she saw no traces of blood on the portrait

Scott Hardy, crime scene analyst

Collected soil samples from the burn site
Testified gasoline was used to in the fire

Sheree Norman, crime scene analyst

Took the stand for a second time
Testified about nails and pieces of charred wood, metal and fabric found near Ron Rudin's charred remains

John Sias, police officer

Trailed Yehuda Sharon three days after police spotted Sharon with Margaret at an L.A. airport
Observed nothing extraordinary on Sharon's return home

Gene Marshall, police officer

Took the stand for a second time to talk about the phone calls

Evelyn Sanchez, Sprint

Testified about calls made from the Rudins' residence
None of the calls are consistent with Margaret's account of the last time she claims to have spoken to Ron Testified about calls made from the residence to a pay phone shortly after police told her Ron's remains were found

Barbara Lawrence, Verizon Wireless

Testified about calls made from the Rudins' cell phones.
None of the calls are consistent with Margaret's account of the last time she claims to have spoken to Ron

Wayne Woshioka, LAPD

Followed Margaret Rudin after she and Sharon crossed the California border.
Observed Rudin and Sharon go to Los Angeles Airport and Sharon leave the airport alone
Testified seeing Rudin and Sharon embrace

Daniel Ford, crime scene analyst

Trailed Margaret Rudin along with Kallas.
Said Margaret Rudin drove past her house when police were in front to conduct a search
Testified Margaret Rudin met with Yehuda Sharon before the two left by car for California

Michael Givens, surveillance officer

Trailed Margaret Rudin along with Kallas.
Said Margaret Rudin drove past her house when police were in front to conduct a search
Testified Margaret Rudin met with Yehuda Sharon before the two left by car for California

David Kallas, police officer

Conducted surveillance of Margaret Rudin following her husband's disappearance
Said Margaret Rudin made several phone calls from pay phones and threw personal items in a nearby dumpster
Testified Margaret Rudin met with Yehuda Sharon before the two left by car for California

Phillip Ramos, detective

Testified about physical evidence he recovered, including Rudin's discarded mattress, a trunk, a blood-stained portrait and letters.
Said Margaret Rudin seemed cold an uninterested about her husband's whereabouts
Believes Margaret Rudin did not act alone and said her friend, Yehuda Sharon, was not cooperative with the investigation

Terry Hall, Lovato's mother

Said her son told her about the tasks Rudin assigned him and the blood-like substances he encountered
Testified that she called police because she was concerned her son might be framed for Ron Rudin's murder
Denied that she read media reports about the case and a $25,000 reward before phoning authorities

Fred Evaristo, former locksmith

Said Margaret Rudin hired him Dec. 25, 1994, to pick the locks on three doors in her husband's realty office
Described Rudin as "a little uptight, perhaps a little anxious" and said she and a female companion rifled through desk drawers and file cabinets after he let them in

Larry Monk, alarm company employee

Testified that the Rudin home had a "nothin' real spectacular" security system, which included exterior and interior sirens and motion detectors
Said the system was not engaged from Dec. 12 to Dec. 18, 1994
Told jurors that records indicate no consistent pattern in the way the Rudins used the system, but that after Dec. 18 it was used more regularly

Augustine Lovato, handyman

Hired by Margaret Rudin to remove the bedroom carpet
Said "dark brown particles" were under the carpet and "reddish-brown" stains were on a portrait
Admitted to having a criminal record

Dona Cantrell-Robinson, Margaret Rudin's sister

Testified that Rudin seemed more concerned about her husband's money than his disappearance
Said she sent a photo of the trunk allegedly used to dispose of Ron Rudin's body to investigators but refused to testify at the civil trial over Ron Rudin's money
Admitted to a rocky relationship with her sister and to getting paid for a Hard Copy interview

Marina Flores, Rudins' maid

Testified she commonly saw bloody handkerchiefs in Ron Rudin's bathroom
Said Margaret Rudin changed the carpet in the master bedroom after Ron's disappearance but that she never saw blood stains on the carpet or the portrait over the bed
Testified Margaret Rudin was a nice lady who cried when her husband disappeared

Monty Spoor, crime scene analyst

Examined Rudin's Cadillac which he said had a thin layer of dirt all over it
Testified that four people were in the car last
Said he found clothing, keys and sunglasses inside the car which had been locked

Dave Radcliffe, police officer, Las Vegas Police Department

Took the call from Blasco
Testified he went to the Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's Club where he recovered the Cadillac

Michael Blasco, police officer, Las Vegas Police Department

Testified he was off-duty when his father called him about spotting Ron Rudin's black Cadillac outside Crazy Horse Too
Reported the Dec. 22, 1994, discovery of the car outside Crazy Horse Too to police

Patrick Barry, detective, missing persons unit of the Las Vegas Police Department

Conducted searches and interview with partner Janise on Dec. 22, 1994
Identified an audio tape of Margaret Rudin's voluntary statement which was played for the jury
Testified Margaret Rudin told him her marriage was good lately, that her husband had secretive business dealings and enemies

John Epling, acquaintance of Ron Rudin

Testified the day Rudin was first discovered missing he looked over a fence at his home at the request of his mother-in-law, a Rudin employee
Said Rudin's black Cadillac was not there
Said that a light-colored car was parked outside the house

Patricia Brown, Ron Rudin's trust attorney

Told the jury about the creation of Ron Rudin's trust document and the changes made over the years
Testified about writing the secret directive cutting anyone responsible for his violent death off from his money and said it was written specifically because of Margaret Rudin
Said Ron Rudin told her his marriage was on the rocks and that Margaret Rudin could be vicious and violent

Frank Janise, police officer in missing person's unit, Las Vegas Police Department

Interviewed Margaret Rudin and searched the Rudin home on December 22, 1994
Testified he found no sign of foul play

Iris Meccia, police officer, Las Vegas Police Department

Took missing person's report from Margaret Rudin.

Sandra Wassall, police officer, Las Vegas Police Department

Said Margaret Rudin seemed unconcerned about her husband's whereabouts
Took statements from Melton and Danner

Carol Pawazoe, tax specialist

Testified Margaret Rudin came by her office at 2:25 a.m. the first morning Ron Rudin was missing
Said she offered her coffee and claimed to have been working all night in her neighboring antique store
Testified Rudin had never come by before

Holly Quinn, Sharon Melton's friend

Testified she called Margaret Rudin on the morning of Dec. 19, 1994
Said she made the call at Sharon Melton's request
Testified that Margaret Rudin was home

Sharon Melton, Ron Rudin's bookkeeper

Testified she heard gunshots the day Ron Rudin disappeared
Said an unconcerned Margaret Rudin seemed to know her husband was dead before his body was found
Denied knowledge of shady business dealings by Ron Rudin

Harold Boscutti, Ron Rudin's trustee

Said Margaret Rudin acted suspiciously after her husband first disappeared
Testified about fraudulent business practices by Ron Rudin
Admitted that acting as trustee yielded him a portion of Rudin's money

Sue Lyles, Ron Rudin's mistress

A former employee of Rudin, Lyles admitted to having an affair with him
Testified about "anonymous" vulgar letters sent to her children about the affair
Said the day before his disappearance Ron Rudin was going to confront his wife about the letters

Dorothia Flint, defendant's friend

Testified Ron Rudin was home around 8 p.m. on Dec. 18, the last day he was seen alive.

Michael Rawlins, civil attorney

Represented Ron Rudin's trust in a probate battle with Margaret Rudin
Discussed directive by Ron Rudin cutting off anyone responsible for his violent death
Testified about handwritten phone logs kept by Margaret Rudin based on conversations she overhead through listening devices

Jerrian Munerlyn, Ron Rudin's office manager

Told jurors about a report Ron Rudin filed about a missing gun which later became the murder weapon
Testified that Ron Rudin instructed her not to let Margaret in the office building until he was gone

Eugene Marshal, Las Vegas Police Department

Identified electronic listening devices allegedly installed by Margaret Rudin in her husband's office
Testified the devices were capable of surreptitiously monitoring others' conversations

Richard Aker, Spy Factory employee

Sold Margaret Rudin sophisticated listening devices
Testified she was so upset when one wasn't working that she called him late at night
Said Margaret Rudin was one of few "regulars"

Dr. Robert Jordan, coroner

Performed the autopsy on Ron Rudin's charred remains
Testified Rudin died of bullet wounds to the head
Said the bones found near Rudin's skull could not be positively identified as belonging to Rudin

David Light, coroner's office

Identified Ron Rudin's skull by analyzing dental records

Bruce Honabach, antiques dealer

Testified he sold an antique trunk to Margaret Rudin which prosecutors believe she used to dispose of Rudin's body
Said Margaret Rudin complained her husband was cheap and that she wanted him dead
Told the jury he met Margaret Rudin through Sharon Melton, Ron Rudin's bookkeeper

Leslie Peterson, antiques dealer

Testified the trunk at the burn site was consistent with an antique trunk made in the 1880s

Sheree Norman, crime scene analyst

Testified about the charred remains of a trunk and Ron Rudin's body found at Nelson's Landing
Described the "fire pit" found about 35 feet away from Rudin's skull
Said an accelerant was detected in the soil

Russell Dillon

Said he was on a fishing trip with friends at Nelson's Landing when the group found Rudin's skull

Stephen Vermilia

Said he was on a fishing trip with friends at Nelson's Landing when the group found Rudin's skull