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State v. Willis6/30/2003
defendant and the victim again. She went to Joe B's, then returned to the Golden Jukebox where she saw the defendant inside the bar around 1:00 or 1:30, and he told her he did not know where the victim was. She said she looked for the victim but left because she did not find her.
On cross-examination, she said she did not recall any problems the victim had with her boyfriend, Dwayne Clawson, other than everyday boyfriend/girlfriend problems. She said she did not know Brenda Huggins but remembered hearing about an argument between Huggins and the victim over "Snake" Frazier, Huggins' boyfriend. She said the victim "might" have told her about Brenda Huggins being jealous of her (the victim) with "Snake" Frazier. She admitted to doing drugs with the victim but could not recall what those drugs were. She said she believed the victim got the drug Dilaudid from Brian Johnson. She said she did not know where Brian Johnson got the drugs, but she remembered hearing about some drug store robberies about two weeks before this (the murder).
Ms. Delacy said that it was not uncommon for the victim to accept rides from people and that it was pretty standard for them to catch rides back and forth between bars. She said the victim probably had her purse with her on the night in question. She said the victim's boyfriend was in jail at the time for a drive-by shooting. She said that when she decided to go to Joe B's and saw the victim and the defendant in the Golden Jukebox parking lot, she did not see the victim in the defendant's vehicle. She said she went to Joe B's around 12:30 and 1:00 , stayed for maybe 30 minutes, and then came back to the Golden Jukebox, where she did not see the victim but did see the defendant.
Dr. Gretal Harlan, a forensic pathologist, testified that she performed an autopsy on the victim on September 13, 1990. She said the victim was five feet, five inches tall and would have weighed approximately 118 pounds when she died. She said that there was no scientific evidence the victim was an IV drug user. She said she examined the body for injuries and found a number of stab wounds. She said there were puncture-type wounds in the right and left sides of her chest, likely caused by the same instrument. She said either wound could have been fatal. She said there was another stab wound above the belly button, and it also could have been a fatal wound. She said the victim also had two stab wounds in her neck area and a six-pointed, star-type damage to the front middle of her vertebra. Additionally, she found a stab wound to the breastbone area that only went through the skin. She said the wounds could have been caused by a six-sided tool, but she never had a satisfactory explanation for them.
Dr. Harlan, who said she knew of no medical tool that could have caused the wounds, was then shown a Torx screwdriver. She testified that the screwdriver could have inflicted the wounds. She said the victim's blood alcohol level could have caused her to be less cautious and more emotional at the time. She concluded that the cause of death of the victim was puncture-type stab wounds of the neck and chest.
On cross-examination, she testified that the fresh puncture wounds found on the body would have been made within one and a-half hours of her death. She said that the victim had a .15 percent blood alcohol level and that it normally takes about a .3 percent blood alcohol level before a person is unable to function. She said that the puncture wounds could have been made by the same instrument but that the other non-puncturing wounds were made by a different instrument. She said there were a number of other types of tools, including a nail punch and a chain saw, that she
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