Chapter 14May 26th
“I saw his face,” I repeated desperately, needing the jury to know that.
Kovač took pause, clearly not expecting that answer. “You don’t say that in your official statement,” she said, returning to her table to retrieve her copy of my sworn statement. “In your initial statement to the police, you say…‘I saw him from the side, he was wearing a baseball cap, Cincinnati Reds.’ You don’t mention him turning around.”
“I was in shock when I made that statement,” I protested. “I was taken from the scene by ambulance. They took my statement in the hospital!”
“Wouldn’t your statement be more accurate immediately following the incident, not days later when you had had time to fabricate facts in order to fit your theories?” Kovač asked, her voice going up at least an octave in
