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A series of technical witnesses followed, including lab technicians who ran tests of the blood samples lifted from Frank’s desk and the fingerprint analyst. Their testimony was straightforward, detailed, and exceedingly dull, but it set up the crucial link between the dead man’s blood and the defendant with the knife. With the physical evidence now established, the prosecution turned to developing motive. Their first witness in that regard was Marlene Wilson.
Marlene was impeccably dressed in a print dress, to emphasize her femininity, with every hair perfectly in place, her blond tresses shining in the glow of courtroom lights. With a touch of make-up to accentuate her natural beauty, she was an attractive woman. And, Kelly knew, she would be an attractive witness.
After she
