Live from the courtroom: May 17, 2005 was nearly four years ago. It was a Tuesday. Do you remember what you were doing that night?
Serial Shooter suspect Dale Hausner has testified he was spending the night with his girlfriend at the time. The girlfriend testified otherwise. Authorities say it was the night Hausner chalked up his first murder, shooting a man named Tony Mendez with a .22 caliber rifle.
As part of his closing argument today in the ongoing eight-count murder trial, Hausner’s attorney, Ken Everett, challenged the jury to think back to that date. “Ladies and gentlemen,” Everett said, “I submit to you: Where were you on May 17, 2005?” Hausner relied on bank and employment records, as well as a day planner he supposedly kept during that time.
But just because Hausner had to rely on such records, Everett cautioned the jury not to conclude the suspect was lying. “If you were charged with a terrible crime on May 17, ’05 and indicted for it, how would you show where you were?” [Survey after the jump.]