remember, there was lots of evidence at the trial that suggested that the marriage was strong, that ken and anna were quite close. but once in the jury room, some of those members said, evidence or not, they saw it a different way. i think she was a woman that was living under terror with great threat upon her. so he planned it? yeah. he thought about it? yes. he wanted to kill her. i think he wanted to kill her in october. remain seated. and so the jury returned to the crowded courtroom and told the judge they were ready. in the case of the commonwealth of virginia versus kenneth frank creamer, we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. guilty. creamer twitched a little, looked down. they didn t believe him. he looked like a beaten dog. and among his few remaining friends, perhaps only these, the katzes, grieved for ken creamer. they had him guilty before
actually, may i ask if i could have the witness step down while i do this, please? mr. mason. just don t mess it up. i assume you ve done this before? judge, yes, sir. mr. mason, this is how it would be drawn back to begin with? that s correct. if i can ask you to tell me bear with me just a moment. judge, i m going to try one more time, then i m not going to take up any more of the court s time. the demonstration was an embarrassing bust. judge, thank you for the court s indulgence. i won t take up any more time. now the defense had one blockbuster witness left. i ll ask permission to call my client, kenneth creamer, please. ken creamer would tell the story himself. here he showed the jury what happened that sunday morning in his garage. then just not ask you to be an actor or anything, just how did you manipulate the bag? like this. just like that?
it perforated the heart basically impaled the heart. as the arrow came from back to front, it went through the aorta, completely severing it. just cut it right in half. no doubt about the conclusion, she said. i determined that the manner of death in this case was homicide. the x right here is where mr. creamer said he was standing. the detective who interrogated kenneth creamer right after the shooting testified when he asked creamer why the crossbow was loaded and with a hunting arrow, that the answer that his wife must have loaded it didn t seem believable. last time i touched it, it was in october. remember, this was the second time anna was shot. so now the prosecutor looked back to that first incident. was creamer s story about that time consistent or believable? here s what creamer s brother-in-law, anna s sister s husband, remembers him saying
more time and i m not going to take up anymore of the court s time. the demonstration was an embarrassing bust. judge, thank you for the court s indulgence. thank you, judge. i won t take any more time. the defense had one blockbuster witness left. i ll ask permission to call my client, kenneth creamer, please. ken creamer would tell the story himself. here he showed the jury what happened that sunday morning in his garage. then just not to be an actor or anything but just how did you manipulate the bag? just like that? you can have a seat, sir. once you did that, then what happened? i heard a a poof sound. poof? like, yeah, you know, a poof sound. it was the bow and then i turned around quick and my wife was already on the floor. did you hear her say anything? no. just a groan sound.
was living under terror with great threat upon her. so he planned it? yeah. yes. he wanted to kill her. i think he wanted to kill her in october. remain seated. and so the jury returned to the crowded courtroom and told the judge they were ready. in the case of the commonwealth of virginia versus kenneth frank creamer, we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. guilty. creamer twitched a little, looked down. they didn t believe him. he looked like a beaten dog. and among his few remaining friends, perhaps only these, the katzes, grieved for ken creamer. they had him guilty before anything was done. the papers, the news. i mean, they just everybody portrayed him as a criminal, but he you need a motive to kill somebody, i think. he didn t have one as far as i could see.