douglas stewart caused the death of venus stewart. she did at the defense table, doug stewart, wearing casual guy sweaters, and sweater vest. what did you see,. he was very good defending himself, it was very bizarre. because we would go into chambers, he would talk out loud like he was one of the guys. you re on trial for murdering her wife, and none of this seem to affect him one bit. as the prosecutor began his case, his opening witnesses focused on april 26 2010. the date venus vanished. state trooper first on the, same testified that he believed he was looking at a crime as soon as he talked to venus s parents. i pulled in the driveway and i was met by a female who was hysterical and crying. did you do next? she told me that he took her, he took her. early on he wanted to meet
just embarrassed to tell her. that but she believed him. in 2002, venus was 24. and ready to go out into the. what a soon to be college graduate with a degree in criminal justice. she wanted to be a officer of the law. and then she found out that she doesn t like guns. so that didn t work. what did work and instantly, was her attraction to a kind the dog steward. phoenix had a friend from work, jamie hess, who knew that venus had a soft spot ferguson uniform. and amy s brother doug was a marine. we set up the first day, there was probably three or four of us as couples, we went out to a movie. they hit it off early. what so we ll see that soon after, hello my name is, the two had become inseparable. what did you see in her? . she was smart, she was articulate, she was beautiful. some people i guess we call it love it for side. and four days later we were married. that s pretty fast. pretty fast. a lot of people will go on a
nation s capital. look that s when national where he did the things to turn to. got his clothing, his cell phone, keys to harness up department, and the kissing the. this is the parking space area where i met with doug stewart. where did you go. i drove to virginia. where the dog told to he was going? to michigan. he didn t say, nicholas alive, he said to take out this this. sure enough surveillance cam pictures taking april 15th we re show ricky easy into ducks live newport news. he prompting ducks garage as instructed, and hung out index apartment, this is the lobby of virginia this is the window 10:11, he has a hoodie on, he has a, favor he s sticking around out of his park. with doug s credit card week he had bought a doubles to spur
my kids weren t there. my dog wasn t. there i didn t know what to do. doug said he thought venus had disappeared that they too. it was starting to get a little darker, i called her cell phone but she didn t respond to pick up the phone, i got very worried, i called the police and i said i m very worried that my wife is in home, i don t know what to. do newport used to dog tried to file and listens pursing reported, but police told dog not to bother, venus had been to the station herself earlier that day to follow complaint against him. one police refused to look into it. she decided to take off from michigan with the kids in the dog. effectively, ending the marriage. the police officers informed him that she was not missing, that when you were her whereabouts were, and that she was not coming home. now it was early may, and her prints in michigan were certain that venus was really messing this time and in serious danger, or worse.
not see that ricky spencer was telling the jury how after the first one to michigan was a bus. doug called ricky again. and he said hey dude i colder, i like that, and i somewhat? and he said no i m kidding and i told him that wasn t funny. so he said he killed her and you told him that it wasn t funny yeah. prosecutor mcdonald picked up his questioning with ricky s description of mission number. to the assault on venus. did you attempt it again? yes we did. it was déjà vu all over again, this time sunday april 25th. i went down to virginia, later that dated ricky said he made a call to tex faust, pretending to be dug under the weather. and i said in a voice, hey this is me i can t get to, work he