MIDDLETON - Matthew L. Gudel, age 48, of Middleton, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, at St. Mary s Hospital after a courageous
would ve written the whole thing clean for him? yes. you never put any pressure on him? no sir. and that life insurance policy the prosecution suggested was a smoking gun? the insurance agent testified brett wasn t even all that interested in a policy on tammy. did you attempt to sell him insurance on his wife? yes. were you successful in selling him insurance on his wife? i was not. tammy had taken out the insurance on her own, and instead of claiming a dime for himself, brett had already signed the insurance money over to his kids. did he tell you directly that he wanted this money to go to the children? yes. and remember those downstairs blinds? the ones with the gunshot residue the prosecution said had been left by brett before bryan even arrived? proof that he killed tammy ahead of time and then look through the blinds to see bryan coming? they stated that, but they didn t prove it. a defense expert suggested the fine particles were drifted to that blin
they said that was another thing that showed he was a murderer. it was just ludicrous. from the start, fedor and co-counselor mark whitlock wanted the jury to know, okay, sure, brett is a gambler himself was deep in debt, but he was in debt to an old friend he d known since he was 15. you weren t worried about that? i ve never been worried about brett. if you had called you and said look i have a problem, you would ve written the whole thing clean for him? yes. you never put any pressure on him? no sir. and that life insurance policy the prosecution suggested was a smoking gun? the insurance agent testified brett wasn t even all that interested in a policy on tammy. did you attempt to sell him insurance on his wife? yes. were you successful in selling him insurance on his
gambler himself was deep in debt, but he wasn t debt to an old friend he d known since he was 15. you weren t worried about that? i ve never been worried about brett. if you had called you and said look i have a problem, you would ve written the whole thing clean for him? yes. you ve never put any pressure on him? no sir. and that life insurance policy the prosecution suggested was a smoking gun? the insurance agent testified brett wasn t all that interested in a policy on tammy. did you attempt to sell him insurance on his wife? yes. were you successful in selling him insurance on his wife? i was not. tammy had taken the insurance on her own, and instead of claiming a dime for himself, brett had already signed the insurance money over to his kids. did he tell you directly