"I coulda sworn he was framed!" says Pangkake...

[Michael Newton]

> Friday, April 2, 1999
>
> Closing Arguments In Anderson Trial Set For Monday
>
> SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- After calling 12 witnesses, half of them family
> members, Robert Leroy Anderson's lawyers rested their case Thursday
> without putting him on the stand.
>
> Jurors are off for the Easter weekend. Closing arguments are set for
> Monday. Then, 12 of the 16 people who have sat through the month of
> testimony will decide Anderson's fate. Four who heard testimony as
> alternate jurors will be dismissed.
>
> Prosecutors finished their case Wednesday after introducing well over
> 300 pieces of evidence and calling 92 witnesses, some of them more than
> once.
>
> Anderson, 29, of Sioux Falls, is charged with murder and rape in the
> 1996 disappearance of Piper Streyle, 28, of rural Canistota. He also is
> charged with murder and kidnapping in the 1994 disappearance of Larisa
> Dumansky, 29, of Sioux Falls.
>
> If jurors convict him of either murder count, they will hear additional
> evidence and then sentence him. The choices: death by injection or life
> in prison, which he is already serving for kidnapping Streyle.
>
> The defense's last three witnesses Thursday were Anderson's mother and
> two of his siblings. They tried to poke holes in several prosecution
> theories.
>
> His mother, Ruth Anderson, and sister, Laurie Anderson, testified that
> $500 transferred to Anderson in late August 1997 was to be used to buy a
> guitar for his 9-year-old nephew.
>
> ''Rob was a father figure for Andy,'' Laurie said tearfully.
>
> Anderson had talked about buying the guitar for some time, but Ruth
> Anderson said she had him hold off until the boy was older. During a
> phone call from prison, Anderson gave her permission to have Laurie buy
> her son the guitar with his money, she said.
>
> That's contrary to what Anderson's former cellmate, Jeremy Brunner,
> said.
>
> He testified that he asked Anderson for $500 as down payment to have
> someone murder Glenn Marcus Walker.
>
> Walker is Anderson's friend who led investigators to Dumansky's grave.
> He's also charged with her murder.
>
> On cross-examination, Ruth Anderson told Attorney General Mark Barnett
> that usually she sent her son his money through a money order, but that
> time he asked her to give Laurie cash.
>
> That amount was also more than what Anderson usually spent on his nieces
> and nephews, Ruth Anderson said.
>
> Defense lawyers also tried to question whether someone had tampered with
> Anderson's Ford Bronco after police confiscated it on July 30, 1996.
>
> Laurie Anderson said she saw two of the Bronco doors open, a white van
> parked next to it and a short, chubby man standing by it on that day.
>
> Ruth Anderson said one of the Bronco doors was open, someone was inside
> and a light-colored van was parked next to it.
>
> ''I thought it was a little strange. But in view of what was going on I
> didn't want to stop and ask what was going on,'' she said.
>
> Finally, defense lawyers laid the ground work to suggest that Walker
> might have planted a gun, handcuffs and jewelry in Ruth Anderson's
> house. She said Walker stayed with her for a while, but never gave back
> a key to the house.
>
> ''That lock has never been changed,'' Ruth Anderson said.
>
> Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
>
> --
>
> Saturday, April 3, 1999
>
> Streyle's Parents Doubtful Of Closure
>
> SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Piper Streyle's parents have sat in the courtroom
> since nearly the beginning of jury selection, listening to prosecutors
> lay out their case against the man accused of raping and killing their
> adult daughter.
>
> Being there reminds prosecutors and the jury that Streyle had a family
> that loved her and misses her, the Rio Medina, Texas couple said.
>
> ''This was a life that we loved,'' said Jean Potts, 55, ''She's not just
> someone who can be raped, murdered.''
>
> On Monday, attorneys will give closing arguments and then a jury will
> decide if Robert Leroy Anderson, 29, is guilty of raping and killing
> Streyle, 28, a wife and mother of two. He also is on trial on charges of
> kidnapping and killing Larisa Dumansky, 29, of Sioux Falls.
>
> It is the second time that John and Jean Potts have traveled to South
> Dakota to watch Anderson be tried. They stayed in Aberdeen in the spring
> of 1997 when Anderson was convicted of kidnapping Streyle, a conviction
> for which he is serving a life prison sentence.
>
> The prosecution will seek the death penalty if Anderson is convicted of
> murdering Streyle or Dumansky. The Potts support that decision.
>
> ''The state needs to get him the death penalty. If they don't, he still
> will face a judge,'' Jean Potts said.
>
> Streyle's cousin, Carolyn Cook, moved to Sioux Falls in October and has
> attended every court hearing, keeping friends and family members up to
> date.
>
> The Potts and Cook recently met with Jeremy Brunner, a penitentiary
> inmate who provided authorities with information that led to the filing
> of murder charges against Anderson.
>
> They consider Brunner a hero for what he did.
>
> ''I want to get to know him. He did this out of the goodness of his
> heart,'' John Potts said.
>
> When the trial concludes, Cook plans to move to Los Angeles, while the
> Potts plan to move to a new city and get a new start.
>
> ''People are always talking about closure, but there is no real closure.
> When you have a child who is raped and murdered, how are we going to get
> closure, to get over it?'' Jean Potts said.
>
> She said she wants to warn people to be careful and less trusting. She
> said she never believed her daughter was in danger, living in rural
> South Dakota.
>
> ''I don't want this horror to be forgotten,'' John Potts said. ''There
> are predators and they can be anywhere.''
>
> Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
>
> --
>
> Tuesday, April 6, 1999
>
> Prosecution Makes Closing Arguments In Anderson Trial
>
> By CARSON WALKER Associated Press Writer
>
> SIOUX FALLS -- At least two jurors cried today as the prosecution made
> closing arguments in the Robert Leroy Anderson trial.
>
> Family members of the two alleged victims, people in the audience and
> even reporters wiped away tears as Attorney General Mark Barnett laid
> out the state's case against Anderson, 29, of Sioux Falls.
>
> He had two tables set up in front of the jury box.
>
> On one he laid a plywood board from Anderson's Bronco with handcuffs
> connected to eyebolts in two corners.
>
> To close his case, Barnett yanked on one of the cuffs and said the last
> thing Piper Streyle saw was Anderson choking her.
>
> ''She saw this guy right over her looking her in the eye so he could
> relive it and enjoy it,'' Barnett said, pointing to Anderson.
>
> Also on that table was a photo of Streyle's family taken the night
> before she disappeared, a knife, two halves of her T-shirt and a scrap
> of cloth found on the board, and hairs from the Bronco.
>
> ''Piper is in the courtroom. This is her DNA,'' he said.
>
> On the other table, Barnett set out a photo of Larisa Dumansky's family
> and the remains and clothing found in a grave near Lake Vermillion. He
> pointed out holes in her shoes that he says Anderson left when he went
> back to break up her remains by firing shots into the grave.
>
> Defense lawyers prepared to give their closing arguments after lunch.
>
> Anderson is charged with murder and rape in the 1996 disappearance of
> Piper Streyle, 28, of rural Canistota. He also is charged with murder
> and kidnapping in the 1994 disappearance of Larisa Dumansky, 29, of
> Sioux Falls.
>
> Judge Tim Dallas Tucker told jurors earlier to give no weight to the
> fact that Anderson didn't testify.
>
> Visitors started arriving 90 minutes before the session began. More than
> a dozen people waited outside the door in hopes of getting a seat to see
> at least part of the day's proceedings.
>
> Tucker first read instructions on the law to jurors. Barnett then began
> his presentation, using a computer-generated slide show.
>
> Barnett projected 75 images onto the wall next to jurors. The
> presentation started with a family photo of Dumansky and ended with a
> mug shot of Anderson.
>
> ''This is how this whole thing got started,'' Barnett said when showing
> the slide of the Dumanskys. He also referred to the heart-shaped
> necklace she was wearing that was later found in Anderson's mother's
> house.
>
> Barnett also showed a photo of the Streyle family taken the night before
> she disappeared. It shows Piper, her husband Vance and their two
> children in a blue nylon tent their 2-year-old son got for his birthday.
>
> Barnett said Anderson took the tent the next day when he kidnapped
> Streyle because his gun discharged and fired a hole through it when he
> wrestled Streyle for the gun.
>
> The prosecutor said there are several ''gotchas'' in the case, including
> duct tape that ties Anderson to Dumansky and Streyle.
>
> ''Isn't it interesting the way duct tape weaves its way through this
> case,'' Barnett said.
>
> If jurors convict Anderson of either murder count, they will hear
> additional evidence and then sentence him. They will choose between
> death by injection or life in prison, which he is already serving for
> kidnapping Streyle.
>
> Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
>
> --
>
> Aberdeen American News and the Associated Press
>
> Jury deliberates double murder case
>
> SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Jurors in the Robert Leroy Anderson trial
> deliberated four hours Monday evening, after at least two of them broke
> down in tears during the day's closing arguments.
>
> Judge Tim Dallas Tucker sequestered the jurors in a Sioux Falls hotel
> for the night, ordering them to resume deliberations this morning.
>
> Also crying during Monday's closing statements were family members of
> the two alleged victims, spectators in the courtroom and even reporters,
> who wiped away tears as Attorney General Mark Barnett summarized the
> state's case against Anderson, 29, of Sioux Falls.
>
> ``He murdered these two women for sport, for sexual gratification, for
> their jewelry, for the joy of it,'' Barnett said.
>
> Anderson was charged with murder and rape in the 1996 disappearance of
> Piper Streyle, 28, of rural Canistota. He also is charged with murder
> and kidnapping in the 1994 disappearance of Larisa Dumansky, 29, of
> Sioux Falls.
>
> Barnett set up two tables before the jury box. On one table, he
> presented a plywood board from Anderson's Bronco with handcuffs
> connected to eyebolts in two corners. Barnett yanked on one of the cuffs
> and said Streyle's last image of life was Anderson choking her.
>
> ``She saw this guy right over here looking her in the eye so he could
> relive it and enjoy it,'' he said, pointing to Anderson.
>
> Also on that table was a photo of Streyle's family taken the night
> before she disappeared, a knife, two halves of her ripped T-shirt, a
> scrap of cloth found on the board, and hairs recovered from the Bronco.
>
> ``Piper is in the courtroom. This is her DNA,'' Barnett said.
>
> On the other table, Barnett presented a photo of Dumansky's family,
> along with remains and clothing found in a grave near Lake Vermillion.
> He pointed out holes that Barnett said Anderson left in Dumansky's shoes
> when he returned to the site a year after the killing to break up her
> remains by firing shots into the grave.
>
> Barnett also laid bags on the front of the jury box containing bullets
> taken from Dumansky's grave.
>
> ``These are Bob's bullets. Every one of them. Every time he shot a
> bullet into her grave he was really killing her again,'' Barnett said.
> ``He didn't have enough time with Larisa so he goes back for more. Boom.
> Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. He dumps an entire clip into her
> grave.''
>
> Spectators began arriving 90 minutes before Monday's session began. More
> than a dozen people waited outside the door hoping to get a view of at
> least part of Monday's proceedings.
>
> Tucker read jurors instructions on the law.
>
> Barnett then began his presentation, using a computer-generated slide
> show. Barnett projected 75 images onto the wall next to jurors. The
> presentation started with a family photo of Dumansky and ended with a
> mug shot of Anderson.
>
> ``This is how this whole thing got started,'' Barnett said when showing
> the slide of the Dumanskys. He also referred to the heart-shaped pendant
> she was wearing that was later found in Anderson's mother's house.
>
> Barnett also showed a photo of the Streyle family taken the night before
> she disappeared. It shows Streyle, her husband and their two children.
> The family was pictured inside a blue nylon tent that was a birthday
> gift for their 2-year-old son.
>
> Barnett said Anderson stole the tent the day after he kidnapped Streyle
> because his gun had discharged and fired a hole through the tent while
> he wrestled Streyle for his gun.
>
> If jurors convict Anderson of either murder count, they will hear more
> evidence before sentencing him during a penalty phase. They will choose
> between lethal injection or life in prison, which he is already serving
> for kidnapping Streyle.
>
> Defense lawyer John Schlimgen urged jurors to dismiss Barnett's dramatic
> tactics and instead focus on the facts of the case.
>
> "All it was, was an emotional ploy on Mark Barnett's part to develop
> hatred on your part toward the defendant,'' Schlimgen said.
>
> Schlimgen said the state's case contained ``inaccuracies,
> inconsistencies and lies.'' He pointed out several instances during
> which investigators contradicted their previous testimony or each
> other's testimony.
>
> ``I'm not suggesting there was a conspiracy to plant evidence,''
> Schlimgen said.
>
> Schlimgen suggested Glenn Marcus Walker was responsible for the crimes.
> Walker, Anderson's friend who led investigators to Dumansky's grave, is
> also charged with her murder and will face trial after Anderson's trial
> concludes.
>
> Schlimgen complained that 75 percent of the state's case focused on
> evidence related to Streyle's kidnapping and only 25 percent was about
> the new murder charges. Anderson was convicted in 1997 of kidnapping
> Streyle.
>
> Schlimgen belittled several pieces of prosecution evidence, including
> duct tape found in Anderson's Bronco and DNA test results that suggested
> bones found in a shallow grave were Dumansky's.
>
> ``The fact that a person has duct tape is not criminal,'' he said.
> ``Don't lose sight of 'Who did the killing? Who did the kidnapping?''
>
> Aberdeen American News
>
> --
>
> 4 / 6 / 1999
>
> VERDICT IN--GUILTY
>
> A Sioux Falls jury has found Robert Leroy Anderson guilty of murder in
> the deaths of two women.
>
> The jury deliberated about eight hours over two days. As the verdict was
> read, Anderson showed no emotion, looking straight ahead. Some of the
> family members of both victims cried quietly.
>
> Anderson also was found guilty of kidnapping Larisa Dumansky and raping
> Piper Streyle.
>
> --
>
> 4 / 6 / 1999
>
> Friends and Family React to Verdict
>
> The judge asked some family members not to talk with reporters. Others
> were given a court order to stay silent until the death penalty is
> decided. But we do get a glimpse of what they're thinking, through their
> emotions and stories from those who know them best. Bill Dumansky's
> sister, has plenty to say about the man who ripped Larissa Dumansky away
> from her family. "I'm just waiting for a day to see this animal. I would
> like to see him publicly executed so it would be a lesson to any
> potential killers who think of doing that," Stacy Gedeliyar says.
>
> The emotions of Piper Streyle's family speak as loud as words. As if a
> weight is lifted. For the first time, smiles and a wave.The moments
> after the verdict were more somber. "We were crying and I just patted
> Jon on the back and said 'God Bless You' and smiled and gave Jean a
> hug," says Betty Johnson. Even though Betty Johnson never got the chance
> to meet Piper Streyle, the Sioux Falls woman's become like family to
> Streyle's parents. Introducing herself, hosting homemade dinners,
> offering prayers. But the families soon discovered they had a common
> bond. "Maybe that's why I reached out to them. Cause I lost both of my
> parents and my brother and I can sympathize with them," Johnson says.
> She feels for the families who's grief is still new. "The Streyle's and
> Dumanskys they've lost a daughter, a mother, a cousin a niece and
> someday a grandmother. They lost a lot of people." There hasn't been a
> day that someone from Piper Streyle or Larissa Dumansky's family hasn't
> been in the courthouse.
>
> kelo
>
> --
>
> 4 / 6 / 1999
>
> Anderson Family Tree
>
> When the guilty verdict was read, only one of Anderson's relatives
> cried, the mother of his first wife. It was Anderson's mother, with dry
> eyes, who reached over and comforted her. From the beginning of this
> trial, few people have been pulling for Robert Anderson.
>
> Even though Robert Anderson wears a wedding ring, the only Mrs. Anderson
> in his life is his mother, Ruth. She watched the trial day in and day
> out.
>
> Anderson has four children with two ex-wives. The first wife, Beth,
> reappeared during the kidnapping trial, and it is her mother who broke
> down when the jury returned a guilty verdict. The second wife, Elaine,
> to whom Anderson was married to when he murdered Larissa Dumansky and
> Piper Streyle, has remarried and moved her three kids away from South
> Dakota.
>
> Sister Laurie was there for the guilty verdict. She testified her
> brother, the now-convicted serial killer, is a role model for her nine
> year old son.
>
> As for the rest of Anderson's family tree, one of his brothers is in the
> penitentary, his father is on parole. If ever there was a time, Anderson
> needed his family, it is now. They will likely be called to the stand to
> fight for his life.
>
> We may hear directly from Anderson during the death penalty phase of the
> trial, he wants the chance to express, in his lawyers words "remorse or
> chagrin," sorrow or denial. He may address the jury, in person or on
> paper to beg for his life.
>
> kelo
>
> --
>
> Anderson Found Guilty Of Murders
>
> By CARSON WALKER
>
> Associated Press Writer
>
> SIOUX FALLS -- Jurors Tuesday convicted Robert Leroy Anderson of killing
> two women and now will hear new evidence and decide if he should die for
> his crimes.
>
> After eight hours of deliberation over two days, the six men and six
> women found Anderson guilty of murder in the deaths of Piper Streyle,
> 28, of rural Canistota, and Larisa Dumansky, 29, of Sioux Falls.
>
> He also was convicted of raping Streyle in 1996 and kidnapping Dumansky
> in 1994. In 1997, Anderson was found guilty of kidnapping Streyle and
> was sentenced to life in prison.
>
> As the verdict was read, Anderson showed no emotion. Some of the family
> members of both victims cried quietly. Anderson's mother did, too, as
> she left the courtroom.
>
> A gag order that prevented lawyers, investigators and witnesses from
> talking to reporters now also applies to family members.
>
> They did stay afterward to congratulate prosecutors and express their
> relief.
>
> Dave Wurtz, a friend of Dumansky's husband, Bill, called it a victory
> for both families.
>
> ''I'm glad they took their time,'' he said of the jurors. ''I would
> rather have them take their time and come back with the right
> decision.''
>
> After the verdicts were read about 1:30 p.m., Circuit Judge Tim Dallas
> Tucker asked jurors in private if they wanted to go ahead with the
> penalty phase of the trial or wait until this morning (Wednesday).
>
> ''The jury has indicated they would like to have a break and start
> tomorrow morning,'' he said.
>
> Tucker denied a defense motion asking that the jurors be separated, or
> sequestered, for the rest of the trial.
>
> The judge did grant another request from one of Anderson's lawyers, Mike
> Butler, who will handle the death penalty phase of the trial.
>
> Tucker ruled that Anderson can have a written statement read by one of
> his lawyers to the jury before they sentence him.
>
> It's called a right of allucation, or a statement of ''remorse, apology,
> chagrin or plans and hope for the future,'' Tucker said.
>
> Jury selection in the trial started Jan. 19. Testimony began March 2.
>
> --
>
> 4 / 6 / 1999
>
> Anderson is Serial Killer
>
> He calls himself a serial killer.
>
> Now a jury agrees.
>
> Our top story tonight is guilty, guilty, guilty, and guilty for Robert
> Leroy Anderson.
>
> Robert Leroy Anderson kidnapped and murdered Larisa Dumansky.
>
> He raped and murdered Piper Streyle.
>
> It took the jurors eight and a half hours to make their decision.
>
> But when those six men and six women walked into the packed courtroom,
> you could almost hear everyone's heart pounding.
>
> Five years have slowly ticked away as Larisa Dumansky's husband has
> waited for answers. It's been three years for Piper Streyle's husband
> and family.
>
> Robert Leroy Anderson has known all along. Now the rest of the world
> knows too. Anderson kidnapped and suffocated Larisa Dumansky. He raped
> and strangled Piper Streyle.
>
> As the clerk read the jury's verdict, some family members quietly cried.
> And with slight smiles on their faces, the widowed husbands looked to
> the man who brought misery to their happy families.
>
> As for Anderson, nothing. No emotion. Not even flushed cheeks. He wasn't
> ready to talk after the verdict.
>
> Robert Leroy Anderson. You guys know I don't talk to cameras.
>
> Some of the jurors looked over to the serial killer as they were asked
> if they agreed with the verdict. One by one, the jurors sounded
> confident as they announced their decision, that yes, Anderson killed
> those two young mothers. Even though he faces death, Anderson still
> isn't ready to talk about it.
>
> Robert Leroy Anderson. Not to a camera I won't.
>
> The jurors are at home tonight, getting a break from the case.
>
> Tomorrow morning they'll be back in the courtroom to hear why the state
> says, Anderson should die.
>
> Jamie Hammer will tell more about Anderson's alleged attempts to grab
> other women.
>
> Remember those tire poppers? A woman Anderson allegedly came close to
> kidnapping will take the stand.
>
> And Jeremy Brunner will reveal more about those prison cell talks;
> Anderson's fantasies about "doing" other women.
>
> --
>
> 4 / 7 / 1999
>
> Anderson Death Penalty Trial
>
> The attorney general is going all out to move Robert Leroy Anderson from
> his cell to death row.
>
> The state trucked out everybody to do that, a former cellmate, a former
> boss, an intended victim, and 2 widowed husbands. Kelo-land's Jessica
> Armstrong is following the mini-trial that could be Robert Anderson's
> death knell.
>
> Jurors are at home tonight feeling the heartache of Anderson's victims'
> families. At least three women jurors cried throughout the final
> testimony in the state's case. That's when the widows of Larisa Dumansky
> and Piper Streyle.
>
> Vance Streyle read from the handwritten pages of a legal pad, he pulled
> from his pocket. He looked at jurors and said it was impossible to put
> in a few words how this man has crushed the hopes of his wife, children
> and family.
>
> Streyle said after two year old Nathan saw Robert Anderson kidnap his
> mother, he was "wiped out" for a long time. He fears Nathan will
> remember the horror for the rest of his life. For months Shaina couldn't
> be left in a room alone. She is scarred by the terrifying moments she
> saw her mother being taken.
>
> As for Vance, he doesn't sleep well. He can't fathom the thought
> Anderson relives and feasts on what he did to his wife.
>
> And Vance told jurors he'll never be able to get the sight of that
> board, his wife was handcuffed to and the duct tape with his wife's hair
> on, out of his mind.
>
> Bill Dumansky described being happier than he thought possible in his
> marriage to Larisa. They were so happy, it seemed like we forgot to come
> back from our honeymoon."
>
> Then that perfect unity was ripped apart. Losing his wife and not
> knowing what happened to her is "pain that penetrates your entire
> being."
>
> Bill says he's tried to be mother for his two girls, but has failed. "I
> do not know how to put make up on." He described Regina's uncontrollable
> crying, saying she just wanted her mama. His older daughter Kristina
> assumed the role of mother, at age six, and was robbed of her childhood.
>
> Before walking off the witness stand Bill Dumansky pointed at Anderson
> and told the packed, tearful courtroom, "as much as I try to think of
> her smiling face, I can only think of her of her final moments with that
> man."
>
> Jurors also heard about alleged failed attempts to grab women. Amy
> Anderson says Robert Anderson had her by the waist but she managed to
> get away. He allegedly used what have been called "tirepoppers."
>
> There was also more testimony from Jeremy Brunner. He says Anderson
> talked about wanting to "do", kidnap and rape, a female prison guard and
> a woman on the show "Baywatch." Anderson also told Brunner about the
> tirepoppers. He got five cars stopped on one night, but all of the
> drivers, were men.
>
> --
>
> 4 / 7 / 1999
>
> Anderson Trial Enters Death Penalty Phase
>
> Sharp metal objects called tire poppers were the main subject this
> morning in the second phase of the Robert Leroy Anderson trial.
>
> Jurors got their first glance at the devices that prosecutors say
> Anderson built to disable vehicles and abduct women.
>
> The same 12 jurors who will consider sentencing Anderson to death
> convicted him yesterday of kidnapping and killing Larisa Dumansky and
> raping and murdering Piper Streyle.
>
> kelo
>
> --
>
> 4 / 7 / 1999
>
> Death Penalty Juror Speaks
>
> Prison confessions, abduction plans, intended victims. Juror's heads are
> swimming with details in the Anderson death penalty trial. It's
> impossible to know exactly what they're thinking. But KELO-LAND'S Beth
> Fuller gives you an idea of what it's like from someone who's been
> there.
>
> A Sioux Falls man found guilty of a brutal murder, so gruesome, his
> trial was moved out of the county because of publicity. We're not
> talking about Robert Anderson, but Donald Moeller, and the jury who
> sentenced him to death.
>
> The dark announcement of a death sentence seems a world away from a
> sunny afternoon of yardwork. But being a member of the jury that sent
> Donald Moeller to die for killing Becky O'Connell is never far from
> Marcel Kathol's mind. Kathol says, "until Moeller is put to death there
> will always be talk about it."
>
> But the death penalty part of Robert Anderson's trial has dusted off
> even more memories of life as a juror. Marcel Kathol says, "until you're
> in one, you have know idea what you're getting into, how difficult the
> decisions are."
>
> But even though the decisions in the courthouse are difficult, dealing
> with the public's reaction is even tougher. Marcel Kathol says, "there's
> always going to be controversy but I guess I didn't think there was
> going to be that much controversy."
>
> Several jurors tells me the months after the trial brought threatening
> calls and critical comments. But Kathol never doubted his decision.
> Marcel. He's a con artist and if he'd gotten out of prison and done this
> again, I'd never be able to live with myself.
>
> Jurors from Moeller's trial say the reaction won't be as negative if
> Anderson's jurors choose death. They say people have gotten used to the
> idea because they broke the ice.
>
> the jurors also had trouble with their own emotions. They say no one
> could relate to what they experienced. So they'll offer to talk with
> Anderson's jurors when his trial is over.
>
> Prosecutors also plan to call Amy Anderson to the stand. She's the Sioux
> Falls woman who picked out Anderson as the man who tried to abduct her
> in November 1994.
>
> --