Marcy was with a basketball coach and they had borrowed somebody else's car, when they got into the accident. Marcy told Sara that she "did not know why she suddenly decided to move the car because it was double-parked," but that this was when they got into the accident. Marcy also told Sara that she was concerned that the girl whose car she had borrowed and wrecked would do something to her and that she therefore needed to leave town for a while.
Sara also acknowledged that after that car incident, Marcy went on about a month-long "cross-country jaunt with a Mayflower truck driver." Sara explained, however, that during the trip Marcy called her and told her the name, dispatch number, and log number of the truck driver. Shealso testified that Marcy called her every few days and that she sent post cards to her step-siblings. Sara stated that it appeared that Marcy liked traveling around the country and helping the truck driver with his inventory.
Michael John Panisi next testified that he was born Michael John Panisiak but that the military changed his name to Panisi. Panisi testified that he grew up in Chicago near Chicago Avenue and Western Avenue, and that he dropped out of school after the eight grade. Panisi stated that at age 17 he joined the military and that he was in the special forces, "a beret." Panisi stated that he served three tours in Vietnam and that he was 21 years old when he left the military. Panisi testified that as