Posted on 07/03/2005 3:58:50 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Famed detective Mark Fuhrman is calling for a grand jury probe of the Terri Schiavo case, saying there's no other way to get to the bottom of the unexplained 1990 collapse of the then-26-year-old woman.
"I want a grand jury investigation," he told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, adding that Schiavo's parents also favor the move.
Fuhrman, whose book "Silent Witness" hit bookstores this week, said that if Florida prosecutors decline to convene a grand jury probe, the Justice Department should step in.
He asked, "Were Terri's civil rights violated? When I looked at this case, she never got the due process of a death row inmate."
A similar investigative book by Fuhrman, "Murder in Greenwich," is credited with forcing Connecticut prosecutors to re-examine the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, resulting in the conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel.
In the Terri Schiavo case, Fuhrman said most of the questions revolve around her husband, Michael, and the conflicting stories he's told over the years.
"Michael Schiavo can't seem to remember anything consistently," he told Hannity, citing discrepancies in Michael's account of his reaction to his wife's collapse and the time he called paramedics.
"We have to have Michael Schiavo sit in front of a grand jury," the famed detective urged, noting that Schiavo has refused over the years to be questioned under oath in a deposition. "[A grand jury] is the only way to investigate this case."
Asked if he'd ever seen a case with so many unanswered questions, Fuhrman told Hannity: "Yeah, it's called Martha Moxley."
Interesting theory. We have cats and do get up in the night to deal with hairball issues. And Michael's impulse control was nonexistent.
He had the cats killed. He decreed that only blonde nurses could care for Terri. Shortly after her collapse he took the diamonds out of her rings and made a ring for himself. What a disgusting person.
I am most of the way through the books and I can't help but think the cats have some unusual role in this. They seemed to keep coming up. First Schiavo claims that Terri was up and 5 AM wiping the cats' butts. Quite bizarre to say the least. Why would anyone wipe the butt of a pet, let alone at 5 AM. Then what they thought was Terri's vomit was cat's puke. Then Michael has the cats euthanized (weird not even asking the parents or brother and sister if they want them or trying to find them a home). Suppose Terri got up because she heard the cat throw up. She gets up to clean it up and wakes Michael up in the process. He gets pissed off (I know I don't like getting woken up at 5 AM if I go to sleep late) and it leads to an argument during which Michael does something that causes Terri's injuries. He spend one hour hoping she will revive but sees it is not happening and then calls the Schindlers who tell him to call 911. He talks about her wiping the cats butt because the cats are in his mind but he does not want to say she got up to clean up their puke because that is too close to the truth. Then in anger against the cats, Terri and the Schindlers has them put down.
I don't remember the details but there was vomit found and thought to be from Terri but later shown to be from the cats. I can understand Michael not wanting to keep the cats but why have them euthanized. At least ask the Schindlers if they want them or try to find them a home.
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