Murder case compared to Edgar Allan Poe chiller

Miami Herald ^ | February 26, 2008 | HANNAH SAMPSON

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In his short story The Black Cat, the Gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe writes about a killer who conceals his victim behind a wall and is found out when the cat he accidentally hid with the body starts howling.

Assistant State Attorney Brian Cavanagh referenced the gruesome tale as he laid out the evidence against Charles Gregory Moninger, accused of killing his housemate four years ago and stuffing her corpse in a closet.

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The tell-tale massager.

[sweet_diane]

Sounds like the prosecutor has his work cut out for him.

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“A man’s voice — Moninger’s voice, prosecutors said — can be heard in the background. Berger told the operator that the person threatening her was ``somebody I don’t know that’s living in my house.’’

Pole argued that the recording was hearsay.

Broward Circuit Judge Alfred Horowitz agreed with Pole, ruling before arguments began that the 911 tape should be excluded.”

How can a recording be hearsay? It’s a recording. It’s not like a recording can lose it’s memory. Broward Circuit Judge Alfred Horowitz is either an idiot or is corrupt.

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[Broward Circuit Judge Alfred Horowitz is either an idiot or is corrupt.]

I’d go with both!