House of Evil: the Indiana Torture Slaying (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
“Deputy Prosecutor Leroy K. New stood tall and erect, reading expressively but unemotionally from typewritten sheets of yellow, lined, legal-sized notebook paper. Spectators standing in the rear of the courtroom craned their necks to get a glimpse of one of the state’s best trial lawyers as he read the prosecution’s opening statement to the jury.
“The evidence will show,” New continued, “that Jenny and Sylvia became acquainted with a neighbor girl on East New York Street, Naomi McGuire. You will... see her sister, Darlene McGuire, who frequented the Baniszewski house until she was ordered by her parents not to return inside the house ever again….
“The evidence will show that immediately after her parents left the house for the last time, Gertrude turned to Sylvia and said, ‘What are you going to do now, Sylvia, now they’re gone?’… “The evidence will show that one time Gertrude picked up a knife, held it menacingly in her hand, approached Sylvia and told her to ‘Come on…fight me back,’ and Sylvia said she didn’t know how to fight.MoreLess
“The evidence will show,” New continued, “that Jenny and Sylvia became acquainted with a neighbor girl on East New York Street, Naomi McGuire. You will... see her sister, Darlene McGuire, who frequented the Baniszewski house until she was ordered by her parents not to return inside the house ever again….
“The evidence will show that immediately after her parents left the house for the last time, Gertrude turned to Sylvia and said, ‘What are you going to do now, Sylvia, now they’re gone?’… “The evidence will show that one time Gertrude picked up a knife, held it menacingly in her hand, approached Sylvia and told her to ‘Come on…fight me back,’ and Sylvia said she didn’t know how to fight.MoreLess
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