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STORY" by reporter Clifford Ward, published by The Chicago Tribune on January 25, 2018.
GIST: "A woman testified Thursday at the murder
trial of her ex-husband that she did not see anything unusual shortly
before a fire erupted in their Naperville residence and killed the woman's mother. Tina
Miceli took the witness stand in the DuPage County murder trial of her
former husband, William Amor, 62, who is being retried for the 1995
arson murder of Marianne Miceli. The daughter, now 40, spent 90 minutes
testifying to the events of Sept. 10, 1995, the day her mother died in a
fire at the Naperville condo where all three lived. She said she
came to believe that Amor, her husband of five months, bore some
responsibility for her mother's death, but Miceli testified that she
noted nothing amiss about 20 minutes before her mother called 911 to
report a fire. Firefighters who responded to the condo in the 200
block of Bailey Road found Marianne Miceli's body on the floor of her
bedroom. Tina,
who was 18 then, said she and Amor, who was then 39, had spent that
Sunday watching football and drinking along with Marianne Miceli, 40.
Tinsa said she left with her husband around 6:20 p.m. to go to a
drive-in movie and had walked down a flight of steps before returning to
the condo to retrieve her cigarettes. Under cross examination
from Amor's attorneys. Miceli said she didn't see or smell anything when
she re-entered the condo, or see Amor spill anything flammable.
She did testify that all three residents were smokers, including her mother who had a two-pack per day habit. Amor was convicted of murder in 1997 for allegedly setting the fire and later confessing to police, and he served 20 years in prison. However, his conviction was vacated last year when a judge ruled that it was impossible for Amor to have started the fire in the way in which he confessed. DuPage prosecutors opted to retry Amor, whom they say hoped to collect insurance money from his mother-in-law's death. Marianne Miceli also objected to her daughter's marriage, prosecutors said.
His attorneys contend that Amor was coerced into confessing about three weeks later, after a lengthy police interrogation during which police served him with divorce papers that Tina had filed."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-naperville-arson-trial-day-two-20180125-story.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/c
She did testify that all three residents were smokers, including her mother who had a two-pack per day habit. Amor was convicted of murder in 1997 for allegedly setting the fire and later confessing to police, and he served 20 years in prison. However, his conviction was vacated last year when a judge ruled that it was impossible for Amor to have started the fire in the way in which he confessed. DuPage prosecutors opted to retry Amor, whom they say hoped to collect insurance money from his mother-in-law's death. Marianne Miceli also objected to her daughter's marriage, prosecutors said.
His attorneys contend that Amor was coerced into confessing about three weeks later, after a lengthy police interrogation during which police served him with divorce papers that Tina had filed."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-naperville-arson-trial-day-two-20180125-story.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/c
