First the article then some thoughts

Copy of Corey’s Redacted Witness List filing available HERE

ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s attorney  was threatened in an anonymous phone call Monday, according to Orlando Police  Department officers.
Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara received the call, officers said, while  waiting for evidence from prosecutors. The call came from a blocked number and  an unidentified man made some sort of threat, mentioning Zimmerman by name, but  officers did not elaborate further.    Officers are looking into the threat.

On Monday, O’Mara received 67 discs, a witness list and hundreds of pages  of documents in the case against his client. George Zimmerman is accused of  shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death.
It is expected that O’Mara will look to keep the documents out of  the public eye for at least for one week.
The documents include Martin’s autopsy report.

“I would imagine that report could be released quickly because there’s  nothing that could be said to be confidential within it,” O’Mara said.

But O’Mara said some of the documents, like key witness statements, may  need to be reviewed and redacted.
“If I look at it and want to restrict completely inflammatory and  completely irrelevant evidence, I think I have a right to argue it and see what  the judge says,” said O’Mara. (read more)

It’s interesting to look at the dates included on the witness material list.   It is obvious from the descriptions within the material that “W8”, or “Witness8”, was the girl Benjamin Crump described as Trayvon Martin’s “girlfriend”.  She was introduced to the public, on March 20th at a press conference by Crump, under the alias “DeeDee”.

*Note how there is no date for the statement from “DeeDee” to Benjamin Crump*

For several reasons we kept an eye on the “DeeDee” aspect.   First, because DeeDee never came forward on her own after the shooting on February 26th.  Nor was she known by Tracy Martin, Sybrina Fulton, or any family member or relation of Trayvon until the (Sunday Night March 18th) discovery of phone records by Tracy Martin.  
Secondly, because only after Benjamin Crump contact her did a story emerge about her hearing the fight between George and Trayvon.    Yet she never called police,  authorities, Mom, Dad, or anyone else after finding out he was dead to report it.   
And lastly, because she refused to talk to legal authorities from Monday March 19th through *April 2nd.   Benjamin Crump repeatedly stated on numerous occasions that “DeeDee” would not talk to police, investigators, States Attorneys’, or any law enforcement.  That only he held her statement, and she would only talk to “federal” agents from the Federal Department of Justice.  

No-one other than Benjamin Crump had ever heard of this person prior to March 20th.  So with each media interview Crump gave when he mentioned “DeeDee” we took notes of what he said about her.   The majority is included in Update #9  but here is a specific segment from that update:

[…]  Yet on Tuesday (3-27) a week later on CNN Piers Morgan Show Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned about the case and some general aspects surrounding the ongoing investigation. During the conversation about wanting to get to the bottom of everything. Pam Bondi specifically stated that Trayvon’s girlfriend had previously been unwilling to cooperate with police.

Bondi stated she was hopeful that Trayvon’s girlfriend would now become more cooperative, because since the time of the initial early investigation, up to and including all subsequent inquiries, she has been unwilling to talk to police or provide records of the phone call. She had refused numerous times to be interviewed and would not provide a statement to police, nor allow herself to be interviewed even with legal representation.

As of Friday night March 30th according to Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, Trayvon’s girlfriend still had not talked to police. She was refusing to give sworn testimony, or a sworn statement.

As of Monday night April 2nd, again according to Benjamin Crump, “DeeDee” still refused to cooperate with police.

As of Wednesday night April 4th, she is still refusing to be cooperative.

Then Viola’!!!  Sometime between April 4th and April 9th, according to the Huffington post, DeeDee talked to “federal” authorities. A brief summary of her statement is included in the affidavit for probable cause.


But wait a minute, THAT”S IT?  Half a sentence about DeeDee saying Trayvon was scared because he was being followed?   THAT’S IT?    No mention of DeeDee hearing the confrontation.  No mention of DeeDee noting their voices.  The States Attorney Affidavit has no mention of ANYTHING outlined by Ben Crump in his press conference on March 20th.
An excerpt from the Huffington Post  April 9th –

Attorneys for Martin’s family said it wasn’t until weeks later, when Tracy Martin, Trayvon’s father, was looking through the teen’s cell phone bill that he noticed the timing of the last call. [we now know this discovery to be 3/18] The family and their attorneys then contacted Trayvon’s girlfriend and heard her account of the night. Lawyer Benjamin Crump, who represents the family, recorded an interview with the girl and provided it with Martin’s cell phone records to federal authorities, who by then had joined the investigation. […]
Federal agents and the special state prosecution team that took over the investigation have now interviewed the girl, the Martin family’s attorneys said.
The police gave the results of their investigation to state attorney Norman Wolfinger, who withdrew from the case last month. The governor appointed another state attorney to take over.

Like all things about Benjamin Crump this stinks to no end.   Obviously according to the State Attorney General Material Witness list the recorded conversation and statement between DeeDee, investigator Di la Rionda, and investigator O’Steen took place via phone on Monday April 2nd (See Above).  
However, on Wednesday April 4th of that same week Benjamin Crump was telling the media “DeeDee” still had not talked to authorities.   And when he did announce her statement he said she had given it to “federal authorities”.  
Keep in mind the 2nd degree murder charges were announced on April 11th.    We are going to have more on this another time because we are putting together some research which shows both O’Steen and De la Rionda were aware of another witness earlier on the same day that disputed W8.   

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