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Date Posted: 18:30:40 11/28/02 Thu
Author: Lady Wizard
Subject: Re: Vinnie and his family are in my thoughts and prayers!
In reply to: Andrea 's message, "Vinnie and his family are in my thoughts and prayers!" on 13:07:51 11/22/02 Fri

I have to agree Andrea with all that you say here he needs our support, thoughts, and payers in this time of need. He also needs a comeback so badly!!!!

Jade

>Hi!
>Vinnie and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.
>I feel so badly for them. They have been though so
>much. Actually, too much! I just hope that they get
>some closure from the verdict of the trial. I pray for
>justice. I also pray that Vinnie makes a comeback! He
>truely deserves the best in life!
>
>I will post the latest trial news below along with
>links in case you missed any part of the story or
>trial.
>Andrea
>Pensacola, FL
>
>Front Page
>
>Man charged in escort slaying upset by photos
>
>
>Andrew Blejwas, Register Staff November 22, 2002
>
>
>HARTFORD � Annmarie Cusano was repeatedly warned not
>to meet with the man now on trial for killing her, the
>operator of an escort service testified Thursday in
>the fourth day of the murder trial in Superior Court
>in Hartford.
>Gabriel Gladstone, who ran the escort service where
>Cusano worked part time, testified that he tried to
>discourage her from going to Hartford to meet Gregory
>McArthur the night she died in January 1998.
>
>"I told her who called, what he did for a living and I
>discouraged her from going on the appointment (and)
>that I didn�t approve of it," said Gladstone.
>
>Cusano, the Shelton mother of twin daughters, was 42
>when she took the appointment through Gladstone�s
>escort service.
>
>On Thursday, Gladstone, 74, and serving a 13-year
>sentence for running a prostitution ring, testified
>that his "firm" catered to wealthy and prominent
>clientele from the New Haven area and his company ran
>background checks on all potential clients.
>
>"Attorneys at Yale or directors of firms or plays
>called us � Most of our customers were from Westport
>or academic areas of New Haven � If they were
>professors we wanted to know what they professed or
>what they taught," said Gladstone.
>
>Gladstone testified that while McArthur passed the
>company�s checks, he advised Cusano against taking the
>appointment at McArthur�s rooming house at 550
>Prospect Ave. in Hartford.
>
>Public defender David Smith suggested later that
>Gladstone recommended Cusano not take the appointment
>because McArthur is "African-American." Gladstone
>denied making such a recommendation and Judge Joseph
>Koletsky ordered the exchange stricken from the record
>after prosecutor Gary Nicholson�s objection.
>
>Gladstone said Cusano ignored his advice and took the
>appointment with McArthur who at the time was working
>at Dunkin� Donuts.
>
>"She called and said, �Well, I�m going to go and see
>how it is,�" Gladstone said.
>
>Later that evening, Gladstone testified, he received
>another call from Cusano. This time she said she was
>not happy with her appointment and was heading home.
>That was the last time Gladstone or anybody else is
>known to have talked to Cusano.
>
>After police forensic laboratory experts testified
>that McArthur�s fingerprints were found on Cusano�s
>burgundy Mazda and a plastic garbage bag full of
>bloody clothes, Hartford police detective Michael
>Sheldon testified that McArthur led police to Cusano�s
>body in Suffield.
>
>During proceedings Thursday, McArthur sobbed
>uncontrollably when photographs of her skull were
>introduced as evidence.
>
>Sheldon described searching for the body in the
>Suffield woods after McArthur was extradited from a
>Boston prison in September 2000.
>
>"We started to go (into) the woods. He said, "I know I
>put her around here somewhere, it�s in this area,"
>Sheldon said.
>
>Nicholson then introduced a series of photographs
>depicting the wooded area and presented them to the
>defense. The series included a picture of Cusano�s
>skull partially covered with vegetation.
>
>While viewing the pictures McArthur turned his head
>away, then put his hand to his face and started crying.
>
>Judge Koletsky then ordered a recess but 20 minutes
>after court restarted, McArthur again became upset and
>appeared to begin gagging.
>
>Sheldon said that McArthur had a different reaction
>when he led police to the remains.
>
>"He shrugged his shoulders and didn�t appear to have
>any emotion at all, to me," he said.
>
>Koletsky ordered a second recess. Later, a videotape
>of the spot where police found Cusano�s remains was
>shown to the jury out of McArthur�s sight.
>
>The trial resumes today with Hartford Detective James
>Rovella expected to take the stand.
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>-------------------------
>
>Andrew Blejwas can be reached at
>ablejwas@nhregister.com , or 734-2813.
>
>�New Haven Register 2002
>
>http://www.newhavenregister.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1281&
>dept_id=7573&pag=628&search=1&full=Cusano
>
>http://www.kissasylum.com/archive/
>(scroll down and click on info on Vinnie Vincent's
>exwifes' dissapearance)

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