Staten Island Woman Charged with Murder of Husband
The defense hammered away at a Crime Scene Unit detective in court today, questioning why he did not voucher blue jeans and a bag that were found in the bedroom of an Oakwood Fire marshal allegedly murdered in his home by his wife.
Detective Charles Reiss testified he did not believe the jeans or bag, which contained several items — possibly a towel and sock — were of “forensic significance” to the probe into the slaying of Supervising Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau.
Mercereau was found shot to death in bed in his Tarring Street home on Dec. 2, 2007.
His wife, Janet Redmond-Mercereau, 40, is on trial in state Supreme Court, St. George, for his murder.
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