1/10/13 - Witness testimony continued Wednesday in the murder trial of 66-year-old Jerome Kowalski. Police accuse Kowalski of killing his brother Richard and sister-in-law Brenda Kowalski in their Oceola Township home in 2008. His trial began on Monday. Today, Brendaâs son Michael Reilly finished his testimony regarding the events around the day of the murder. Defense attorney Walter Piszczatowski asked several questions about Reillyâs inheritance, which he testified was about $280,000. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Pamela Maas said the defense was trying to imply that Reilly killed his parents for the money, but Piszczatowski said the defense would not be making that claim. Testimony from ten other witnesses was heard, including that of Kowalskiâs son Jared Kowalski. He told jurors what he recalled about the relationship between his father and uncle, his fatherâs alcoholism, and the handwritten note prosecutors say his father left before going to the police following the killing. His testimony will resume and the jury will be shown that note when the trial continues this morning. (TD)
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