DALLY DEFENSE CALLS EX-LOVER OBSESSIVE; WOMAN TESTIFIES HAUN SENT HER STRANGE THREATS.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer Attorneys for alleged wife-killer Michael Dally on Thursday depicted his former lover Diana Haun as a jealous woman who sent decapitated de·cap·i·tate tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates To cut off the head of; behead. [Late Latin d decoy DECOY. A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water-fowl. 11 Mod. 74, 130; S. C. 3 Salk. 9; Holt, 14 11 East, 571. ducks and other ominous warnings to a former romantic rival. Implying that Haun did not need help in planning and carrying out the 1996 murder of Michael Dally's wife, defense attorney Robert Schwartz suggested that Haun had a history of being obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with her lovers. Defense witness Ann McGinty testified that in 1991 Haun had an affair with her husband, Chris F. McGinty. But when the McGintys began to rekindle re·kin·dle tr.v. re·kin·dled, re·kin·dling, re·kin·dles 1. To relight (a fire). 2. To revive or renew: rekindled an old interest in the sciences. their marriage, Haun frequently followed Ann McGinty, a former Camarillo resident. McGinty also said she received a package containing an eerie warning. ``There was on one occasion (a parcel containing) some old clothes and decoy ducks,'' McGinty said. ``They were decapitated - their heads were off.'' Dally, 37, is accused of murder for financial gain, kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and conspiracy in the May 1996 murder of his wife, Sherri. Haun was convicted of the same charges and is serving a life sentence. McGinty said she also received used books on witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. bound with a black ribbon and numerous phone calls from a woman asking if McGinty knew the whereabouts of her husband. McGinty said that letters, purportedly from a psychic named Madame Teresa, predicted that she would suffer greatly and that her cancer would return if she did not end her marriage. Still another letter said she and her husband had been together in previous lives, but that Ann McGinty should release her husband so he could be with his true soulmate soulmate n → compañero/a del alma . Although the letters and threatening packages were not tied conclusively to Haun, many of the letters contained specific details that only those very close to the McGintys would know. Evidence in Haun's trial linked her with witchcraft and showed she had an interest in the occult. After Chris McGinty broke off his relationship with Haun, the odd phone calls, letters and packages ceased, Ann McGinty testified. The defense is nearing the end of its case, and closing statements could begin next week. |
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