NEIGHBOR SAW MISSING WIFE, SERGEANT WITNESS SAYS RACZ DROVE SAME DIRECTION AS SPOUSE.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- All Tom Deardorff wanted to know that day 16 years ago was if he would have a baby sitter for the evening. But because of a short conversation and what he saw afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , the Valencia man has become a key witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of his neighbor, John Racz, 61. Racz, a former sheriff's sergeant, is accused of killing his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife, Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Racz, on April 22, 1991. Friends and family say they have not heard from her since then, but her body's never been found. Deardorff testified Friday he was washing his car that day when he saw Ann Mineko Racz driving by. He said he flagged her down, just to make sure the Raczes' oldest daughter would baby-sit that evening. "She said, no problem; she'd be there," Deardorff said. "When she left, she said she had to go because she had to get the kids something to eat." A short time later, and Deardorff said he was unsure how long, John Racz drove off in his own car, in the direction his wife had just gone, Deardorff said. John Racz could have been following his wife, Deardorff said. "He seemed a little bit intent as he went by me," Deardorff said. "He looked straight ahead." Prosecutors are trying to convince jurors that John Racz killed his wife after following her as she drove off to McDonald's the afternoon of April 22, 1991. They say Ann Racz's plan for that evening was to take her children back to a condo she was renting and make pizza for them. On Friday, Ann Racz's niece NIECE, domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. , Kathy Gettman, testified that when she went by the condo later on, she found a Boboli pizza crust crust Outermost solid part of the Earth, essentially composed of a range of igneous and metamorphic rock types. In continental regions, the crust is made up chiefly of granitic rock, whereas the composition of the ocean floor corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro. still on the counter. Deardorff lived three doors away from the Raczes' Valencia home. His hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, is restoring old cars, so he often is in the driveway or the garage, he testified. During cross-examination cross-examination: see evidence. , Racz's attorney, Darryl Mounger, asked Deardorff if he told a grand jury last year that Racz was three to five minutes behind his wife when he drove off. Deardorff confirmed he said that. "If you're leaving three to five minutes behind, you're not following someone are you?" Mounger asked. "That's true," Deardorff said. Testimony will resume on July 9. alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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