CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
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CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day THREE Victim’s Words Before Death, Investigator Says: ‘I Love You’ COOPERSTOWN – Investigator Sean Ralph testified that Casey Callahan, currently on trial for the 2000 murder of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, told him that her final words to her husband were “‘I love you, I’ll see you on the other side’,” allegedly referring to the opposite side of the Dandy Mart truck stop where Callahan was to pick her up.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Allegations of Physical Abuse Emerge in Niece’s Testimony By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Elizabeth Welsh Callahan allegedly told her niece, Amanda Travis, that her husband Casey Callahan had kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant with their son, Connor. “I didn’t like the way he treated Lizzy,” Travis said during her testimony as part of this afternoon’s proceedings in the case against Callahan, who is charged with Elizabeth’s murder.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day ONE Killing Intrigued Suspect, 2 Former Friends Testify By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan, on trial for murder in Otsego County Court, discussed with two friends why and how he would kill someone shortly before the 2000 death of his wife, the two testified this afternoon. “I’ve always wanted to know what it felt like” to kill someone, one witness, Joseph Keto, Oneonta, on the stand this afternoon, recalled hearing Callahan say.…
AllOTSEGO.com EXCLUSIVE 17 YEARS LATER, HUSBAND TRIED IN DEATH OF WIFE Muehl, Maxson Deliver Opening Arguments As Otsego County Court Proceedings Start By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – District Attorney John Muehl didn’t mince words this morning in his opening statement in the murder trial of Casey Callahan, formerly of Goodyear Lake, now an Attica inmate. “I can kill someone and get away with it,” Muehl said. “I’d take somebody for a ride, stop at the Dandy…
