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Two of accused murderer Donald Ray Perry's closest
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prosecutor Steve Brown kept trying to get them to admit the
20-year-old's alleged guilt.
His wife Miriam and mother Edith answered questions for
three hours Wednesday morning, both saying that Perry did
not kill Dr. Mary Heimberger, a USC education professor.
Today's testimony shed little light on the identity of the
killer after Perry accused an acquaintance, Wednesday,
Larry Deloach of being the man who kidnapped, shot and
raped the 44-year old educator last March.
Deloach sat in the first row of seating behind the
prosecutor's table for the entire trial, Wednesday, wearing a
fraved leather iacket. white cants and sneakers. He showed
no emotion as his name was mentioned several times during
the trial.
In the most heated conflict of the day, Brown repeatedly
questioned Perry's wife and procured discrepancy between
her statement made to Richland County Sheriff Department
investigators and the testimony she gave today.
Mrs. Perry said she never knew where her husband's pistol
was before or after the murder, although she admitted it was
common practice for her or her husband to take the gun with
them when they traveled in their cars.
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need to get him some help," about her husband to Richland
County Sheriff's Department officials. Mrs. Perry admitted
to saying this statement, but only because her husband was
crying hysterically after being interrogated, according to her
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Perry's wife was charged with four indictments for forgery
Oct. 4, 1979, according to Brown. He presented the information
as admissable evidence during the trial.
Mrs. Perry claimed that a member of the sheriff's
department 101a ner, 1 wouia naie 10 nuri me motner 01 a
young child. They said I was a suspect for murder." Brown
scolded Perry's wife for conflicting testimony and
discovered she had never read the copy of her statement she
signed after being questioned by the sheriff's department.
At one point, Brown asked Mrs. Perry about something her
husband might have said about the murder. The defense
lawyers leaped to their feet and objected that the question
was leading Mrs. Perry into something she did not want to
say. Circuit Judge Julius Baggett overruled the defense and
the jury was cleared from the room as a heated exchange
took place between ihe defense lawyers, Gaston Fairey and
Ed Mullineaux and Baggett.
Baggett said, "Whenever a point is made on a crossexamination,
the other attorney tries to dive in and save the
witness. I'm tired of it. I run this courtroom so just calm
down."
Perry's mother, Edith, said her son came home March 5,
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the day of the murder, with red mud streaked across the back
of his pants. He told her he had been involved in a fight. She
said she did not pay attention to see if he was bruised and
didn't question him further about the incident.
Diane Follingstad, a USC associate psychology professor
who took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon said, Perry
is "an individual that has the potential to be out of contact
with reality. He sometimes can't differentiate between
reality and fantasy."
Follingstad added that even when Perry is functioning
normally he has a problem dealing with anxiety and overly
reacts to the point where he can't make good judgments and
his mind involuntarily blocks out traumas.
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had been shot in the knees and was kneeling with her
arm raised in front of her trying to protect herself. The gun
was fired at least 1R inches from her as the assailant stood
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