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. r , Trial Continued from page 1 road near the barn to work on "Slim's" car because it was malfunctioning. He said Nesmith and Floyd remembered that spot the Monday they stole Rossi's car with her in it. IN ONE statement, Pierce said he and "Slim" were in a green car at Family Mart near Garners Ferry Raod when they saw the other two men in a blue Volkswagen and pulled in behind them. In his second statement, Pierce said "Slim's" car was a blue Cutlass. He also said he saw a girl in the blue Volkswagen in one statement, but in another he sa 1 he didn't see the girl until they all reached the barn. In one statement, Pierce said he and "Slim" waited for Nesmith and "Floyd" while they were at the barn with the girl. That statement said he didn't see anyone rape or shoot the girl, although Nesmith and Floyd said those things had happened when they rejoined Pierce and "Slim." Pierce said in one of the written statements that he saw "Floyd" sitting on the girl's neck while Nesmith raped her in the barn, and that later the two men traded places. He said he was invited to join in the assault, but he did not. OUTSIDE THE jury's presence, Harris ordered that jurors not be told one of Pierce's statements said Nesmith had a .38 pistol in his hand shortly before Pierce heard four shots. The presiding judge withheld that information because of Nesmith's claim that he did not kill Rossi. Friday, the jury heard testimony from Pierce's wife, Georgianna, who said her estranged husband and two other men charged in the slaying appeared at her house unannounced the day before the murder. She said the men scrambled to hide when the policc drove by her Eastover home. Pierce had been gone a month before he returned with Nesmith and Joyner, Mrs. Pierce testified. HE POUNDED on the door of her home late Sept. 17 and r=?= ?All I V For Cljri Is . Soft pretzels with mustard and a WANTED: two new cold New York night with the man a (?'2 voluptuous red-l of my dreams. nette 5'5 blue eyes, br I For Christmas I want to exert an SARAH, I want Bu irresistible power over actresses the holidays. Love. BOI who write exercise books. ? A Mm M MM Let Carolina Know wnat you want for Christmas. On December 7, The Gamecock is having a special classified section for you. Come by room 323 Russell House and place your "All I Want For Christmas" classified ad. I Deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 3:00 p.m. I SPECIAL RATE: 15 words for $1.00 : ! asked that she leave the lights off as he walked in with Nesmith and Joyner, she told the court. "The first thing he wanted to do was take a bath," she said of Pierce, but she said the others went to bed without bathing. Mrs. Pierce said that when the three left Sept. 18, they had two guns between them and talked of "shooting their way out" if police should come. Mrs. Pierce said she noticed a blue Volkswagen parked across the street earlier that morning. ^ne tesiinea mat wnen iNesmitn saw a Kicmanci county Sheriff's Department car drive into a gas station near her house on Sept. 18, the men panicked. EARLIER FRIDAY, tears rolled down Solicitor Jim Anders' face as he described Rossi's death. The jurors listened intently as Anders, who knew Rossi personally, described the sequence of events that surrounded her death. Anders said the three men had been drinking and taking drugs when they eame to Columbia the day before the murder. He said the defendants were seen at Woodhill Mall about 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 17, and Rossi was seen entering the mall's lot at 11:45 a.m. "THE STATE will prove that these men took her at gunpoint to a barn off Old Bluff Road, where they raped her brutally, robbed her and then murdered her," Anders said. He said they divided her elothes and jewelry and were seen that night wearing her clothing. Defense attc neys asked the jurors to keep open minds until both sides of the case are presented. Rossi's father, Ray, also testified briefly to identify his daughter's car and portable radio. Rossi's sister and friends who saw her shortly before her disappearance pieced together a timeline of events for Sept. 17, and a former boyfriend identified a jacket and sweatshirt he'd given Rossi. IT*\v%i S t II) a S Jp| roommates. ^ iWACKENL l ' pgamscock i BOX 85131, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA 29208 , All classified advertising must be pre* 0S the exact amount only. Advertisemei j the day prior to publication. Refunds z I CAMPUS: 15C per wor ^ consecutive 5 NON-CAMPUS: 20C per wor ? consecutive Name: ' Address: _ ^ Today s date: . issue date Si d^o. tamdiiq wfim.rampii*? 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