Donna Kay Thorngren
This is one of those tough cases for me where I am left wondering what to think about the verdict. This mainly comes from the fact that I am unsure just exactly what evidence the prosecutors had against Thorngren and just how reliable that evidence happened to be. Much of the media hype surrounded first the fact that Donna and her son, Austin were arrested in connection with the murder of Donna's husband, Curtis. Then it surrounded the issue that one of Austin's friends planned to testify that he had a conversation with Austin after Curtis' murder but before his body was found in which he allegedly implicated his mother. This became what investigators called the “shed statement.” This statement, whether true or not, was to play a huge role in this case. First it was the reason that Donna's defense asked, and was granted the right, to have her trial severed from her son's. It was of the believe that the statement could possibly be used against Austin, ...