Assistant Public Defender Dee Ann Athan, left, with fellow attorneys Lyann Goudie and Lisa Campbell, holds Valessa Robinson's hand before the lunch recess Monday. Her age at the time is unknown. Vicki Robinson and Jim Englert, during a visit to her parents' Michigan cabin in July 1997. A divorced father of three, Jim was in love with Vicki. Vicki Robinson planned to send Valessa to Steppin' Stone Farm, a Christian boarding school in rural Hillsborough.
Jury selection resumes today.
At the end of the day, sheriff's Deputies R. Walker, left, and M. Wheelus help Valessa climb into the back of a van that would take her back to the Orient Road jail. St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.