THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, TESTIFIED ON HER OATH AS FOLLOWS:
THE CLERK: STATE YOUR NAME, SPELL YOUR LAST NAME, AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THE WITNESS: DEBRA, D-E-B-R-A, VAN KEUREN, V-A-N-K-E-U-R-E-N, 44 FLIRTATION AVENUE, NEW PRESTON, CONNECTICUT.
THE CLERK: THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
(WHEREUPON, COLLOQUY DISCUSSION OCCURRED, AND THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE.) DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. WEBSTER-O'KEEFE:
Q MS. VAN KEUREN, DO YOU RECALL BEING IN COURT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST, '95 IN THE MATTER OF KANE VERSUS KANE, THAT WE'RE HERE ON TODAY?
A YES.
Q AND DO YOU RECALL WHAT TIME WE BROKE FOR LUNCH RECESS?
A FIVE OF ONE.
Q WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LUNCH RECESS; DO YOU RECALL?
A WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE.
Q AND WHO WAS PRESENT?
A MYSELF, ATTORNEY O'KEEFE, MRS. KANE, AND HER SISTER ANN, CT Page 6242
AND HER DAUGHTER PATIENCE.
Q AT THAT TIME WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE ABOUT MRS. KANE'S BEHAVIOR?
(WHEREUPON, THERE WAS AN OBJECTION BY MR. MOOTS,
COLLOQUY OCCURRED, AND THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE.) BY MS. WEBSTER-O'KEEFE:
Q MRS. VAN KEUREN, WHAT TIME DID YOU RETURN TO THE COURTHOUSE?
A AROUND TEN OF TWO.
Q AND WHERE DID YOU GO?
A TO THE HALLWAY UPSTAIRS.
Q AND WHAT DID YOU SEE THERE?
A MRS. KANE, HER SISTER, AND HER DAUGHTER PATIENCE, DR. KANE, AND ATTORNEY MOOTS, DONNA DEBONUS (PHONETIC), AND I DON'T - MR. MOOTS' PARALEGAL.
Q HOW LONG WERE YOU IN THE HALLWAY; DO YOU RECALL?
A I DON'T RECALL.
Q AND DID YOU LEAVE THE HALLWAY AT ALL BEFORE THE TRIAL BEGAN AFTER THE LUNCH RECESS?
A NO, I DID NOT.
Q DO YOU RECALL ABOUT WHAT TIME YOU RETURNED TO THAT UPPER STAIRWELL BEFORE - AFTER LUNCH? I AM SORRY, AFTER LUNCH?
A AT AROUND TEN OF TWO.
Q NOW, DID YOU OBSERVE DR. KANE LEAVE THE HALLWAY AT ALL?
A YES. CT Page 6243
Q AND WHERE DID HE GO?
A HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS WITH HIS ATTORNEY.
Q ALL RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG HE WAS GONE?
A AROUND TEN MINUTES.
Q AFTER HE RETURNED - AND THEN DID HE RETURN TO THE HALLWAY?
A YES.
Q AND AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE HALLWAY, DID YOU SEE HIM STAY THERE FOR SOME TIME?
A YES.
Q DO YOU RECALL HOW LONG HE WAS THERE AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE HALLWAY?
A NO.
Q OKAY. DID YOU SEE HIM LEAVE AGAIN?
A I DON'T RECALL.
Q NOW, DID THERE COME A TIME WHEN YOU LEFT THE HALLWAY?
A NO.
Q DID THERE COME A TIME WHEN YOU ENTERED THE HEARING ROOM?
A YES.
Q AND DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT WHEN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?
A IT WAS AFTER TWO O'CLOCK.
Q OKAY. WHEN YOU ENTERED THE HEARING ROOM, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW? CT Page 6244
A WHEN I ENTERED THE ROOM, JUDGE PICKETT WAS AT HIS DESK, AND MR. KANE WAS SITTING BEHIND THE