Opinion ID: 2603715
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Stories of Reilly, Lewis, and Buck

Text: Reilly testified that Hernandez told her that he, Owens, and Bierman had beaten Syndi and that he had slit her throat because Syndi was yelling. Lewis pled guilty to aiding a felon. Lewis testified that she was at Owens' apartment the night of February 18 and the morning of February 19, 1989. Owens, Hernandez, and Bierman dropped off Bierman's children. They said they were going to burglarize Bierman's parents' house. Bierman did not object. When they came back, Bierman helped carry the stolen property into the apartment. Lewis said Owens told her that all three had beaten Syndi up. Owens said in front of Bierman, Well, Shari don't care about her little sister anyway. Bierman replied, I hate that little bitch. Tina Buck testified that Hernandez came to the apartment below Owens' late that night or early the next morning. Hernandez told her that he had killed a 17-year-old girl. He said that he had slit her throat and that Owens had stabbed her. In front of Buck, Hernandez asked Bierman how to get blood out of leather. Bierman told him to shut up.