Opinion ID: 1121458
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Discovery of the Body

Text: About 6:15 a.m. on July 19, defendant entered the Ron-Dee-Voo Restaurant, which is located on South State Street near Doolan Creek. He was wearing mirrored sunglasses and was holding a partially empty wine cooler bottle in his hand. Defendant told Karen Mertle, a waitress, that he had found a girl in a nearby ditch. The girl was hurt real bad and maybe raped. Mertle offered defendant coffee in order to hold him there until the police arrived. Defendant handed the wine cooler bottle that he had been carrying to Mertle. She later gave the bottle to the police. The witnesses present at the Ron-Dee-Voo that morning testified that defendant did not appear intoxicated. Several witnesses also testified that he did not appear suitably upset by his discovery.