Gibbs Murder Trial

A ruling didn t come from the North Dakota Supreme Court today concerning the Moe Gibbs murder trial Prosecutors in the case are asking the Supreme Court to order Judge John Paulson to let them present evidence of Gibbs possible motive for killing Mindy Morgenstern Members of the Supreme Court were in Grand Forks today and didn t make it back to Bismarck in time to get a ruling out on the request This rare legal action didn t keep the case from moving forward - Donnell Preskey has more on today s testimony Donnell Preskey KX News Attorneys continued questioning the lead investigator in Mindy Morgenstern s murder BCI Agent Mark Sayler testified for seven hours about evidence found in Morgenstern s apartment He talked about other people of interest who were eliminated as suspects He says they had 350 leads in the case Some involved an incident Mindy had told several of her friends about A man in a blue car approached her a couple weeks before the murder Mark Sayler BCI Agent Elderly man in Blue Car we located a number of men in blue cars none of which matched anything The defense took over questioning Agent Sayler and focused on what the investigation didn t find Jeff Bredahl quizzed Sayler on why investigators didn t pursue leads further Like a partial palm print on a money container Sayler says they never found out whose it was Same with four fingerprints - Sayler says they didn t match Moe Gibbs or Mindy and wasn t a hit on the national data base And that s where it ended Mark Sayler BCI Special Agent This is a photo of a hair found in Mindy Morgenstern s hand You have testified that that hair was sent for DNA testing Who did hair belong to Mr Gibbs No Who We don t know who it belonged to You don t know Sayler says a swab of the knives used to kill Morgenstern was able to show a partial DNA - Sayler says he doesn t know whose DNA it is - but it is not Moe Gibbs Defense attorney Jeff Bredahl also brought up how no evidence found through searches connected Moe Gibbs to Mindy s death Investigators searched Moe Gibbs apartment his in-laws home and his vehicle Reporting from the Burleigh County Courthouse Donnell Preskey KX News For a look at Donnell s courtroom notes you can go to our website kxnet com and click on the Gibbs Trial Blog banner