Creepy Trial

Jury hears poisoned wife’s letter from the grave

A dead woman wanted authorities to investigate her spouse if anything happened to her, according to a letter read to jurors Monday during opening statements at her husband’s murder trial.

Julie C. Jensen and her husband, Mark D. Jensen, smile for the camera in an undated family photo.

Mark Jensen, 48, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Julie Jensen, who was found dead of poisoning in 1998 at her home in Pleasant Prairie.

“I pray that I am wrong and nothing happens, but I am suspicious of Mark’s suspicious behaviors and fear for my early demise,” Julie Jensen said in the letter read in court by Special Prosecutor Robert Jambois.

She had given the letter to a neighbor and told him to give it to police if anything happened to her.

Mark Jensen was charged with first-degree murder in 2002, but legal wrangling over evidence delayed the trial until now.

His lawyers were to make opening statements after Jambois. They claim the 40-year-old woman was depressed and disturbed and poisoned herself to frame her cheating husband.

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Allen, TX woman had a wedding cake of herself

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  • Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas, gets wedding cake that looks just like her
  • Bride had longtime fantasy of having a doll modeled after her
  • Cake fulfilled bride’s dream, and took about a week to finish off

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    Now that’s a hot wing

    CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago tavern said on Thursday it will begin selling chicken wings coated in one of the world’s hottest peppers — a dish so hot that patrons first have to sign a waiver agreeing not to sue for injuries. Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap said the wings made with Red Savina pepper will be served with an alarm bell for patrons to summon waiters with sour cream, milk sugar and white bread if things get out of hand.

    Levy Restaurants, which owns the tavern, said its chef d’Cuisine Robin Rosenberg had been working on the concept for years but was never sure he’d be able to serve it.

    “This isn’t the right sauce for everyone, but for someone out there, this is going to be absolute heaven. Of course, for a handful of people, it’s going to be hell,” he said.

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    Obama’s Speech Writer

    Here is an interesting Newsweek article about Obama’s 26 year old speech writer named Jon Favreau – not to be confused with Jon Favreau of Swingers fame.

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