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January 29, 2008
Posted: 09:39 AM ET
ELKHORN, Wisconsin – “She’s asleep.” … “She’s going to be asleep for a long time.” … “He laughed.” 
Joseph Mangi tells the jury about an odd phone conversation.
 So said the man who picked up the phone, testified prosecution witness Joseph Mangi. He told the jury Monday about his December 1998 conversation with the man he believes was Mark Jensen, who is on trial for the antifreeze murder of his wife, Julie Jensen. Mangi said the conversation took place when he called the Jensen household during the week of Julie Jensen’s death. He was a high school principal at the time and was calling to offer Julie Jensen a job as a part-time secretary. She had interviewed for the position on Friday, November 20, but the job offer was delayed because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Julie died in her bed on Thursday, December 3. I have never seen all of the jurors taking notes in unison like they were with this witness. When he recited what the man he believes to be Jensen said on the other end of the phone line jurors wrote down every word. The defense got Mangi to testify the man never formally introduced himself during the phone call. The rest of the day’s testimony was filled with medical examiner Dr. Mary Mainland, former co-workers of Mark Jensen from the mid-90’s and 12th grader Eric Schoor. A hush fell over the courtroom when Schoor testified that his close school friend David Jensen, Julie and Mark’s son, told him at school the day before Julie died: “Mom’s sick and dad won’t take her to the hospital.” The defense tried to diffuse the statement by quizzing the boy on his memory from nine years ago, as well as the fact he and his mother had gone over the statement numerous times. Now one big question remains: is the prosecution going to put the defendant’s teenage son on the stand? We have heard his alleged words through Eric Schoor…and the defendant does have a right to confront his witnesses even if it is his own son who he has raised with his current wife Kelly. – Jean Casarez, In Session correspondent Filed under: Jean Casarez • Trials |
 
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