Celia was working two jobs at the time: for the federal government in the General Services Administration and as a checker at the local Brookshire's grocery store. She was also taking a Wednesday-night accounting class, hoping to get a promotion at the GSA.
Celia testified yesterday that after she finished her accounting final on December 10, 2003, she got home around 8 p.m. and went to bed at 12:30 a.m. At the time, Andrew was staying at the Richardsons' home, to be with his girlfriend Chelsea. The Wamsleys were murdered around 3:23 a.m. Celia claims she never awoke to hear Wamsley's car leave or return that night, and she never heard their creaky front door open or close. When she awoke around 6:45 a.m. to get ready for work, she says Chelsea was asleep in the living room. She "thought [she] saw another body" that could have been Andrew, but she's not sure now. The defense will have to hope beyond hope that the jury believes Celia is in fact a light sleeper and would have heard Andrew leave the house to kill his folks.
Closing arguments are scheduled for 1 p.m. today, then the jury's off to deliberate. —Andrea Grimes