Foley murder trial continues

COLDWATER, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The trial of a man accused of killing his wife continued on Friday.

DeeDee Foley, a popular Union City teacher, was found shot to death in the shower in February. Her husband, Thomas Foley, is accused of the murder.

Prosecutors say they still don't know why the murder occurred, but Foley's attorneys claim DeeDee was killed in a robbery, and not at the hands of her husband.

On Friday, testimony picked back up for the second day of the trial, and included evidence that both sides say proves who the killer is.

Several State Troopers testified about the evidence they found at the Foley's home and the lab analysis of that evidence. The murder of DeeDee Foley was quick and sudden, the prosecution says she was killed by one gunshot from just a few inches away.

Dr. Stephen Cohle, a forensic pathologist said the gun was less than six inches away, and that he found no evidence of gunpowder on DeeDee's hand, no evidence that she had time to defend herself.

“I mean it suggests she did not anticipate this was going to happen,” said Dr. Cohle, “she did not have time to react by reflexively throwing her hands in front of her face.”

After DeeDee's murder, State Troopers spent almost two days examining the Foley home for evidence.

“I noticed that it wasn't dirty,” said Trooper James King.

In what testimony described as a dusty, Michigan basement, troopers found a plastic bag from Dunham's. Inside where three shotgun shells. Those shells had no prints on them. However, the state crime lab did find a print on the Dunham's bag.

“With the latent print that was developed in the Dunham's bag I compared that to Thomas Foley and subsequently identified that latent print as belonging to Thomas Foley,” said Spl. Sgt. Derrick Emma of the State Police Crime Lab.

The defense believes that DeeDee's murder was the result of a burglary, and investigators found signs of that as well.

“When I first entered the bathroom, I observed while in the bathroom that it looked like the medicine cabinet had been ransacked, I believe there were items in the sink,” said Trooper King.

Two of Thomas Foley's credit cards ended up in Marshall, and troopers testified that jewelry was missing from the home as well as a Playstation console. Troopers did however testify that what someone might steal in a burglary, they found left behind at the Foley home.

DeeDee's purse with a checkbook and wallet was in plain sight, and two plates of loose change were also left behind.