• Courtroom misconduct (making inappropriate or inflammatory comments in the presence of the jury; introducing or attempting to introduce inadmissible, inappropriate or inflammatory evidence; mischaracterizing the evidence or the facts of the case to the court or jury) ... Steve Weinberg & Center for Public Integrity
  

bag that had only a coat in it at the time (two days after Vitale's murder). She told both Kim Curiel and Scott about it to see if anyone wanted it. Scott had an opportunity to take it out of the van, but didn't. Scott and everyone in the house knew at the time, that Esther had not made arrangements for disposal of the van. BTW, the coat was analyzed and had no DNA conencting Scott to the crime. Mysteriously, other items appeared in the bag by the time a volunteer deputy found it in the van after Scott's arrest: a shirt, a pair of pants, a ski mask, and one ladies evening glove. The shirt and pants had no DNA connection to the crime either. The glove had none of Scott's DNA in it, but did have someone else's along with Vitale's DNA. The ski mask supposedly had  been worn by Scott and was stored with camping equipment in a storage shed. It had Scott's DNA where you would expect it inside and small amout of Vitale's DNA on it outside. No advance testing was conducted on the glove nor is it clear that the DNA on the mask of Vitale's was not transfer DNA possibly from the glove.

Factual errors were promoted over-and-over in the media, but possibly the worst was that the "accused killer reportedly carved a Goth symbol on her body."

However, the Deputy District Prosecutor, Harold 'Hal' Jewett, proceeded in court to try and relate these incisions/scratches to an unbelieveable number of things connected to Scott Dyleski  ...


1. ... to Scott's personal symbol -  the symbol for Pluto and an ancient star,....

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"Velvet Acid Christ?" Jewett called to the audience as he raced back toward the witness box. "Yes," Moore replied.

Jewett asked Moore to open the box set, and when the deputy sheriff struggled with the contents -- which included a handheld light -- Jewett reached over like an anxious parent and pulled out the items himself. He referred Moore to the liner notes of the band's album, Hex Angel. "See any symbols there?" Jewett asked. "Down in the, let's see" -- he pondered the ceiling -- "in the bottom right-hand corner?"

"Yes, I do," Moore said."

"And what does it look like?"

Moore tried to explain. "It's like, like ..."

....Moore made motions with his hands to describe the mark. "It's like a T, but with a curve at the top."

"I am pro animal, pro female rights, anti gun, anti war, anti murder, left, don't believe in greed and capitalism. Wish to see a brighter future for nature and the human race (Statement by the leader of the band Velvet Acid Christ, Bryan Erickson)."

This is the actual picture drawn on the autopsy diagrams.
The superficial incisions as reported in the coroner's autopsy.
LINK TO AUTOPSY  (will correct link soon, sorry it is not longer active)

Diagram of Crime Scene Shown by Hal Jewett showing placement of Pamela Vitale's body


**** Now, look at the autopsy diagram. You have to actually rotate it clockwise to fit on the diagram showing how Vitale's body was shown. Interesting that then the extention on the 'H' ends up  being on the left. Jewtt doesn't provide a reference in his diagram, but  you can directly place it over the diagram showing how Vitale's body was found as is.


Another exercise: try overlaying the coroner's drawing on Dyleski's personal symbol.

OR, compare the Lorraine Cross to the diagram he drew in red of the marks, OR compare the 'H' in the bumper sticker, OR....

To further demonize Dyleski, the press and the prosecutor invoked the EVIL meme about things Dyleski had said or done, especially his conversation with his friends the night of Vitale's murder. Not only did they claim his symbol was connected to the carvings on Vitale's back, but also that his conversation that night somehow showed he was connected to the number of bludgeonings that Vitale had and that his conversation showed he was possibly reveling in some Lizzie Borden metaphor.

Jewett then asked Robin Croen if Dyleski used any symbol on his writings or art work to identify himself.  Robin Croen answered that he only knew the general shape of such a symbol, not the precise one.  At Jewett’s request he drew what he recalled the symbol to look like.  It was one central vertical line, with one horizontal line crossing it one third of the way up, then another horizontal line above that one.  This horizontal line had a vertical line at each end of that line pointing upwards.  At the top of the central vertical line was a complete circle ...

Jewett is intent on proving that the symbol on the deceased’s back was in fact, Dyleski’s “calling card” or personal symbol. However, the drawing by Robin Croen was distinctively different from that found on the deceased ...

Croen testified that on Saturday night, Dyleski and his girlfriend met with Robin Croen and their friend Oscar [refers to Oscar Cummins-Timms].  Robin Croen gave Dyleski marijuana.  Oscar asked Dyleski about female serial killers, including Lizzie Borden who had been accused, but found innocent, of killing her father and step mother.  Oscar also discussed a book dealing with the psychology of murder. Oscar asked Dyleski about mass murderers. However, Croen could not recall what specific answers Dyleski gave (link).

It's truly unfortunate that a number of writers, police officials, prosecutors and so on continue to use unfounded scare tactics when talking about crimes or in court cases. This does not mean there are not killers who are in a weird cult who could initiate such cruelty on another or that someone who dressed Gothlike hasn't commited a murder, however, it is an injustice to the public and to those accused to go far beyond the boundaries of what is known about such murders and about that person. Jewett and the press promoted hate and fear toward Scott Dyleki. That was further promoted by many authors looking to validate their own agenda by weaving cases such as Scott's in with poor research and misinformation (see Recent anti-Satanist scaremongers: Jim Kouri, by Diane Vera).

What's so disconcerting about this is that Kouri .was  "the fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police" and that he chose to put out such information related to Dyleski being a Satanist on Oct 22, 2005, only two days after Dyleski was arrested (link). He states, "The 16-year old suspect is reported to have been involved in some kind of self-styled Satanism including the reading the Anton LeVay's Satanic Bible and use of occult symbols at the crime scene." So he doesn't mind using a 16 year old as a patsy in order to promte his agenda. Very sad. Interesting also is that he was already cued into the Satanic-Ritual aspect of the Susan Polk case and Daniel Horowitz's connection to both case. Problem is, the real story there is that Felix Polk conjured up fake satanic ritual sexual abuse against his own son and then used it to promote himself in the therapeutic/counseling profession by making presentations on it. I don't know about others, but I find Jewett and Kouri creepy and I do not want to see thise kind of this going on with those connected to law enforcement and prosecution.