http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165 The evidence is far from over in the trial on whether Vincent Brothers killed five of his family members, but the last two days has shown the ebb and flow of &quot;who's winning.&quot; One could argue that on Monday when Vincent Brothers sobbed upon seeing the photographs of his dead family members that he wasn't the cold, calculating killer the prosecution has set him out to be. On the other hand,&nbsp; a critical hole was dug Tuesday in the defense contention that the defendant was in Ohio visiting the family of his brother, Melvin, when the July 6, 2003&nbsp; killings occurred. Melvin Brothers, 43, one year younger than the defendant, testified that he did not see Vincent,&nbsp; from 7 p.m. July 4 to 11 p.m. July 7 that year. But Melvin did use Vincent's credit card during that time. And he used the credit card in April for what the prosecution calls a &quot;dry run&quot; visit by Vincent to Ohio. The 2003 visits by Vincent in Ohio were the first in 10 years, Melvin testified. &nbsp;That testimony opens up possibilities that Vincent might be the killer. But it's far from a slam dunk. The defense will argue Vincent couldn't&nbsp; drive his rental car nearly 4,600 miles in that time frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; And just because Melvin didn't see Vincent, doesn't mean Vincent wasn't in Ohio.&nbsp; His rental car did have enough miles for the trip, the prosecution has said. &nbsp;District Attorney Ed Jagels said at the time Vincent was arrested in April of 2004 that this would be a circumstantial case. That means both sides will be able to argue their position is more reasonable than the other. It will be how all the evidence meshes together that will determine the outcome of the case. The trial is expected to last three months. It has a long way to go. Posted by Steve E. Swenson The evidence is far from over in the trial on whether Vincent Brothers killed five of his family members, but the last two days has shown the ebb and flow of &quot;who's winning.&quot; One could argue that on Monday when Vincent Brothers sobbed upon seeing the photographs of his dead family members that he wasn't the cold, calculating killer the prosecution has set him out to be. On the other hand,&nbsp; a critical hole was dug Tuesday in the defense contention that the defendant was in Ohio visiting the family of his brother, Melvin, when the July 6, 2003&nbsp; killings occurred. Melvin Brothers, 43, one year younger than the defendant, testified that he did not see Vincent,&nbsp; from 7 p.m. July 4 to 11 p.m. July 7 that year. But Melvin did use Vincent's credit card during that time. And he used the credit card in April for what the prosecution calls a &quot;dry run&quot; visit by Vincent to Ohio. The 2003 visits by Vincent in Ohio were the first in 10 years, Melvin testified. &nbsp;That testimony opens up possibilities that Vincent might be the killer. But it's far from a slam dunk. The defense will argue Vincent couldn't&nbsp; drive his rental car nearly 4,600 miles in that time frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; And just because Melvin didn't see Vincent, doesn't mean Vincent wasn't in Ohio.&nbsp; His rental car did have enough miles for the trip, the prosecution has said. &nbsp;District Attorney Ed Jagels said at the time Vincent was arrested in April of 2004 that this would be a circumstantial case. That means both sides will be able to argue their position is more reasonable than the other. It will be how all the evidence meshes together that will determine the outcome of the case. The trial is expected to last three months. It has a long way to go. Posted by Steve E. Swenson en-us I guess it's up to how&nbsp;these words are viewed,&nbsp; <strong>&quot;His rental car did have enough miles for the trip, the prosecution has said.&quot;&nbsp; </strong>Doesn't that sound like a slam dunK.&nbsp; Who can drive 4600 miles around Ohio?&nbsp; WOOF!<br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62290 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62290 I guess it's up to how&nbsp;these words are viewed,&nbsp; <strong>&quot;His rental car did have enough miles for the trip, the prosecution has said.&quot;&nbsp; </strong>Doesn't that sound like a slam dunK.&nbsp; Who can drive 4600 miles around Ohio?&nbsp; WOOF!<br /> <p>And dont forget the western bugs.  His rental car had bugs on it that are not found in Ohio...</p> <p>probably a glassy winged sharp shooter, </p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62325 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62325 <p>And dont forget the western bugs.  His rental car had bugs on it that are not found in Ohio...</p> <p>probably a glassy winged sharp shooter, </p> good luck with this argument:<br /> <br /> The defense will argue Vincent couldn't&nbsp; drive his rental car nearly 4,600 miles in that time frame.<br /> <br /> He could have if he was wearing a diaper. (JK)&nbsp; It is possible to go from coast to coast in under 72 hrs. You just can't stop very often. Truckers do it all the time. <br /> <br /> Great catch scarymary with the western bugs thing. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62330 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62330 good luck with this argument:<br /> <br /> The defense will argue Vincent couldn't&nbsp; drive his rental car nearly 4,600 miles in that time frame.<br /> <br /> He could have if he was wearing a diaper. (JK)&nbsp; It is possible to go from coast to coast in under 72 hrs. You just can't stop very often. Truckers do it all the time. <br /> <br /> Great catch scarymary with the western bugs thing. <p>As a vice principal, he would have access to the Ritilan kept at the school for the kids with perscriptions. That would help him stay awake . Not to mention the adreniline pump he would get from thinking he just pulled the 'perfect' crime.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62334 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62334 <p>As a vice principal, he would have access to the Ritilan kept at the school for the kids with perscriptions. That would help him stay awake . Not to mention the adreniline pump he would get from thinking he just pulled the 'perfect' crime.</p> <p>How can they argue he couldn't drive that far, if the rental car had that many miles?</p> <p>Note to self.....When using a rental car to drive&nbsp;cross country to do a crime.......don't forget to disengage odometer.</p> <p><img src="http://mall.topcities.com/rollback.gif" alt="" /></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62359 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62359 <p>How can they argue he couldn't drive that far, if the rental car had that many miles?</p> <p>Note to self.....When using a rental car to drive&nbsp;cross country to do a crime.......don't forget to disengage odometer.</p> <p><img src="http://mall.topcities.com/rollback.gif" alt="" /></p> So you want to sentence him to death over miles on a rental car and bugs on a winsheild.&nbsp; Maybe the rental car company wrote the mileage down wrong, or the car already had the bugs on it. Rental cars are not always clean. Okay now he broke into the school and stole medicine that belonged to his students. Whatever.....This case needs to be moved out of Kern County http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62365 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62365 So you want to sentence him to death over miles on a rental car and bugs on a winsheild.&nbsp; Maybe the rental car company wrote the mileage down wrong, or the car already had the bugs on it. Rental cars are not always clean. Okay now he broke into the school and stole medicine that belonged to his students. Whatever.....This case needs to be moved out of Kern County <p>That's right, it could be a conspiracy by the Dollar Rent a Car people. First they rented it to someone else who coincidentally went to the western half of the U.S., then they failed to wash the car between rentals, then they wrote the wrong mileage down. Remember,&nbsp;O.J. was a spokesman for a rental car company.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coincidence......I think not!&nbsp; Framed Familicide seems to have a strong connection in the car rental world.</p> <p>No, I wanna sentence him to death if he, &quot;allegedly&quot;, did the most heinous of all crimes. Wiping out your own family for financial reasons. </p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62374 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BrothersTrial/6165/#c_62374 <p>That's right, it could be a conspiracy by the Dollar Rent a Car people. First they rented it to someone else who coincidentally went to the western half of the U.S., then they failed to wash the car between rentals, then they wrote the wrong mileage down. Remember,&nbsp;O.J. was a spokesman for a rental car company.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coincidence......I think not!&nbsp; Framed Familicide seems to have a strong connection in the car rental world.</p> <p>No, I wanna sentence him to death if he, &quot;allegedly&quot;, did the most heinous of all crimes. Wiping out your own family for financial reasons. </p>