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New judge to decide on Widmer witness
Written by Janice Morse • jmorse@enquirer.com   
Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:32

LEBANON - A different judge - James Flannery - will decide whether to force prosecutors to reveal the identity of a mystery witness in the Ryan Widmer murder case.

Widmer, 30, is set to go on trial next week for a third time in the 2008 bathtub drowning of his wife, Sarah. The two previous trials ended in mistrials.

Prosecutors say they also have supporting evidence that they are trying to keep from the defense.

A court record filed Tuesday morning says the matter has been assigned to Flannery, and that prosecutors are withholding "additional witnesses and evidence that would corroborate the testimony of the witness identified only as Witness Doe 1."

Story by Janice Morse of the Cincinnati Enquirer - read the entire story on Cincinnati.com [click here]