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Wednesday March 13 1985 The Miami Herald 3BR I Former policeman testifies he saw victims alive unanswered questions about murder Asked Kirsh: all the physical evidence found at the scene or at house was there any indication whatsoever that John Purvis had anything to do with this Martin answered Or that he was ever in the detective said house on Saturday Nov 5 When police told him Hamwi had been murdered several days earlier he told them he must have been mistaken about the date But Tuesday he stuck with his original story Another witness was one of the two Fort Lauderdale detectives assigned to the case In response to questions by defense Richard Kirsch Rich Martin acknowledged that he still had some nude decomposing body with a kitchen knife broken off in her chest Police also found her baby who had died of dehydration in her crib Earlier this week Carney put Amy Rood on the stand The woman said she was walking past house at 1656 Poinsettia Dr before sun-up on Friday Nov 4 and heard a man and woman inside They were arguing about to do with the Rood testified Carney said it was Purvis and his mother trying to cover the tracks Other witnesses called during the first day of the case Tuesday included a neighbor who said he saw a strange car parked behind car in front of her By PATRICK MAY Herald Staff Writer Testimony from witnesses Tuesday weakened the murder case against John Purvis leaving behind questions of improper police conduct and a string of discrepancies surrounding the deaths of Susan Hamwi and her baby daughter The prosecu- Purvis problems began when former Ohio policeman Earl Ross a answer questions by police or anybody else exactly how he thought they wanted them answered think about the -consequences of his answers" Jacobson said Purvis confessed to police last Jan 3 that killed Hamwi and left the baby to die His attorney said his client was lost without his mother and was just trying to appease the detectives so he could go home just says whatever there is to say that will take care of the immediate Jacobson said Police said Purvis who was enamoured of Hamwi killed the woman after she rebuffed him On Nov 8 they found partly Fort Lauderdale neighbor of Hamwi testified that he saw the woman and 18-month-old Shane alive the evening of Nov 4' 1983 11 hours after the time the state maintains Purvis and his mother were heard inside house Prosecutor Rob Carney has tried to show the two were attempting to hide evidence that the 43-year-old schizophrenic had just stabbed his neighbor to death saw Susan and what appeared to be- a baby walking hand-in-hand in front Ross told the jurors positive it was November Later Dr Sanford Jacobson a Miami psychiatrist who interviewed Purvis in jail said the man was so mentally sick that COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN SCIENTIFIC HYPNOSIS For all concerned with the use of hypnosis self hypnosis to enhance personal professional growth (Not a vocational course) Brochures Available Hypnosis Consultation Training 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