While jurors were barred from listening to Couey's initial confession, they did hear testimony from Detective Gary Atchison saying John Couey made incriminating statements to him.
Couey alluded to his role in Jessica's death in October 2005, when Atchison came to take hair samples from him at the Citrus County jail.
He said "someday he would see Jessica Lunsford in heaven and apologize to her," Atchison said.
Couey added that he "didn't know why he did what he did and he wished he could take it back but he couldn't," Atchison said.
-- Elena Lesley
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Couey will never see heaven, in life and after death. The hell he caused on earth to innocent children is the hell he needs to feel forever after.
Posted by: Brenda | March 08, 2007 at 12:46 AM
Amen, Alice, Amen!!!
Posted by: Tracy | March 07, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Couey- You will never get to Heaven to see Jessica Lunsford.
There's a place reserved for you in HELL.
Posted by: Alice | March 06, 2007 at 01:27 PM