He said he'd take her home

A second jail guard took the stand after lunch as a witness for the state.

Much of Nathalia Windham's testimony resembled that of John Read, who came before her. She said Couey told her he broke into the Lunsford house in the middle of the night and took Jessica, keeping her in his trailer for three days.

"He said he had sex with her," Windham reported, and added that Couey claimed "for a nine-year-old girl, she knew a lot more than she should have known."

When he decided he had to get rid of her, he said he told Jessica to climb out his bedroom window. Then he instructed her to get into the trash sacks because he wanted to take her home, and he didn't want anyone to see her.

Unlike Read, Windham did not mention whether Couey bound her hands or feet.

-- Elena Lesley

Comments

[Brenda]

Sicko Couey, my wish for you is that I hope you will enjoy the rest of your life in the place where there definitely won't be other children in your presence.