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At" '\ urtroom by police to testify. Respondirig to questions rom Rappahannock County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeter Luke; Pierce recounted
^he events qjf July 1 and 2 in a
jfclear j but 'distressed voice, Sbreal^ing; dofwii into tears on at ijeast one occasion. Pierce was largely unchallenged by Cloniger’s defense team. It is usual for only prosecution witnesses to testify at a preliminary hearing, since it is not an actual trial. Additional evidence concerning the events on Gid Brown Hollow Road will be put forth by both sides if Cloniger’s case goes to trial. According to Helen Pierce’s jtimony, <afee was alone and isleep in Jm Wayne Cloniger’s “ )me when she was awakened around 'J:30 a.m. by the ival of Iria Wayne Cloniger, [erryl Cloniger and Edgar Jletcl^er. {S According to both Pierce Ind Fletcher’s family, Ira rayne Cloniger and Fletcher ere , close friends, and loniger, 43, often referred to ,e 2^-year-old Fletcher as his on.” Pierce testified that the ^Jloniger brothers had left the xhouse late on the night of July sjl to pick up Fletcher from [^Stephens City, and when they ^fcrrived back in Gid Brown ‘^Hollow all three men were drunk. According to Pierce, Ira Wayne Cloniger was sleeping in the back of the men’s pickup truck when the three arrived, and couldn’t be awakened. “I was upset, and I kept trying to wake Wayne [Cloniger] up, but he wouldn’t wake up,” said Pierce on the stand. According to Pierce,
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