By: Las Vegas Now Staff
The case against a father accused of murdering his own 12 year old daughter will go to a trial. Monday just two witnesses took the stand in the preliminary hearing for William Redman.
William Redman sat in a daze in the courtroom. His defense attorney says he was heavily medicated by the jail doctor. As he sat with the blank stare, two eyewitnesses described a horrific murder scene.
The RV park manager where the Redmans lived was the first non-family member to see 12-year-old Gloria Redman. “She was half in the kitchen, half in the living room. He was sitting besides her cross legged. There was blood everywhere,” said Mary Schlenkrich.
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She told the judge Redman was a bad father, but she did not consider him a violent man. Police say at 11:50 a.m. on March 12, something snapped. The first paramedic on the scene examined Gloria, then treated Redman for cuts on his neck and arms. He was very talkative.
“The defendant looked at me and said, 'Oh I did it. I did it,' ” said Debra Dailey. She says she kept treating him, and he kept talking.
“He had seen God and that he had talked to God,” said Dailey. Dailey says Redman went on to describe the motive for the murder. She says Redman asked them not to move Gloria's body for three days.
“He had only said that this is God's way. He did not elaborate, and we did not ask,” she said.
Redman's attorney laid the groundwork for an insanity defense. The case will go forward.
Redman will be back in court on May 20 to enter his plea.
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