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Jessica Dayton's Trial, Day 1
He claimed Dayton and Frei had a plan to get Curtis Bailey drunk, and when he passed out, they would give him a fatal overdose. However, “everything went wrong when Curtis Bailey woke up.”
Hammerand said the evidence will show that Dayton dropped a landscaping rock on Bailey’s head three or four times.
Alexandra Musel takes the stand.
Musel has known Jessica Dayton since the 4th grade and considers Dayton and her best friends. She said Dayton was a good person, and an honor roll student in high school and participated in several school activities, such as band and volleyball. Everyone who knew Dayton were shocked and in disbelief when they heard about her actions.
(The following is from the Pioneer Republican, Reported by Nick Narigon)
Said Dayton’s attorney Eichholz, “I assume as her best friend, that you knew Jess considered herself bisexual.”
“Yes,” Musel said.
Musel said she and Dayton went to the gym that day last July, and Dayton was very “fidgety.” She said she had to tell Musel something, but she couldn’t.
“Who am I going to tell?” Musel said.
“I think I have to help someone kill someone,” Dayton told her, according to Musel’s testimony. “I may have to help D kill Curt.”
When Musel asked her why, she said Dayton said it was because Curtis Bailey was “mean and evil.” Musel said Bailey at one point made an unwanted sexual advance toward Dayton, but he was unsuccessful.
While working out in the gym, Musel said Dayton told her she knew how to commit the perfect crime. She said they could get someone drunk, put something in their drink, such as Nyquil, and then take to them to the top of the stairs and drop them from the top.
Upon cross examination from Eichholz, Musel said she was not overly concerned by Dayton’s comments because she had made similar comments before, but never about Curtis Bailey.
Elisha Runyan takes the stand
Co-worker of Dayton, Bailey, and Frei. (All from Bailey's owned restaurant, "The Lincoln Cafe", Belle Plaine, Iowa.
(The following is reported by Nick Narigon)
Runyan said on July 14 while in the kitchen of the Lincoln Café alone with Frei, Frei told her that “her and Jess were going to try again on Saturday.”
According to the search warrants, Denise Frei had allegedly attempted to kill Curtis Bailey with an insulin injection during the Fourth of July weekend. The attempt was unsuccessful, and Bailey had thought he had a heart attack.
Runyan said Frei told her that she was going to pay Dayton and Hilgendorf $5,000 a piece to help her kill Bailey.
Part of the plan was that Saturday night, Frei was going to drink at work, so she would have a reason for Dayton to drive her home, Runyan said.
“So by Denise drinking, then she has a good reason to force Miss Dayton to drive her home?”Eichholz asked.
“Yes,” said Runyan.
The morning of Saturday, July 18, Runyan said Frei called her up at home and asked her to come to the café. Runyan said that Frei wanted to tell her the plan.
“She sounded excited,” Runyan said. “They were going to try to overdose Curt. She said they had a plan and it was going to go well.”
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