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When McConnell interviewed petitioner on September 11, 2002,
she inquired as to the Dean Witter account statements for the
6 months of March through August 1999. Petitioner told McConnell
that monthly statements for the Dean Witter account came to the
Birdshill residence during 1999, but she did not open them
because they were not addressed to her. When questioned at
trial, however, petitioner was not so forthcoming with an
explanation as to what happened to the Dean Witter account
statements for the 6 months of March through August 1999.
Petitioner testified that she could not remember getting any
statements during 1999 for the Dean Witter account at the
Birdshill residence. Therefore, when examined in their totality,
petitioner’s response on the Innocent Spouse Questionnaire, her
response to McConnell during their interview of September 11,
2002, regarding the delivery of the Dean Witter account
statements to the Birdshill residence during 1999, and her
response at trial about these statements are vague, inconsistent,
and evasive.
Mr. Ohrman also provided testimony as to what happened to
the Dean Witter account statements for the 6 months of March
through August 1999. Mr. Ohrman testified that he would leave
work and “chase the mailtruck” in order to prevent the Dean
Witter account statements from reaching the Birdshill residence.
He also testified that, when petitioner asked about the Dean
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