Gibson admits not turning over all Lovelace evidence to defense

9 years, 7 months ago by Scott Hardy

Admission came as part of stipulation read in court

It was an abrupt end to the day's proceedings in the Curt Lovelace murder re-trial in Springfield, as the lead detective in the case admitted that not all evidence was turned over to the defense.

According to KHQA TV's Jenny Dreasler, just before proceedings were ended, defense attorney Jon Loevy read a stipulation, which said that Quincy Police and Detective Adam Gibson did not turn over documents and emails to the defense during discovery. Gibson admitted to the stipulation, calling it an oversight. He also admitted deleting emails in January, 2015 and not making copies of those pertaining to the case. The emails were read while Gibson was on the stand, and were obtained by the defense 10 days before the start of the trial last month through a Freedom of Information Act request by a Washington, D.C. lawyer. Loevy wanted to question Gibson about the stipulation, but Judge Bob Hardwick abruptly stopped proceedings for the day, and said that more details of the stipulation would be discussed in chambers. Earlier, Gibson had testified that he re-opened the investigation into Cory Lovelace's death in early 2014, after reading the case file and finding minor differences in Curt Lovelace's statement and those of his three oldest children. He also admitted talking to Dr. Jessica Bowman about trying to get her to change the cause of death.

Gibson will be on the stand when the case resumes Wednesday morning.