Posted on Thu, Oct. 09, 2008

By MARTHA DELLER
Fort Worth Star Telegram

FORT WORTH — Without a body, a weapon or DNA directly linking Rodney Owens to Glenda Gail Furch, prosecutors can’t prove that Owens killed the 51-year-old Fort Worth woman, defense attorney Mark Rosteet told a Tarrant County jury Wednesday.

"It’s a circumstantial case," Rosteet said during closing arguments in Owens’ murder trial.

"There’s no murder weapon. No body. No direct DNA. No proof."

Prosecutors Bob Gill and Rainey Webb disagreed. They argued that the fingerprint and DNA evidence that Rosteet denounced as circumstantial directly linked Owens to the death of Furch, even though her body has not been found since she was reported missing more than a year ago.

"I don’t feel that the defendant should go free because he was clever enough to hide a body," Gill said. "He shouldn’t be rewarded because he was a little bit more proficient that other criminals."

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