Testimony: Jeskey told neighbor she struck husband with plastic bat in fight

Source: Bangor Daily News, MaineDec.自存倉 17--BANGOR, Maine -- Just hours before her husband died, Roxanne Jeskey admitted to her next door neighbor that she had struck him in the face with a plastic baseball bat and taken a pickax to his motorcycle, according to testimony Tuesday.Kasey Ramisch took the stand on the second day of Roxanne Jeskey's jury-waived murder trial at the Penobscot Judicial Center. She said that she heard loud banging coming from the Jeskeys' apartment between about 6:30 or 7 p.m. and midnight June 12, 2011.Jeskey, 50, of Bangor is charged with intentional or knowing murder and depraved indifference murder in the death of her husband, Richard Jeskey, 53, in their Ohio Street apartment. His naked and bloody body was found June 13, 2011. He was beaten and strangled, according to the autopsy.She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.The neighbor testified that she had several phone conversations with Roxanne Jeskey the night of June 12, 2011. In one, Jeskey admitted that she and her husband were fighting over his talking to another woman on his cellphone, Ramisch said.Jeskey also told her neighbor that she had hit her husband in the face, that his nose was bleeding and that he had a loose tooth.Dr. Michael Ferenc, the former medical examiner who performed the autopsy, testified that Richard Jeskey was beaten and strangled. His nose and three ribs were broken, Ferenc said.Ramisch said she heard banging but not screaming from the Jeskeys' apartment that night.The neighbor testified that she visited Jeskey when Jeskey was hospitalized for heart problems sometime迷你倉following the murder and the defendant talked about the events that led up to her husband's death."She said that he drank so much vodka that he fell down and that he struck his eye and it fell out," Ramisch said. "She said that he broke off the towel rack and beat her with it. She said she didn't do it but she also said that she just wanted to hurt him a little bit."Ramisch also said that Jeskey told her she left her husband in the bathtub to sober up.Other neighbors testified Tuesday morning that before June 12, 2011, Jeskey had shown them bruises on her arms and legs she said were caused by the blood thinner she was taking.Defense attorneys have said that Roxanne Jeskey was covered in bruises when she was examined at a Bangor hospital on June 13, 2011.Cross-examination of Ramisch is scheduled to begin after court reconvenes at 1 p.m. following a lunch break.The trial is scheduled to last seven days.Jeskey faces between 25 years and life in prison if convicted of murder. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would be committed to Riverview Psychiatric Hospital in Augusta until the staff deemed her no longer a danger to the community.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence and would like to talk with an advocate, call 866-834-4357, TRS 800-787-3224. This free, confidential service is available 24/7 and is accessible from anywhere in Maine.Watch bangordailynews.com for updates.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) Visit the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) at .bangordailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage