Defendant's fate may turn on words of convicted killer By Todd Cooper WORLD-HERALD News Service Feb 26, 2009 Feb 26, 2009 Updated Dec 2, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Taiana Matheny acknowledged that Feb. 23, 2005, was all about her. kAm%92E 52J[ D96 H6?E E@ E96 >2== H:E9 96C ?6H 3@J7C:6?5[ %6CCJ $6==6CD] v@E 2 >2?:4FC6 2?5 2 E2??:?8 D6DD:@?] q@F89E D@>6 7FKKJ 3@@ED]k^Am kAmp?5 E92E ?:89E[ 2E 96C 3@J7C:6?5VD FC8:?8[ D96 =FC65 z6G:? !:6C46 E@ D@>6 2A2CE>6?ED[ AC6DD65 2 C6G@=G6C E@ 9:D 9625[ AF==65 E96 EC:886C 2?5 <:==65 9:>]k^Am kAmqFE 5FC:?8 2 EC:2= E9:D H66< 2?5 =2DE[ |2E96?J E6DE:7:65 E92E D96 92D D965 96C D6=7:D9[ D:4< H2JD]k^Am kAmQ%@52J[” D96 D2:5 @? 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