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Judge denies request for mistrial in Brossard case

ELKHORN - The judge has denied the defense's request for a mistrial. Kandziora is now back on the stand, and will be told not to say anything about the threats he says Dawn Brossard spoke to him about.

David Brossard, 40, of Burlington, is charged with killing his wife, Dawn Brossard. She disappeared in October 1997, and was found at the bottom of Geneva Lake in 2003. David Brossard was charged with the crime last year.

Bartender William Kandziora, now of Colorado, was called to the stand this morning. He testified before the jury that Dawn Brossard was a regular customer.

He said she came into the bar to shoot darts on Thursday, Oct. 23, 1997, and returned for lunch on Friday, Oct. 24.

When she came back for lunch, Kandziora testified, Dawn Brossard told him about an incident that happened the night before.

"How did she seem (at lunch)?" asked Walworth County District Attorney Phil Koss.

"A little nervous, a little shaken," Kandziora said. "She said she got home (Thursday) night and her wedding dress was laid out on the bed with a shotgun across it. She said he said 'This is how they're gonna find you if you leave me.'"

After that statement was made, defense attorney Charles Blumenfield moved for a mistrial. Since then, two witnesses have testified who were present during the discussion between Koss and Kandziora.

Koss is now on the stand.

Editor's note: The Kenosha News, Racine Journal-Times and Janesville Gazette are teaming up in a cooperative effort to cover the trial of David Brossard in Elkhorn. Each day, each newspaper will carry shared coverage of the trial, and information also will be available at the papers' Web sites.