Two clerks from the costume shop where prosecutors believe Sheila Keen-Warren bought a jumpsuit, wig, and makeup, testify about their interactions with an odd-ball customer.

This hearing is part of a marathon of arguments from the defense and prosecution to suppress evidence.

The jury may not get to hear from the two sales-women, that's up the judge to decide before this trial starts in May.

The defense says the clown get-up they sold was not what the killer was wearing, but on the question of who bought it, both the clerks picked Sheila Keen Warren out of a photo line-up and pointed to her in court.

Dinah Rosales and Debra Lee Offord worked at The Spotlight Capezio. They told investigators, late one evening, May of 1990, a woman showed up after closing, they opened the door for her and let her in, she said she needed a clown outfit.

They helped her pick one out.

The mystery woman was described by both clerks as being , "not very feminine”, and that's potentially important because Keen-Warren is sometimes described by her familiars as being kind of a Tom-Boy.

The customer was wearing a denim shirt, jeans and work boots, and she purchased a handful of items, then paid in cash and left, spending approximately 15 minutes in the shop.

Rosales testified that the customer asked specifically if the face paint she was picking would cover up her whole face or should she buy two containers of it?

The clown's wig is also an important detail and much this episode explores it.

Keen Warren's Defense Team points to the eyewitnesses to the actual shooting (Marlene's son and three of his friends)

They described a bald head with Bozo the Clown handle bars for hair

Also. They said under the clown clothes, they thought the killer was a man.

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