Friday, July 31, 2009

Angela Funk testified that she and Michael Roseboro were acquaintances for 5 years before their affair began May 29, 2008.

Funk lives one block away from the Roseboro Funeral Home and would see Michael drive down the road often. Angela Funk testified that prior to her affair with Michael, she and her girlfriend, Tammy Good, would talk about how Angela would be Michael's future wife. Angela said she has always thought Michael was nice and attractive.

Funk told the jury her marriage to Randy Funk was "very poor" around the time she had cheated on him. Angela and Randy Funk have been married 9 years and have two young daughters together. Angela and Randy are still married and still live together.

Randy Funk testified Tuesday morning. He said Angela was home the night of Jan's murder, July 22, 2008. Upon leaving the witness stand, Randy stared Michael down for a number of seconds.

Then, Angela Funk took the stand. Funk said she and Michael began having daily "chit-chat" in the Spring of 2008, when she started working for an insurance company. Angela said she and Michael started to see eachother at the Turkey Hill, while getting their morning coffee. On May 29, Funk said Roseboro called her at home, and their affair began. The couple's first sexual encounter started the 2nd week of June. The affai lasted approximately 39 days before Michael's wife, Jan, was murdered.

Angela said Michael was the first to say "I love you" and the first to bring up marriage. Funk said she saw Michael almost everyday in June and July of 2008.

Today in court:

DA Stedman: Did you discuss financial consequences of a divorce?

Angela Funk: All I said was a wife can bleed you dry. A woman 'scorned'. Michael told me he was going to put the Funeral Home in his dad's name, so he couldn't lose it to Jan.

Funk says she and Michael would either hang out at an apartment in Mt. Joy, which her mom owned, they'd meet at the funeral home at night, hang at the Ephrata Cloister and once, the pair went shopping at Costco.

Funk testified she and Roseboro had sex once at the funeral parlor and other times in an apartment.

Funk said although many of their emails stated their marriage would be a "reality soon", there was no wedding date scheduled and no specific timeframe.

Funk said she knew it would only be a matter or time before Jan Roseboro would find out about their affair, as their phonebills became more and more expensive. She said when she and Michael would talk about leaving their spouses, they figured Michael would leave first because Funk would have no place to go.

On July 22, 2008, Funk said it was a special day for she and Michael because they hung out for 3 hours-the most time they ever hung out together. Between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., Michael and Angela ate lunch and had sex, just hours before Jan's murder. Angela said she and Michael talked at 8:42 p.m. on July 22nd. Angela said Michael said he wasn't feeling well and was headed to bed; that's all she claimed to remember from the conversation, though earlier in the investigation, Funk told police they discussed leaving their spouses.

Angela said Tuesday in court that although in April she told Michael she hand't given up on them, she has now moved forward. Funk told prosecutors that a future with Michael Roseboro is not an option. She is trying to work things out with her husband, Randy Funk. Angela Funk testified she and Randy had a "very poor" relationship. She said she will always love Michael, because he's the father of her newborn baby, Matthew, born March 27, 2009.

Funk said she found out she was pregnant with Michael's baby on August 1st, that's when she shared the news with Michael, whom she said was "shocked and in disbelief".

While Michael and Angela had plans to marry eachother and knew Jan Roseboro could find out about the affair at any time, Funk testified the two did not have a plan, should Jan uncover their relationship.

During Tuesday's testimony, Angela Funk had difficulty remembering details of phone and email contact she had with Roseboro throughout the Summer of 2008.

Funk cried a couple of times while up on the stand Tuesday.


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