birthday party. by then police were all over the scene. >> he told us who he was, identified himself, and wanted to know what happened in his store. >> lead detective donald steckman, then of clinton township p.d. testified that michael said his wife was working at comics world. >> i advised him there had been an incident at the store and his wife had been injured. >> did he ask you about her condition? >> no. >> did he ask you about how it happened? >> no. >> steckman told the husband that then lieutenant donald brook would be driving him to the hospital where he could find out about his wife. >> the former lieutenant testified that michael started chatting without prompting. >> he made a statement that i thought was noteworthy. >> what was that statement? >> something must have fell or dropped on her in the back room. >> why is that statement interesting to you? >> because i never told him that mrs. george was in the back room of the store. >> he knows things he shouldn't