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BRIDGEVIEW – John Wilson Jr. sat slouched in his chair as he watched security video footage of himself buying a can of beer at a Willow Springs 7-Eleven store just a couple of hours after Kelli O'Laughlin was found dead Oct. 27, 2011 in her Indian Head Park home.
Assistant State's Attorney Michael Vojta called Asif Mohammed to the stand Friday during the fourth day of Wilson's trial for the murder of the 14-year-old girl during a botched burglary Oct. 27, 2011.
Mohammed was working the night Wilson came in and asked for the phone number of a cab company. Mohammed testified Wilson then bought a can of Ice House beer and paid for it with a dollar bill, some loose change, and a gold, one-dollar Sacajawea coin, such as those that were stolen from the girl's home.
Mohammed handed Wilson a phone book, who then made a call on a cellphone, he said. Wilson then left the store for about 20 minutes and returned about 7:02 p.m., talking on the cellphone. Mohammed said he helped Wilson in explaining where he was. Wilson then left once more and and returned about 7:33 p.m., talking on the phone and saying "I'll call you right back." He then purchased another can of beer.
Wilson then started up a friendly conversation with Mohammed, complaining about girlfriends while rolling up a cigarette. Wilson once again went outside where he was met by a police officer who started questioning him. Mohammed told the jury it was not he who called the police. Just then Wilson's cab arrived and the driver went inside asking for "John." The driver went outside and left with Wilson, Mohammed said.
Defense attorney John Paul Carroll questioned Mohammed about Wilson's appearance.
"Did you see his hands, his clothes, his hoodie? How much blood did you see on his face?" Carroll asked.
Mohammed said he saw no blood anywhere on Wilson.
Carroll then asked about Wilson's demeanor or if he seemed upset when he walked in, just hours after he allegedly brutally murdered the girl with a kitchen knife.
"He was complaining about something," Mohammed said.
The trial, which was expected to last about two weeks and could see 80 witnesses called, is scheduled to resume Monday morning.