By Patrick Baron

BLOOMINGTON – The prosecution in the Kirk Zimmerman murder trial wants about 40 alleged statements by him and his late ex-wife, Pam, admitted into his upcoming proceedings.

One specific statement discussed for about an hour was Pam Zimmerman telling a friend, “He’s going to kill me”.

The prosecution argues that statement and the others give insight into the emotional and financial mentality of Pam and Kirk.

The defense does not want to allow the statements calling them opinion and, thus, unreliable, so not legally admissible.

At one point, the judge referenced the potential power of these types of statements by citing an entirely different case called People versus Floyd when permitted statements played a
large role in the ruling, a ruling later overturned.

This is day one of two days of pre-trial motions at the McLean County Law and Justice center before Judge Scott Drazewski.

Today Drazewski denied a motion from the defense to suppress evidence surrounding the warrants and subpoenas Kirk received after the investigation began, saying the warrants had sufficient probable cause behind them and the subpoenas were objectively reasonable.

Kirk Zimmerman is accused of killing his ex-wife, Pam, at her office on East Washington in Bloomington in November 2014.

Patrick Baron can be reached at [email protected].