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Blake's handyman-bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, is accused of conspiracy in the killing Blake, a lonely, aging celebrity, trawls Hollywood clubs looking for companionship Then he learns more and more about her past as a con artist with a criminal record "They're cutting back their witness list by leaps and bounds," he said District attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said police detectives, bank records custodians and scientific witnesses would round out Monday's presentation "The major issue now is forensics," said Mesereau, "and they can't connect the gun to Robert Blake's lawyer has contended that two retired stuntmen allegedly solicited as hit men were shady characters themselves and their testimony could be untrustworthy After a year of investigation he is arrested, placed in solitary confinement and denied bail Former Police Chief Bernard Parks had approved Corwin's access to the division for his book project Blake ââ‚¬â€? a haggard shadow of the man he used to be ââ‚¬â€? is back on TV, this time with cameras focusing daily on testimony from an odd assortment of witnesses, some who say the actor spent months trying to solicit them to kill his wife "I'm hoping we will conclude our evidence early this week," she said but noted that the duration of the hearing would depend heavily on cross-examination by defense attorney Tom Mesereau The current chief, William Bratton, said this week he would investigate whether Corwin was given too much access The defense suggested that Corwin's presence at the crime scene and at witness interviews was improper and that he might have contaminated evidence Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash will decide at the hearing's end if there is enough evidence to hold Blake and Caldwell for trial Blake Preliminary Hearing Nears End Mar 10, 6:29 AM EST Prosecutors plan to wrap up their preliminary hearing case against Robert Blake this week, seeking to convince a judge that there is sufficient evidence to try the actor for the murder of his wife Mesereau said he would aggressively attack the scientific data, noting that gun shot residue tests on Blake and his clothing are unreliable because Blake was carrying a handgun that night which could have left its own residue The story is classic Hollywood melodrama " The first six days of the preliminary hearing focused on the testimony of three Blake buddies who claim they were solicited to murder Bakley and on the testimony of lead police detectives Ronald Ito and Brian Tyndall Mesereau said he believes the hearing can be concluded Wednesday because the prosecutors are cutting down their presentation He also must decide whether to grant Blake's application for release on bail while awaiting trial A police detective who has already spent two days on the witness stand was expected to conclude his testimony Monday "I think they're running scared When the woman is killed, the finger of suspicion points to Blake They had recently wed after she had a daughter by him " Gibbons said that bank records, gun shot residue evidence and the testimony of more police detectives who handled the investigation would wrap up the prosecution case The case being played out during Blake's nationally televised hearing could be the stuff of a daytime soap opera He becomes smitten with the baby, who bears a striking resemblance to him, and marries the mother reluctantly A thorny issue raised by the defense during their testimony was the disclosure that an author, Miles Corwin, was allowed inside access to the Blake investigation for a book he was doing on the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide Division He takes up with a woman of dubious reputation, gets her pregnant and is suddenly confronted with the prospect of marriage and fatherhood in his sunset years The 69-year-old former star of the '70s TV series, "Baretta," is accused of killing Bonny Lee Bakley, 44, on May 4, 2001, in the couple's car after dining at a restaurant Not to mention that they hardly fit the stereotype of a hired killer