In a highly unusual move Donald Blom who stands accused of kidnapping and murdering Katie Poirier today took the stand in his own defense. He told the jury he WAS in Moose Lake on the day Katie Poirier disappeared, but said he returned to his home in the Minneapolis suburbs by 9pm, some hours before Poirier was apparently abducted. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill was in the St. Louis County Courtroom in Viriginia, and joins us now. Stephanie, What were the main points of Bloms' testimony ? (Talks about first contact with the police, which set the emotional tone for the rest of the testimony: then he talked about what hapepened on the night of Katie Poiriers disappearance.) Last week the court heard a tape of Blom confessing to killing Katie Poirier. What did he say about that on the stand? When the prosecution attorneys got to cross-examine Blom: what attack did they take?