Every so often there are moments in the Family Secrets trial that even David Lynch or the Coen brothers couldn't dream up.

Take, for instance, a relatively minor witness called Marvin Lemke.

Lemke explained to jurors how he did two stretches in prison from 1956 to 1969, the first for armed robbery, the second for armed robbery and kidnapping.

But Lemke wasn’t there to discuss his time in the joint.

He was there to discuss his time doing a driveway patching job at a car dealership in Elmhurst.

The dealership, Key Pontiac, was where Daniel Seifert’s killers met up after they gunned down the businessman outside his factory in Bensenville. Seifert was going to be a key federal witness in a mob case.

Lemke happened to be in the right place at the right time – or the wrong place at the wrong time depending on your perspective – when he saw the men meet there at the dealership.

One of the men got out of a car and headed into the car dealership.

The man asked Lemke how he was doing and what he was doing there, Lemke testified.

Lemke explained he was there to do some work.

The man said he believed his car was ready and went inside.

Another man got out the car and headed into the dealership. He looked a lot like a guy who Lemke had spent some time in prison with.

A guy named Pepe.

So Lemke called out his name.

“Pepe ” he yelled to one of the killers.

“He turned and looked at me like I was nuts,” Lemke testified.