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First witness today is sister of victim Chris Jones. She said Chris was 40 when he was killed. He has three kids. Oldest was an adult when he was killed but the other two were young kids.
Next witness is crime scene technician, Jessica Hoffman.
Crime scene video being shown to the jury. The brothers' bodies were found in the backyard of an abandon home.
Crime scene tech testifying about one of the remains.
Were their organs on the outside of the body? Yes, those are the intestines.
Charred clothing from one of the boys.
Defendant watching the presentation of the victims clothing, etc...
Sgt. Vance, a couple days later, got a call that they had a ping from one of the boys' phones. That led them to a home and co-defendant Dejuan Carter had the phone.
Remember, the prosecution says Rhodes stabbed and killed the two boys but made Dejuan Carter (15) and Jacorey Tyalor (17) participate in the stabbing and clean up. (both are expected to testify). The defense says
#BriceRhodes had nothing to do with it and the others are the killers.
Next witness is a former neighbor of
#BriceRhodes. He happens to be incarcerated that this time, but not related to this case. He testified Rhodes borrowed his Dodge Charger and didn't bring it back....this was back in 2016 when the murders happened.
Next witness is detective Chris Rutherford. He located
#BriceRhodes car (Mazda). He said the backseat was missing and could smell bleach upon approaching the car. "I could smell it almost across the parking lot." Everything from the trunk had been removed including the carpet.
Pictures of
#BriceRhodes Mazda that had carpet missing, backseat missing and smelled of bleach.
Another crime scene tech is called. Rebecca Kimmer was called to
#BriceRhodes apartment. She tested carpet for blood. It was presumptive for blood. She sent the carpet samples off to the state lab for further testing.
Pictures of the padding underneath the carpet in
#BriceRhodes apartment. Stains are scene as they roll up the padding.
Burnt items, IE: comforter, pillow, towel, latex glove, etc.. found in a dumpster. Remember, the brothers' bodies had been partially burned.
The next witness is in custody but they can't locate him at the courthouse. Break until 3:45 while they find him.
KEY WITNESS: Co-defendant Anjuan Carter has taken the stand in KY v
#BriceRhodes. Rhodes defense says he's the killer and their client is innocent. Carter was 15 yrs old at the time of the murders.
When asked what things he and co-defendant Jacorey Taylor would do back in 2016 he said, "find females to hook up with." He was 15, Taylor was 17.
Carter said he knew Brice "Rambo" Rhodes through the brothers Maurice and Larry (victims).
Carter testified the night of the "hit" they were all driving around,
#BriceRhodes was in the backseat and had a gun. He heard Rhodes say, "Get out of the street, ." Then a gunshot. Christopher Jones was shot. He said he saw Rhodes arm out of the car window shooting the gun.
They went back to Maurice and Larry's house. No one talked about the shooting.
Carter says
#BriceRhodes said there was a bounty on the guy's head that he shot and that he was going to share the money with all of them. (prosecutors say the victim, Christopher Jones, did not have a bounty out, wrong guy.
Carter says another night, after the shooting of Jones in the street, they were all over at
#BriceRhodes apartment. Larry Ordway, 14 (victim) and Jacorey Taylor, co-defendant got in a fight. Maurice (brother of Larry and victim) grabbed knife and waived it at Jacorey. Rhodes jumped up, grabbed the knife and smacked Maurice.
"It was like a big combat knife." After
#BriceRhodes took the knife, Carter said "Brice was going to violate him". He said that means to inflict pain. Discipline. Maurice thought it was just going to be a punch in the chest.
Larry and Maurice went into the bathroom and the rest of them in the living room "took a vote" on whether they should die or not.
#BriceRhodes called for the vote. Carter said he voted no, but the others said yeah.
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