Hastings had been sexually assaulted, stabbed and left for dead beside the creek.
Antonio Cochran, 36, is accused of kidnapping Hastings outside a White Rock pharmacy as she returned a Redbox movie in October 2015 and then killing her. His capital murder trial started Thursday.
... the Dallas County district attorney's office reversed its decision to seek the death penalty in November, saying Cochran has an intellectual disability.
... It is against the law to execute someone whose IQ is under 70.
Jurors were shown photos of the bloody crime scene, where Hastings was found in the fetal position, her clothing in disarray and knife wounds on her wrist and neck.
... DNA from Hastings' rape kit didn't exclude Cochran as a suspect.
[Includes a nice video about the family and Zoe's dream of missionaries and aspirations of attending med school.]
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