Murder Trial Begins For Baltimore Man Accused Of Slaying Ex
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Prosecutors say a Baltimore murder defendant bound, beat and stabbed his former prom date, leaving her body to be discovered in a high school's bleachers.
The Baltimore Sun reports prosecutors presented evidence Tuesday they say proves Christopher Rather killed his ex-girlfriend Jasmine Pierce-Morris last June.
Rather's defense attorney says he's innocent. He says investigators mishandled evidence and set out to blame the boyfriend.
But prosecutors accused Rather of killing Pierce-Morris because she was seeing someone new.
They revealed her last text message to a friend, saying she was meeting Rather at the football field. It said: "I think this going be our last conversation. ... ain't that good news?!?"
She was found bound by ropes with beating, stabbing and strangulation wounds.
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