Arizona Rancher’s Murder Trial: Detective Testifies That Key Witness Interview Was Partly Recorded

Published on April 12, 2024

NOGALES, Ariz.—A detective in the George Alan Kelly murder case testified at the trial that an interview with the sole eyewitness to the fatal shooting of an illegal immigrant in Arizona was partially recorded in an empty hotel lounge in Mexico. On April 11, the 12th day of the trial, defense co-counsel Brenna Larkin asked the prosecution witness, “Why did you go into Mexico to interview him?” Detective Mario Barba of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division replied it was because the witness “couldn’t cross into the United States legally. ” He also didn’t have a phone or a computer....

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