A Butler County jury has found Brandon Davis guilty in the execution-style killing of 35-year-old Asiah Slone, capping a tense five-day trial that leaned more on cooperating witnesses and jailhouse informants than on hard forensic hits. Jurors convicted Davis of aggravated murder, kidnapping and having weapons under disability, a verdict that is already stirring local arguments over how much faith courts should put in informants and plea-driven testimony.
Prosecutors’ version of what happened
Prosecutors told jurors that Davis shot Slone while she slept in a Yankee Road home in early June 2024, then passed the gun to Perry Hart with an order to “shut her up,” according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Investigators say Slone’s remains were later…..