Trial concluded with a verdict in the murder case against Eiesha Whitlock, the woman accused in the 2024 death of Daquan Butler, Thursday afternoon in Christian Circuit Court.
Trial began on Monday, where Whitlock was in front of a jury on the charges of murder and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious physical injury. After hearing from numerous witnesses, including detectives with the Christian County Sheriff’s Department, the jury deliberated for a short while on Thursday and found Whitlock not guilty on the charge of murder.
Circuit Judge John Atkins tells WHOP News that the jury did find Whitlock guilty on the leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious physical injury charge for her role in the incident that ultimately ended in the death of Butler at the Willows Apartment complex in Pembroke in 2024, where he was struck by a vehicle…