Jurors began hearing testimony in the murder trial of Christopher Morland, who is accused of killing his wife, 39-year-old Cassidy Ritchie, in January of last year.
Ritchie’s body was found under a blanket and clothing inside her impounded car on Jan. 28, a week after she disappeared.
Opening statements and witness testimony focused on one piece of the prosecution’s case — a single key tied to a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica registered to Cassidy Ritchie.
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Prosecutors say the blue SUV where Ritchie’s body was found is central to their theory. They told the six-woman, seven-man jury that one key was the only key to that Pacifica, and that Christopher Morland was carrying it when he was arrested on January 25…