SALT LAKE CITY — After a decade-long wait, attorneys finally made their opening statements in the trial of Alexander Hung Tran, who is charged with three 1st-degree felony counts of aggravated murder.
The case began on Sept. 18, 2015, when 50-year-old Heike Poike, her 2-month-old granddaughter Lyrik Poike, and 28-year-old Dakota Smith were found dead inside a house at 639 N. Sir Philip Drive in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
Smith was a friend of the Poike family.
Heike Poike was renting the upstairs portion of the residence from Tran, who lived in the basement. He described it as his mom’s house…