SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The trial continues for a man accused of four murders inside a Springfield hotel room.
Springfield quadruple homicide trial begins
Scott Goodwin-Bey was charged in a quadruple homicide and is on trial 10 years after the murders.
Day two of the trial saw more testimony from firearm experts and those who investigated the case back in 2014.
The jury heard from a criminalist with the Missouri State Highway Patrol today. She told the jury the firearm recovered at the crime scene was a close match when looking at the shell casings and bullets found at the scene based on class comparisons and individual comparisons they do at their lab.
Goodwin-Bey’s defense attorney said the study isn’t a definite science and even if it was, it doesn’t prove his client committed four murders. However, prosecutors allege Goodwin-Bey did possess the gun at one point.
Another witness who testified was a lead detective in the case who said they recovered 13 shell cases but found multiple empty boxes of ammo in Goodwin-Bey’s car. His attorney argued that having ammo in your car does not make a killer.