UPDATE 4:57 PM : With no verdict reached, Judge Joshua Christensen informed the jurors a little before 5 p.m. that they could go home for the night and come back Thursday morning to continue deliberations.
Original Story:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Closing arguments were held Wednesday morning in the trial for a man accused of killing four people in a Springfield motel room back in 2014.
Scott Goodwin-Bey’s fate is in the hands of the jury as it weighs whether he is guilty of four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Trevor Fantroy, Lewis Green, Danielle Keyes and Christopher Freeman.
The defense rested its case Wednesday morning after Goodwin-Bey ultimately decided not to testify, despite telling the judge he had “serious reservations” because he wanted to profess his innocence to the families of the victims.
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Wednesday’s proceedings began with jury instructions and then closing arguments from Greene County Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Joshua Harrel.