Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Murder Case Could Be Dismissed


{Charleston, West Virginia}…Kanawha County prosecutor Mark Plants says the case against David Kinney could be dismissed. Kinney was arrested for the July 4, 2010 murder of Jeremy Parsons, who was fatally shot at the corner of Virginia Street and Park Avenue. The case went all the way to the West Virginia Supreme Court after Judge Carrie Webster threw out shell casings as evidence that were found at the scene. The high court later ruled the shell casings could be used at Kinney's trial. Prosecutors say Webster will not allow them to use expert testimony on the shell casings, that could have helped link Kinney to the murder, nor surveillance video captured from a nearby business they say shows the suspect's and victim's cars near the scene of the murder just before the shots were fired. Plants, says if the case is dismissed, they would still be able to re-indict Kinney, if new evidence would show up in the future, or witnesses would come forward.