Kenneth Jones Charged With Murder
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The trial for a man charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend began Tuesday afternoon.
Police said Kenneth Jones was arguing with his on-and-off-again girlfriend, Mary Marie Perry, in front of his home last April, when she was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Both sides agree that the accident happened after a fight between the two.
Jones was on the scene as she was killed near the 2400 block of Broadway.
The driver of the car was never found.
Prosecutor Sarah Farmer said a witness saw Jones push Perry into the street, kick her and that she was struck while crawling across lanes of traffic.
“Only one person knew the danger she was in and he kicked her and kicked her and walked away from her as a car ran her over. And that is why he is guilty of wanton murder,” Sarah Farmer said.
The defense claims that it wasn't Jones who killed her and she voluntarily laid in the road.
“She sat down in the street. She laid down in the street. I know it sounds odd but this is something that she'd done before. This is something she would occasionally do when she was angry with Kenneth,” defense attorney John Mack.
A medical examiner called to the stand Tuesday afternoon said there was evidence of cocaine in Perry's blood at the time of her death.
The trial will resume at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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