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Trial begins for local man accused of killing veteran

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The trial has begun for a local man accused of beating an Afghanistan war veteran to death.

The South Bend Tribune reports that jury selection began Monday in the trial of 23-year-old Jabreeh Davis-Martin. He is charged with murder in the death of 27-year-old Jodie Henderson, a member of the Army National Guard.

Authorities say Davis-Martin attacked the veteran after being told by a third party that Henderson said he loved Davis-Martin romantically.

Henderson was found in January 2016 lying in the street near a home that Davis-Martin shared with his mother. He died of multiple blunt-force and chop injuries.

Witnesses have told police that Davis-Martin bragged about the incident afterward and used an anti-gay slur when referring to Henderson.

Davis-Martin wasn’t charged with a hate crime because Indiana doesn’t have a hate crime law.

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1 comment

Oh grow up June 14, 2017 at 1:16 pm

Murder is murder, don’t need a special law to take of it. The only thing that matters is if it happened and was intentional or not.

Just stop it with the special class of people thing. You’re a person, your personal choices don’t make you more special than others.

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