Robert Telles is accused of killing of investigative journalist Jeff German, who prosecutors said Telles blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage
Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hamner during Robert Telles' murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, on Aug. 22, 2024.A jury began deliberating Monday in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing of an investigative journalist who prosecutors said the official blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage.
“The murder is the very next day … about 15 hours later,” prosecutor Pamela Weckerly said as she presented to the jury a timeline and videos of Telles’ maroon SUV leaving the neighbourhood near his home a little after 9 a.m. on Sept. 2, 2022, and driving on streets near German’s home a short time later.
The prosecutor said evidence showed the killing was first-degree murder because it was willful, deliberate and premeditated. While prosecutors did not have the murder weapon, she said evidence was clear that one was used. None of German’s blood or DNA was found on Telles, in his vehicle or at his home, defence attorney Robert Draskovich said. “Ask yourself what is missing,” he said.
The testimony came the day German would have turned 71. Originally from Milwaukee, he was a respected journalist who spent 44 years covering crime, courts and corruption in Las Vegas.
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