Attorneys are scheduled to start opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Ronnie Hyde, the former youth pastor charged with murdering a teenage boy, whose dismembered remains weren’t identified until 2016.
Two of those witnesses are scheduled to be Laster’s family members, including his brother, Travis. Prosecutors will use their opening statements Tuesday morning to lay out their case against Hyde.
Found along with Laster’s torso in a dumpster outside a Lake City gas station was a flannel shirt containing DNA, which prosecutors say point to Hyde. Bath adhesives were also found. Over the last few years, Hyde’s defense team has worked hard to get much of the evidence against him thrown out. Hyde, 65, of Jacksonville Beach, was brought inside the courtroom Monday, and the judge reiterated that the state is not seeking the death penalty. Attorneys announced Monday jurors would also hear from Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents.
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