BACK IN COURT: After surprising many in court yesterday when he opted to take the stand in his own defense, former youth pastor Ronnie Hyde will face cross-examination today.
at a BP gas station in Columbia County. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
It also came out in court Thursday that Hyde had declared Laster as a dependent foster child on his taxes -- in the years after Laster disappeared.that they say points to the former youth pastor and counselor’s guilt. He also talked about egg crate mattresses -- like the blood-soaked one found at the crime scene. Hyde said he gave Laster one to use for camping.Laster’s upper body that was found behind a dumpster“The head had been cut off, the hands had been cut off, both legs had been cut off, so it was just the torso of the body,” said Retz.A witness testified he saw a sports car similar to Hyde’s backed up against the dumpster where Laster’s remains were found.
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