{"id":2450,"date":"2012-08-16T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2012-08-20T09:09:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T14:09:07","slug":"witness-testimony-evidence-howard-trial-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"Witness Testimony, Evidence Howard  Trial, Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mughoward2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2503\" title=\"Mughoward2\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mughoward2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP&amp; KCSi-T.V. News Aug 16, 2012) \u2013 A witness testifying in the case of a Jamestown man accused of killing a Somali immigrant says the woman allegedly tried to dispose the body in his well.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-four-year-old Leron Howard is charged with murder and criminal conspiracy in the death of 18-year-old Abdi Ali Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>His body was found in a ditch near Spiritwood on April 30, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say he was beaten and stabbed.<\/p>\n<p>Delmonte Jones testified Thursday that Howard and 22-year-old Janelle Cave came to his home early in the morning of April 30, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Jones says the two asked about Jones\u2019 well, saying they had a body to dispose of.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said he did not believe them and sent them away.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was also questioned by court-appointed defense attorney, Steven Mottinger about selling marijuana to Howard and Cave, to which he replied, \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mottinger also asked Jones about a trip he, Howard and other individuals took to Montana and if marijuana was purchased.<\/p>\n<p>Jones replied by saying the group went to buy shoes and clothes in Montana, but he could not recall the name of the city or the mall where they shopped.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday afternoon a muddy and corroded sword was introduced into evidence, with no physical evidence from the weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Other witnesses testified about clothing related to the crime that was taken into evidence by police, along with phone logs from Cave\u2019s phone that indicating calls and text messages between Cave and Howard.<\/p>\n<p>Stutsman County Deputy Jason Falk is scheduled to take the stand for cross-examination on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A jury earlier convicted Cave on manslaughter and criminal conspiracy charges.<\/p>\n<p>She is serving an 11-year sentence, which is being appealed in the North Dakota Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her sentence, Cave must testify in Howard\u2019s trial.Howard\u2019s trial is continuing in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP&amp; KCSi-T.V. News Aug 16, 2012) \u2013 A witness testifying in the case of a Jamestown man accused of killing a Somali immigrant says the woman allegedly tried to dispose the body in his well. Thirty-four-year-old Leron Howard is charged with murder and criminal conspiracy in the death [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}