Prosecution Rests in Murder Trial of Arizona Rancher

The defense called its first witnesses on April 16 as the case moves toward final arguments and jury deliberations later in the week.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway gives testimony during the second-degree murder trial of George Alan Kelly in Nogales, Ariz., on April 16, 2024. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

NOGALES, Ariz.—Prosecutors in the high-profile murder trial of George Alan Kelly rested their case in an Arizona courtroom as defense lawyers called their first witnesses on April 16.

Court officials said they anticipate final arguments as early as April 17, after which the jury would begin deliberating three weeks of physical evidence and oral testimony.