A witness has testified that the man charged with killing a 14-year-old cheerleader asked him to lie about the suspect’s whereabouts the night the victim disappeared.
Adam Longoria’s capital murder trial entered its fourth day of testimony Tuesday in Barton County court. The 38-year-old Great Bend man is charged in the 2010 death of Alicia DeBolt. Her charred body was found at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked.
KWCH-TV reports that Emmanuel Ferrell testified that Longoria asked him to lie and tell investigators they were at a bar at the time DeBolt was seen getting into an SUV matching the description of 1 Longoria was driving.
Harold Riddle, a chemist with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, also testified that gym shoes Longoria wore that night tested positive for gasoline.