Source: The Monitor, McAllen, TexasAug.迷你倉 28--EDINBURG -- Jurors averted their eyes as they were shown gruesome crime scene photos Tuesday morning during the capital murder trial of Leroy Arista.The pictures provided a grim window into the final moments of the life of 86-year-old Willis Kimmons, a World War II veteran and retired U.S. Border Patrol agent who was beaten to death July 12, 2011, during a burglary in his Mission home. On Sept. 25, 2012, a 20-year-old David Tarbutton pleaded guilty to murder in Kimmons' death; he is serving a life sentence.One of the pictures was shown by Assistant District Attorney Victoria Muniz on Tuesday during her questioning of Mission police Officer Paul Williams, who was the first officer on scene.Williams told jurors that he was called by neighbors who found the garage door open and couldn't get a hold of Kimmons.Williams went into the house and found Kimmons lying on his bed, which had been splattered with blood. The man's face had various lacerations and the blood had reached the nearby walls and floor, the police officer said.Another photograph showed the credit cards and hearing aides that Kimmons had taken off that afternoon as he prepared to go to bed for the night.According to Muniz, Arista and Tarbutton went to Kimmons' hou自存倉e to steal firearms from the veteran -- firearms that Tarbutton knew of because the older man, a mentor of sorts to him, had taken Tarbutton hunting.Defense attorney Carlos A. Garcia said during his opening statements that Arista -- who is a few years older than Tarbutton -- was a recent acquaintance of the younger man and was duped into taking him to Kimmons' house."Evidence will show that my client had no knowledge of Tarbutton's intentions and was fooled into giving him a ride," the lawyer said. "That same evidence will show that Tarbutton was the only individual in that house and he was the one who murdered Mr. Kimmons."Garcia said his client's involvement was limited to driving Tarbutton to Kimmons' house as a favor so that he could pick up some items and Arista had no knowledge of Tarbutton's true intentions.Once Tarbutton was in police custody, he told investigators that he was the one who had killed Kimmons, the attorney said."But like all common criminals who get caught, he tried to pass the buck and minimize his role," Garcia said.Testimony was expected to continue Wednesday morning.iortiz@themonitor.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) Visit The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) at .themonitor.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗
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