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Jury deliberations underway in Betancourt murder trial

April 15, 2011|By Brian Heap | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(WICHITA,, Kan.) — A Wichita jury is now deliberating the fate of accused killer Alejandro Betancourt.  Jurors must decide if he's guilty of first degree murder, or lesser charges in a revenge shooting last June that took the life of an innocent 13 year-old boy.

During closing statements, prosecutor Trinity Muth told jurors the case comes down to a statement the defendant made to his sister-in-law shortly after the crime. "We did it.  Those three words tell us his intent, his knowledge, his participation, his motive," said Muth.

Betancourt's sister-in-law, Martha  

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