Troy Slayton

The reason why this is important, Nancy, is because prosecutors have alleged aggravated murder, which requires pre-planning.

And the evidence that he was at the home a month before shows that this was planned.

calculated, pre-planned.

He had malice of forethought.

And that's what raises it to the highest level of a murder charge in the state of Ohio, which is aggravated murder, which exposes him to the possibility of the death penalty where there's a moratorium currently or life without the possibility of parole.

Nancy, this is important for two reasons.

This is important to show the pre-planning, the calculation, the malice of forethought with regard to the murder, but it's also important for during the commission of the murder, if he committed a burglary, which is the breaking and entering the dwelling house of another with the intent to commit a felony therein,

If he breaks in with the intent to cause harm to the occupants, that's a burglary.

Doing that in association with the murder also elevates it to aggravated murder in the state of Ohio.

If that's true.

It's not good.

And it goes right to the heart of what the prosecution needs to prove, which we talked about earlier, which is showing under Ohio law, prior calculation and design.

And that's what raises the case from second degree murder to the first degree aggravated murder.

Now, it's also important to remember, though, that we don't have any eyewitness to this crime, meaning there's no direct evidence.

Now, that's not illegal.

The Second Amendment, Nancy, it's not illegal to own a firearm.

not illegal to carry a firearm.

How about if you use that firearm to murder two people?

Of course that's illegal, but we don't have any eyewitness to this crime.

So?