YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on the trial of a man in the 2005 killings in Yuma of six people (all times local):
5 p.m.
A Yuma County Superior Court jury has recessed for the day after deliberating Monday in a man’s trial in the 2005 killings of six people.
Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday morning in the case of Preston Alton Strong, who’s already imprisoned in a separate 2007 killing.
In the current trial, Strong faces charges from the 2005 killings of 35-year-old Luis Rios, 29-year-old Adrienne Heredia and her children, ages 6 to 13, at a Yuma house.
Prosecutors have said Strong knew Rios and that money was a motive in the killings.
Strong also knew Dr. Satinder Gill, a Yuma physician who was strangled and bludgeoned in his home.
Prosecutors say a large amount of money was stolen.
Strong wasn’t arrested and charged with murder and other crimes in the 2005 killings until 2014, nine years later.
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A jury began deliberating Monday in a man’s trial in the 2005 killings in Yuma of six people, including a man, a woman and her four children.
Preston Alton Strong is already imprisoned in a separate 2007 killing.
In the current trial, Strong faces charges from the 2005 killings of 35-year-old Luis Rios, 29-year-old Adrienne Heredia and her children, ages 6 to 13, at a Yuma house.
Prosecutors have said Strong knew Rios and that money was a motive in the killings.
Strong also knew Dr. Satinder Gill, a Yuma physician who was strangled and bludgeoned in his home. Prosecutors said a large amount of money was stolen.
Strong wasn’t arrested and charged with murder and other crimes in the 2005 killings until 2014, nine years later.
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