![]() ![]() "Without a body, the people can't prove the means by which death occurred - if they can prove that a death occurred - let alone who did it," he said. Prosecutors will have to prove Lueth is dead, not just missing, and that Cournaya purposefully killed her, the attorney, Keith Watson, said in his opening statement. They broke up just five days before she disappeared, after Lueth discovered he had used her credit card to pay for more than $200 in telephone sex calls, he said.Ĭrino will have a tall task in proving the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, an attorney for Cournaya said. The trial will involve witness testimony and complicated forensic evidence, he said.Īll the evidence points to Cournaya, who had the "intent, the motive and opportunity," to kill Lueth, then lied and destroyed evidence in an attempt to cover up his actions, Crino said.Ĭournaya began dating Lueth in 2007 and moved in with her the following year, Crino said. Roy Lueth was the first witness called by Deputy Chief Assistant Ingham County Prosecutor Bill Crino on Tuesday after Crino told a jury he expects to prove Krista Lueth is dead and that Cournaya committed first-degree, premeditated murder. But her ex-boyfriend, Brad Cournaya, is charged in connection with her death and went on trial this week. Krista Lueth, a 34-year-old botany graduate student at Michigan State University, disappeared on Nov. "Krista would never leave her cat without food or water," and that left him "very, very concerned," he said. ![]()
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