Tyrone Murphy stood, pleaded, demonstrated and admitted to killing his 30-year-old neighbor Thursday during his first-degree murder trial. The 58-year-old called the June 2017 slaying of Ashley Cates self defense.
The prosecution did not seem amused.
“You do remember her screaming?” asked Executive Assistant District Attorney Cameron Williams.
“It wasn’t really a scream, scream,” Murphy said.
“It was loud enough that [a neighbor] heard it,” Williams said.