Stephen Lester enters Judge Tom Greenholtz’s courtroom on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Hamilton County Criminal Court in Chattanooga. Lester is facing multiple charges in the January 2013 shooting death of Edward Glenn, Jr.After the gunshots, Carmisha Lay turned on the lights, put on a dress, and looked once more at Edward Glenn Jr., seizing on the floor and foaming at the mouth. She was drunk, high and terrified.
And then, early in the morning of Jan. 10, 2013, she ran across the road to her grandmother’s house, away from her place at 2500 O’Rear St.
Lay, 27, testified before jurors Thursday in Hamilton County Criminal Court in the murder trial of Stephen Lester. Although she appeared Wednesday during an evidence hearing, the jury was not present.
Prosecutors say Lay and Lester, both gang members in the Athens Park Bloods, arranged the fatal robbery of Glenn, a 28-year-old father of five.
During opening arguments Tuesday, prosecutors said Lester, 27, told Lay and a friend to go “dance” for Glenn and his friends in January 2013, with the goal of robbing them.