Jason Chen’s downstairs neighbor was woken up in the middle of the night by a loud scream shortly before Jasmine Pace was allegedly fatally stabbed, according to Courtney Brewer.
Chen’s sixth day of trial began Saturday with the state resting its case. Chen is charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.
His defense attorney, Joshua Weiss, began calling witnesses around 10:30 a.m.
Chen, 24, is accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Pace, on Nov. 23, 2022, in his Tremont Street apartment before disposing of her body in the Tennessee River.
He lived in apartment 210, and Brewer lived directly below Chen in apartment 110.