Opening arguments held in kidnapping, body dumping case
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JANESVILLE A prosecutor said Monday a Rockford, Ill., man killed his ex-girlfriend’s lover, forced her to help cover up the murder and dumped the body in Janesville.
A defense attorney said the ex-girlfriend was involved in the murder, never reported it to police and dumped the body in Janesville alone or with someone else.
Attorneys gave their theories of the case to jurors during opening arguments in Rock County Court. They said the case hinges on the credibility of the woman's story.
Raymond C. Williams, 40, is on trial for felony charges of kidnapping and hiding a corpse in the March 2007 murder of Travel Hester, 27, in Rockford.
He is accused of killing Hester and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend to get her help with disposing the body in Riverside Park in Janesville.
Williams was acquitted of homicide in Winnebago County, Ill.
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