OZARK-Coley McCraney took the witness stand Monday on the sixth day of the capital murder trial in which he stands charged with five counts of capital murder and one charge
MICHELLE MANN of rape in connection with the deaths of two Dothan teens found dead here 24 years ago.
He said his parents lived in the Johntown section of Ozark, and that he and his then girlfriend, now wife, were clearing land next to his parents’ home with plans to move a mobile home there. McCraney said that en route in Beasley’s car, the trio stopped at the Texaco station where McCraney’s truck was parked. He told the court that he offered to give Beasley a tour of the inside of the truck, which ultimately led to the two of them having sex, he said. Hawlett remained in the car, he said.
Also Monday, Jimmy Benson, who lived at the corner of Broad Street and Depot Lane in 1999, said that around midnight July 31, 1999, he saw a light-colored Ford truck and a black 929 Mazda drive down Depot Lane towards the abandoned train depot and tracks and then return heading toward the Big/Little store farther down Broad Street.
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