Day 2 of double murder trial involving former Badger wraps up
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JANESVILLE, Wis. – Wednesday was the second day of the trial of the former Wisconsin Badgers football player charged with the 2020 murders of two Janesville women.
Marcus Randle El, 36, faces two felony charges of first-degree intentional homicide as well as felony weapons-related charges in the shooting deaths of 27-year-old Brittany N. McAdory and 30-year-old Seairaha J. Winchester. He has pleaded not guilty.
A majority of Wednesday’s testimonies included explanations of evidence presented by the state.
Todd Radloff with the Janesville Police Department was the first officer to testify Wednesday morning. He testified he was the first officer to respond to the two women suffering from gunshot wounds on the side of the road in the early morning hours of Feb 10, 2020.
“She didn’t answer when I called out,” Radloff recalled, describing his first interaction with an unresponsive Seairaha J. Winchester on Midvale Drive. “(I) noticed the back of her head was bloodied and then she had some blood on the back of her. She was lying face down so I couldn’t see the front of her.”
Officer Radloff’s body-worn camera footage showed him assisting EMS, bringing Winchester off the road.
The body camera footage also shows his conversation with Michelle Edwards-Horton, who called 911 after finding the two girls on Midvale Drive. Edwards Horton testified on Tuesday.
The state also presented nearby surveillance video at a nearby TA Express, the last spot they were supposedly seen before the incident took place.
Janesville Police Officer Derek Mussey took the stand after Officer Radloff. The courtroom watched his body camera video, which showed him responding to an injured McAdory on Midvale Drive.
“I kept telling her to keep breathing,” Mussey testified. “I did ask her at one point what happened, just trying to get any information whatsoever. Then, while I was standing there, EMS personnel arrived and tended to her and I assisted them.”
Retired police officer Edward Van Fossen also testified, showing the courtroom photo and physical evidence from the crime scene that he took. The images included bullet fragments, shell casings, body piercings, blood, and one of the victim’s teeth.
An officer with the Janesville Police Department and an employee with Illinois Tollway also explained images purportedly showing Randle El’s vehicle on Interstate 90.
Court concluded for the day after testimony from Calvin Blevins, who said he picked Randle El up in the early morning hours through his job with Illinois Tollway in a snow plow. That plow was shown earlier in court as part of the evidence presented by the prosecution.
Blevins says he noticed something heavy in Randle El’s pocket. The defense questioned Blevins, asking if he could confirm the item Randle El had was a gun, creating a heated back and forth between the defense and prosecution to clarify his answer.
Blevins said he couldn’t confirm the item in Randle El’s pocket was a gun. Blevins did say that his boss later told him the person he picked up was possibly related to a double homicide.
Court is scheduled to be back in session at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
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