Marcus Randle El was back in court on Monday after a weekend break from his jury trial.
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JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Marcus Randle El was back in court on Monday after a weekend break from his jury trial.Â
The former Badgers wide receiver 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 McAdory and 30-year-old Seairaha Winchester. He has pleaded not guilty.
Monday marked the last day of the state calling witnesses to the stand.Â
Monday morning, the court first heard from a Rock County Sheriff's Office deputy who pulled Randle El over in a traffic stop days before he committed his alleged crimes.Â
Randle El was in the passenger seat, with the driver being one of Randle El’s friends who testified last week, Brandon Tobias.
Deputy Garrett Whitehead described Randle El’s behavior while he interacted with him when he pulled the vehicle over.
“I observed the passenger was very tensed up," Whitehead said. "The front passenger rolled his hands up in a fist, and was staring directly out the window and would not make direct eye contact with me."
Another witness testified that Randle El thought the traffic stop was a setup by one of the victims.Â
Friends and family of the victims and Randle El also continued to testify Monday. One of those friends was Edward Brown.
Brown said Randle El told him that he felt like Winchester was taking advantage of him. Brown also said Randle El told him that he felt like she was taking things from him. He told the court about a message he had for Winchester while she was still alive.
"I told her to stay away from him," said Brown.Â
As one of the last witnesses called up by the state, the lead investigator for the case with the Janesville Police Department gave his testimony.
Detective Steven Williams said despite no murder weapon or DNA evidence directly leading to Marcus Randle El as the killer, there was still evidence there to ultimately charge him with the crime.
“Throughout that process, there was several pieces of evidence and information that we obtained over the course from Feb. 10 through Aug. 2022 when our last supplementary report was submitted with the case," Williams testified.
That evidence included surveillance footage, text, messages, and personal accounts from family and friends over the past five days of the trial.Â
Court will continue in front of a jury Tuesday at 9 a.m.
