...malice murder and arson. His trial continues Monday. Prosecutors introduced records Friday corroborating that Levon R. Joe Jr. and Mr. Harris were working afternoon shifts April 22-23 and that telephone calls were placed from Mr. Smith's...

...Wednesday, those who spoke for Ms. Hastings talked not of malice but of Christian charity. "I have no malice," said Levon R. Joe Jr., whom Mr. Leslie's defense attorneys tried to tarnish as a prime suspect in Ms. Hastings' murder. Mr. Joe...

...didn't bring in his time card to show he was working at the time of Ms. Hastings' death. And her ex-husband, Levon R. Joe Jr., threatened to burn a woman "as he did with Lori Hastings," Ms. Floyd said. But the most scathing barbs Ms...