The Valdosta Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/1matOlF ) that defense lawyers began their case Thursday, calling several character witnesses for defendant Darien Joseph Meheux. They included a pastor, a former girlfriend and other acquaintances mainly from the Lawrenceville area.
Meheux is the former boyfriend of 17-year-old Jasmine Benjamin of Lawrenceville. She was found dead in a campus study room in November 2012. Authorities said the cause of death was asphyxiation.
The trial is expected to continue Friday.
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