AFTER NEARLY FIVE WEEKS, THE TRIAL OF ARIZONA PRISON ESCAPEE JOHN MCCLUSKEY IS EXPECTED TO WRAP SOON. MCCLUSKEY IS ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDERS OF AN OKLAHOMA COUPLE IN 2010 WHO WERE TRAVELING THROUGH NEW MEXICO AT THE TIME. LAST WEEK, MCCLUSKEY'S COUSIN AND GIRLFRIEND, CASSLYN WELCH, TESTIFIED FOR THE PROSECUTION THAT MCCLUSKEY KILLED THE COUPLE BECAUSE THEY LIED ABOUT HAVING GUNS.
THE DEFENSE THIS WEEK WILL TRY TO PROVE MCCLUSKEY HAS A MENTAL DISORDER. THE TRIAL IS BEING HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE.