JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY NOW IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL OF JOHN MCCLUSKEY. THE ARIZONA PRISON ESCAPEE IS CHARGED WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A RETIRED OKLAHOMA COUPLE … GARY AND LINDA HAAS … WHO WERE TRAVELING THROUGH NEW MEXICO IN 2010. THEY WERE KILLED AT A REST STOP.
CO-DEFENDANT CASSLYN WELCH …WHO IS ALSO MCCLUSKEY'S COUSIN AND GIRLFRIEND … TESTIFIED DURING HIS TRIAL THAT HE WAS THE TRIGGERMAN IN THE MURDERS.
THE DEFENSE, WHO CALLED NO WITNESSES TO THE STAND BEFORE RESTING THEIR CASE, HAS TRIED TO CONVINCE THE JURY THAT MCCLUSKEY HAS A MENTAL DISORDER.
