Ames Tribune
Judge Angela Doyle of Ames prepped a jury spread across a Story County courtroom wearing face shields imagery of a vastly different time than that of Xavier Jordan Shepley’s murder in 2017.
Due to COVID-19, Shepley’s mother, Jenny, had to wait outside the courtroom during Friday’s proceedings, hoping there will be justice for her son.
This jury, which heard closing arguments Friday morning, must decide if Jordan Nicole Bryant, 27, “made all contact” orchestrating the fatal robbery, as the prosecution argues, or if she was at Shepley’s apartment only to solicit prostitution at the time of the crime.