The 2015 Pembroke triple murder trial continued in Hardin County against Christian âKitâ Martin Tuesday as several more witnesses were called to the stand by the commonwealth, including the Spencer family.
Video footage from the security system of Martinâs home was also introduced to the jury and placed into trial evidence.
Martin, 52, is accused of killing Calvin and Pamela Phillips as well as their neighbor Edward Dansereau, and burning two of the bodies.
Martin appeared in Hardin County court in front of Christian Circuit Judge John Atkins along with his defense attorneys Tom Griffiths, Doug Moore and Olivia Adams as the prosecution continued to make its case.
The second day of the 2015 Pembroke triple murder trial took place Friday as the prosecution called three more witnesses to testify before the jury. Christian “Kit” Martin, 52, is
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Jun 1, 2021 | 2:57 PM
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in the trial of Christian “Kit” Martin, the former Army major and commercial airline pilot charged with the November, 2015 murders of three neighbors in Pembroke.
Much of the discussion during a hearing Tuesday was focused on a shell casing that matched a gun belonging to Martin which was found on the back porch of the home of Calvin Phillips on South Main Street in Pembroke. Family members were cleaning the home weeks after the scene had been processed when the casing was discovered and defense attorney Tom Griffiths has argued the circumstances of the discovery should negate it as evidence.