WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Opening statements were expected Monday in the death penalty trial of a western Pennsylvania man charged in the stabbing death of his estranged girlfriend more than three years ago.
Twenty-six-year-old Jordan Clemons, of Pittsburgh, is charged in Washington County in the death of 21-year-old Karissa Kunco. Her body was found in a wooded area of Mount Pleasant Township in January 2012 a day after Kunco’s family reported her missing.
District Attorney Eugene Vittone will ask for the death penalty if Clemons is convicted of first-degree murder.
Defense attorney Brian Gorman has said he may argue Clemons had diminished mental capacity due to head injuries he sustained while playing football and during several vehicle accidents as well as years of drug abuse.
The jury that will hear the case was picked in March.
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