LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - A second week of testimony has begun in the murder trial of a Lawton man in the deaths of his father and teenage brother.
The Comanche County District Court clerk’s office says testimony resumed Monday morning in the trial of 20-year-old Thorsten Rushing.
Rushing has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the January 2014 shooting deaths of 50-year-old Uwe Rushing and 14-year-old Stefan Rushing.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Witnesses have testified that Rushing wanted money from his father’s life insurance policy.
Two co-defendants have pleaded guilty to murder in the case and are serving life in prison. Two other co-defendants are in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy and being accessories after the crime.
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