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The final three witnesses to testify in the first week of Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb's murder trial included Grubb's partner that day, Sgt. Erik Moynihan and two expert witnesses.

Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb has not spoken publicly since he shot and killed 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young in Aug. 2023.

Defense lawyers for Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb and special prosecutors gave their opening statements Wednesday. Grubb is charged with murder after he shot and killed a pregnant woman in August 2023.

By noon, the special prosecutors from Montgomery County and defense lawyers for Blendon Township Police officer Connor Grubb got through over a dozen potential jurors. They have to sort through about 90 in the jury pool before opening arguments begin.

The unnamed woman claims Gary Keesee Jr. abused her when she was a child while his parents, Gary Keesee Sr. and Drenda Keesee, failed to protect her. Gary Keesee Jr. faces multiple rape and gross sexual imposition charges.

Columbus police said Michelle Hilyard, 52, hit the child with a board causing him to fall down the stairs of a home in 2021.

A Franklin County judge found Pammy Maye, 49, not competent to stand trial for aggravated murder in the 2024 death of 5-year-old Darnell Taylor.

ICE detained 18-year-old Mainor Anariva-Bueso Monday and brought him to the Butler County Jail. The Franklin County Public Defenders are calling on the Franklin County Municipal Court not to cooperate with immigration enforcement.

Connor Grubb, the Blendon Township police officer accused of murder after shooting and killing pregnant woman Ta'Kiya Young in the parking lot of a grocery store in 2023 asked a Franklin County judge earlier this week to move his trial to a different county. The judge has denied that request.

A Franklin County judge will decide if Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb should be tried in the county or grant a defense request for a change of venue.