Expert: GPS places Jordanian-born man at Texas slaying
HOUSTON (AP) — A digital forensic expert says a GPS device owned by a Jordanian-born man on trial for capital murder places him at the same time and place of a 2012 Texas slaying.
The Houston Chronicle reports that Christian Mammarella testified Thursday before the prosecution rested in Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan's trial. Mammarella said GPS data shows Irsan traveled to the Houston-area home and workplaces of his Christian son-in-law, Coty Beavers, dozens of times before he was shot to death.
Irsan's attorneys say GPS presence at a crime scene doesn't prove Irsan was physically there.
Irsan is also accused of killing Iranian women's rights activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh, who encouraged his daughter to marry Beavers.