KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A judge has limited what prosecutors can tell a jury about the jail escape of a Kalamazoo man accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Donnovan Lewis’ attorney and prosecutors argued their cases before a judge at a Tuesday motion hearing.
Lewis isaccusedof killing his girlfriendAniya Mack, a 24-year-old Western Michigan University student, stuffing her bodyin a suitcaseand then tossing it in a creekin June 2018.
He’salready in prisonforescapingfrom the Kalamazoo County Jail about three months after Mack died. He wasrecapturedin about half an hour.
Lewis’ defense attorneys wanted the escape case completely excluded from the murder trial, saying it could prejudice the jury against him.
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