Witness Missing for Upcoming Murder Trial

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 9, 2019
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During a hearing May 8, the defense in a murder case said they were missing a witness for their upcoming trial.

Kenneth Bellamy is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the shooting death of 23-year-old Michael Tyrone Jones on the 300 block of East Capital Street, SE in 2015.

Bellamy, 35, is scheduled to go to trial on May 20.

Bellamy’s defense attorney, Jon Norris, said he plans to call four witnesses, including one that still hasn’t been located.

“We’ve spent significant resources tracking down the wrong individual,” Norris said. Apparently, the individual the defense was tracking has the same name as the missing witness.

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled another hearing on May 16 to check on the status of the missing witness.

According to court documents, Jones was shot nine times in the laundry room of an apartment building. Witnesses told police they overheard people say that Bellamy shot Jones because Jones stole from his marijuana stash.