GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—A jury is deciding the fate of a Longmont man charged in the 1975 stabbing deaths of a Grand Junction mother and her 5-year-old daughter.
The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction reports the case against 65-year-old Jerry Nemnich went to the jury Monday after attorneys made their closing arguments. Nemnich is accused of killing 24-year-old Linda Benson and her daughter, Kelley, in their home July, 24, 1975.
He was arrested last spring after an investigation by a cold-case unit.
Prosecutors ridiculed the defendant’s testimony that he discovered the victims’ bodies after being assaulted in the apartment complex where he said he went to get drugs.
The defense has attacked the quality of the 35-year-old evidence.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
