Overview

• Two simultaneous trials with separate juries moved from openings to witness testimony Wednesday in Oakland County under Judge Yasmin Poles.
• Jurors saw police bodycam video of Linda Murray answering the door with her wrists bound and heard audio of officers finding Hussein Murray in the basement.
• Linda Murray testified the men returned claiming a gas leak, demanded money and jewelry, struck her, bound her with duct tape, and that one appeared with blood on his vest saying her husband was sleeping.
• The prosecution described the attack as premeditated and tied to Hussein Murray’s Hamtramck jewelry shop, while Hernandez’s attorney argued he did not intend to kill and did not take part in the beating.
• Investigators said Ring doorbell footage helped identify the suspects; Carlos Hernandez was arrested in Louisiana and Joshua Zuazo in Michigan, and both face felony murder and unlawful imprisonment charges carrying potential life without parole.