Overview

• Opening statements began Tuesday for Carlos Hernandez, and proceedings resumed Wednesday with Joshua Zuazo’s panel as both cases run side by side before separate juries.
• Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, and Joshua Zuazo, 39, are charged with felony murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment in the Oct. 11, 2024 home invasion.
• Authorities say the men posed as DTE workers, claimed a gas leak, and returned the next day to gain entry to the home of Hussein and Linda Murray.
• Prosecutors cite Ring-camera evidence and prior visits to the victim’s Hamtramck jewelry store to argue the scheme was planned and targeted.
• The medical examiner ruled Hussein Murray’s death a homicide from blunt force trauma with apparent strangulation, and Hernandez’s attorney told jurors the killing was not part of any plan as both defendants remain in custody.