Co-Defendant in Bowling Green Murder Trial Takes the Stand
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Updated: 1:02 PM Feb 12, 2010
Co-Defendant in Bowling Green Murder Trial Takes the Stand
The co-defendant in a murder and kidnapping trial takes the stand to testify against Lawrence Stinnett.
Posted: 8:45 PM Feb 11, 2010
Reporter: Daniel Kemp
Email Address: daniel.kemp@wbko.com
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The co-defendant in a murder and kidnapping trial takes the stand to testify against Lawrence Stinnett.

Stinnett is accused of beating Christina Renshaw to death back in 2006 and if found guilty of both murder and kidnapping, could face the death penalty.

On Thursday, Alanda Lewis spoke out.

"From the first time you saw Lawrence Stinnett strike Christina Renshaw until Christina Renshaw quit moving, how many times did you see Stinnett hit or kick Renshaw?" asked Chris Cohron, Warren County commonwealth attorney, during the hearing Thursday.

"He hit her and kicked her so many times. I don't know," said Alanda Lewis, who is also currently jailed on charges of kidnapping and murder in connection with Renshaw's death.

On Thursday, Lewis recounted the events of February 3rd, 2006, when she traveled with Lawrence Stinnett from Oklahoma City, to Christina Renshaw's apartment in Bowling Green.

"I'm not trying to make myself the victim because the victim is Christina Renshaw," Lewis said. "And I wish I could bring her back but I can't. But I want him (Stinnett) to pay for what he did and whatever role I played in it I accept full responsibility for."

Lewis admitted to hitting Renshaw and gagging her with a washcloth.

She says she watched Stinnett stomp Renshaw's head, chest and face, but she told a jury she doesn't know why she just didn't run and call 911.

"I've asked myself that every day," she said. "I've been sitting here four years and I'm still asking myself that every day I wake up."

Before telling the truth, Lewis said she lied to investigators during her initial interview following the crime.

"Why didn't you tell them what you told me today?" Commonwealth Attorney Chris Cohron asked.

"Because I couldn't even think. There was so much going on, I didn't even realize what had happened," Lewis said.

Lawrence Stinnett read selections from a transcript of Lewis' interview to police following the crime in 2006.

Much of which, Lewis said she either didn't say or couldn't remember saying.

"Do you remember telling the police in your interview that you were actually asleep when they came inside?" Stinnett, who is representing himself, asked.

"No, I didn't. I never said that," she said.

"Is it not correct to say that you've had a lot of time, four years, to produce this absurd story?" Stinnett asked.

"No. I wouldn't say that," Lewis said.

The commonwealth made it clear that no kind of bargain or deal has been made in exchange for Lewis' testimony.

The trial continues Friday.



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