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Jury recesses for the day in Becker trial
Feb. 24, 2010 4:15 pm
The jury has gone home for the day in the Mark Becker murder trial. Deliberations will resume 9 a.m. Thursday.
The jury deliberated for about five hours this afternoon after closing arguments.
Becker is accused of shooting and killing Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas last summer.
Trish Mehaffey will liveblog the verdict when it comes in.
Mark Becker smiles at his family as he leaves the courtroom at the conclusion of testimony in his first degree murder trial at the Butler County District Courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 in Allison, Iowa. Becker is accused of the June 24, 2009 murder of Aplington-Parkersburg High School coach Ed Thomas. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
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