CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Trial under way in 2017 murder of Edixon Velasquez

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(WSB photo, September 2017)

Two years after the murder of 25-year-old Edixon Velasquez outside his home in Westwood, his accused killers are on trial. The victim’s former girlfriend, 23-year-old Anna Kasparova, and 21-year-old Abel Linares-Montejo are charged with murder in the deadly shooting. He is accused of pulling the trigger, after she allegedly lured him outside his house. Kasparova was arrested less than a week after the murder; Linares-Montejo was arrested the following month. Recently revised charging documents accuse the two of first-degree murder committed in the course of attempted robbery. The trial is currently in the first phase, jury selection.

crimejunkie October 30, 2019 (2:58 pm)

Will you be posting updates on this case throughout the trial?

WSB October 30, 2019 (3:29 pm)

Unfortunately I don’t have anyone to assign to courtroom coverage and that’s the only way to find out, is to be there. My multitasking skills are not what they were when I covered two past WS murder trials years ago and ran the site while sitting in the courtroom. But I’m hoping to drop in a few times (such as, when testimony begins) to find out where things stand. – TR
- Almost Juror November 18, 2019 (6:19 pm)
  
  Any updates?
  - WSB November 18, 2019 (6:40 pm)
    
    Not without being there but I’m planning to go tomorrow.