BATON ROUGE - The trial of accused murderer Ronn Bell continued Friday morning nearly five years after he was accused of killing Baton Rouge activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph.

The trial opened with statements from Bell's defense attorney Randy Dukes, who spent some of the day trying to find flaws in the police investigation and the evidence that was being presented. He asked a detective about a surveillance video that showed Bell wearing a different outfit than the one a witness described him as wearing that day.

He then asked why investigators didn't use a photo lineup to test the witness's observations before arresting Bell. He also inquired about information from another witness who reported seeing Roberts-Joseph somewhere else around the time police say she was killed.

Detective Josh B

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