MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A second day of testimony is scheduled Wednesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court in the murder trial of a Texas man.

Monongalia County prosecutors called 12 witnesses to the stand Tuesday in the trial of Jonathan Ramirez.

Ramirez, 24, of Watauga, Texas, allegedly stabbed to death Jacob Lough, 26, in Lough’s Morgantown apartment in January 2024 while Lough was sleeping. Prosecutors said the two had no prior relationship. Prosecutors allege Ramirez came to West Virginia to meet an underaged girl in Wayne County and then traveled to Morgantown where he got kicked out of a hotel and then began checking homes in a nearby neighborhood for an open door.

Following opening statements, Monongalia County Prosecutor Gabe Mucciola asked questions of a combination of Suncrest n

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