MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The prosecution could rest its case Thursday in the Monongalia County murder trial of a Texas man.

Jonathan Ramirez, 24, of Watauga, Texas, allegedly stabbed to death Jacob Lough, 26, in his Suncrest area residence in January 2024.

Half a dozen expert witnesses took the the stand for the prosecution Wednesday detailing physical and video evidence. Prosecutors said the evidence shows Ramirez is the only person that have killed Lough.

Morgantown Police Department Detective Ryan Stallings detailed the movements of Ramirez when he arrived in Morgantown on Jan. 14, 2024. Using a combination of surveillance footage of the Hampton Inn on Van Voorhis Road where Ramirez stayed, forensic digital evidence of his interactions with a West Virginia teenage girl (who rebuffed his a

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