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Dennis Joshua Whaley is on trial for the alleged murder of his estranged girlfriend and her cousin in Lansing.

Prosecutors argue the killings were a premeditated act driven by jealousy, calling it an "execution."

Whaley's attorney acknowledged many facts are not in dispute but suggested the killings were not first-degree murder.

LANSING — Shortly after the sound of gunfire had erupted from the basement of her Lansing home, Tagan Adkins watched from outside the house as her mother's estranged boyfriend climbed into a car with an "evil" look in his eyes before speeding away, Adkins told a jury on Sept. 18.

"He just looked evil, that's the only way I can describe it," Adkins said under cross-examination on the first day of trial for Dennis Joshua Whaley, 53, who is ch

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