ESPN Reporters Find Witness in Murder Case Alive After Prosecutors Claimed He Was Dead

Michael Luciano Sep 18th, 2025, 10:00 pm

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Reporters for ESPN located a key witness in a murder case after prosecutors had deemed the man deceased. The revelation comes just weeks before the alleged killer is set to go on trial.

In November 2006, Bryan Pata , a defensive lineman for the University of Miami football team, was shot to death near his apartment complex. It was not until 2021 that his former teammate, Rashaun Jones, was arrested and charged with homicide. Jones maintains he did not kill Pata.

“Florida prosecutors have repeatedly told a court that a key witness in their murder case against a former Miami Hurricanes football player accused in the 2006 killing of

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