In lengthy testimony, Leticia Starks ultimately declined to implicate her brother in a burglary days before he was accused of shooting a neighbor dead in a Gary apartment complex.

Thomas Starks, 22, of Gary, is charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and burglary in the Aug. 8, 2023, shooting death of Kajah Wilson, 27. The shooting also wounded her fiancé Richard Casson.

The defendant lived upstairs from the couple at the time.

Authorities alleged Thomas and Leticia Starks robbed the couple’s apartment and Wilson confronted Leticia about it days before the shooting.

Leticia’s testimony led the trial into a temporary maze – where she pleaded the Fifth Amendment on cross-examination Wednesday and asked for a lawyer.

At the heart of the problem is that she testified Wed

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