Grayson takes stand to testify at his murder trial as it enters second week

PEORIA, Ill. – The second week of the Sean Grayson murder trial begins with the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy taking the stand.

Grayson is charged with First Degree Murder in the death of Sonya Massey July of last year, after he and another officer responded to a call at her Springfield home to investigate a “prowler.”

The trial venue was shifted to Peoria from Springfield earlier this year.

25 News reports Grayson testified that he was nearly complete with a traffic stop before the call to Massey’s house. He says he was there previously, as the county responded to a lot of calls in unincorporated Springfield. In addition, Grayson testified that the area, nicknamed the “Cabbage Patch,” was a high-crime area with home invasions, stabbings, and shootings.

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