Man Accused In Girlfriend's Shooting Death Ordered To Stand Trial
UNIONTOWN (KDKA) -- A man has been ordered to stand trial for murder in the death of his longtime girlfriend, but the defense says police should spend more time looking at another potential suspect.
According to a state police trooper who testified at Wednesday's hearing, Terry Walker gave three different versions of what happened to Mya Grady, whose body was found in her car in the eastbound lanes of Route 40 in late February.
First, he didn't do it, then he was in the vicinity of it, then he drove the vehicle involved but somebody else did it.
A witness testified he saw an SUV consistent with the one Walker owned driving fast along Route 40 with the passenger window down.
Investigators say gun residue was found in the SUV and on his clothing.
But another witness, Erica Harris, testified the defendant told her a relationship the victim had with her estranged husband would soon end and he'd take care of it.
The defense, though pointed fingers at her as a suspect.
"He doesn't know she did it," said Walker's attorney, Tom Shaffer. "He knows he lent her the car and he said, 'Well, why do you need my car?' She said, 'Cause they know my car,' which all fits cause she's been stalking him, throwing holy water on his house, burning holy candles, all kinds of stuff in their divorce action."
The prosecutor and Harris's own attorney defended her.
"She was a witness for us today and I thought that she was a credible witness," said Fayette County District Attorney Jack Heneks.
Pittsburgh attorney Ernest Sharif, who was retained to represent Harris, agreed.
"She's innocent," said Sharif. "She didn't do anything. She just knows the guy and something happened, and her name was put in it, but she's totally innocent."
It was also revealed that investigators have retrieved a number of surveillance videos of what they say are the cars involved, but those videos were not played at the hearing.
"There's eight videos," says Walker's attorney. "Not one video shows the defendant driving the car. Also, they don't have the murder weapon."
But prosecutor Heneks countered, "We believe that the witnesses we presented today established a prima facia case in this matter. Obviously, we have some more work to do in getting some of the records - in this case surveillance, phone records, and we plan on continuing our investigation."
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