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By Phil Trexler
Beacon Journal staff writer

CANTON:Jurors in the Bobby Cutts Jr. murder trial indicated in a question tonight to the judge that they had reached a verdict on one murder charge.

Their verdict was not announced.

Deliberations resume Thursday.

So far, the Stark County Common Pleas panel has debated Cutts' guilt or innocence for about 11 hours.

The jury of six men and six women has been sequestered each night at a Canton hotel.

Jurors late tonight asked a series of questions and in one they indicated they had reached a verdict on the first count of aggravated murder relating to the death of Jessie Marie Davis. The jury also asked if there was a lesser offense to consider on a charge of aggravated burglary.

Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. referred them to their instructions. They also asked about a list of contents of Davis' purse and to listen to a tape statement from a witness.

Cutts, 30, is facing a death sentence for the June slayings of Davis and her unborn daughter. Jurors are considering charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, child endangering and abuse of a corpse.

Cutts testified that he inadvertently killed Davis — nine months pregnant with his child — during a struggle in her Lake Township home June 14. He said he swung his elbow backward and hit Davis' throat after she tried to stop him from leaving.

He said he panicked afterward, put Davis' body in a bed comforter and dumped it in a Summit County park. He left their 2-year-old son, Blake, alone in the home.

He led police to her body on June 23.

Prosecutors believe Cutts, a former Canton police officer, strangled the 26-year-old Davis, a death that requires calculation and design. A co-defendant supports that theory, but medical evidence could not because of the extent of decomposition.

Prosecutors told jurors that Cutts was facing a divorce from his wife and had financial woes associated with supporting a fourth child, including having to make two payments to Davis.


Phil Trexler can be reached at 330-996-3717 or ptrexler@thebeaconjournal.com.

CANTON:Jurors in the Bobby Cutts Jr. murder trial indicated in a question tonight to the judge that they had reached a verdict on one murder charge.

Their verdict was not announced.

Deliberations resume Thursday.

So far, the Stark County Common Pleas panel has debated Cutts' guilt or innocence for about 11 hours.

The jury of six men and six women has been sequestered each night at a Canton hotel.

Jurors late tonight asked a series of questions and in one they indicated they had reached a verdict on the first count of aggravated murder relating to the death of Jessie Marie Davis. The jury also asked if there was a lesser offense to consider on a charge of aggravated burglary.

Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. referred them to their instructions. They also asked about a list of contents of Davis' purse and to listen to a tape statement from a witness.

Cutts, 30, is facing a death sentence for the June slayings of Davis and her unborn daughter. Jurors are considering charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, child endangering and abuse of a corpse.

Cutts testified that he inadvertently killed Davis — nine months pregnant with his child — during a struggle in her Lake Township home June 14. He said he swung his elbow backward and hit Davis' throat after she tried to stop him from leaving.

He said he panicked afterward, put Davis' body in a bed comforter and dumped it in a Summit County park. He left their 2-year-old son, Blake, alone in the home.

He led police to her body on June 23.

Prosecutors believe Cutts, a former Canton police officer, strangled the 26-year-old Davis, a death that requires calculation and design. A co-defendant supports that theory, but medical evidence could not because of the extent of decomposition.

Prosecutors told jurors that Cutts was facing a divorce from his wife and had financial woes associated with supporting a fourth child, including having to make two payments to Davis.


Phil Trexler can be reached at 330-996-3717 or ptrexler@thebeaconjournal.com.



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