Trial begins for pilot charged in triple slaying in Kentucky

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Jurors heard conflicting details of a triple slaying in western Kentucky as the trial began for a pilot charged in the fatal shootings. Commercial airline pilot Christian R. Martin was arrested two years ago at the Louisville airport in the 2015 slayings of Calvin and Pamela Phillips and their neighbor, Edward Dansereau, in Pembroke. The Courier Journal reports special prosecutor Barbara Whaley said in her opening statement on Thursday that evidence pointed to Martin in the slayings. Defense attorney Tom Griffiths disputed the evidence and said there were no eyewitnesses, no DNA and no fingerprints. The trial is expected to last a month.