Trial begins for illegal immigrant accused of killing elderly woman
By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer

05/12/09 8:17 PM EDT

The testimonies, like that of 94-year-old Margaret Arnold, will pull at the jury’s heartstrings.

But the jury shouldn’t be swayed by anything but the evidence against the illegal immigrant accused of killing a 63-year-old widowed woman and attacking three others, the immigrant’s attorney said Tuesday.

And that evidence, Alan Drew said in his opening argument, is lacking.

“We have to have sympathy and emotion for the women,â€