Dorothy Dixon, John Couey's sister, is showing jurors "Johnny's room" and the rest of the layout of the mobile home where she, her boyfriend, a grandson, a daughter and her daughter's husband were staying the night that Jessica disappeared.
Couey writes, loosens his tie, tugs at his ears and occasionally looks up as his sister testifies against him. Dixon was Couey's only relative who agreed to take him in after he was abandoned by the rest of his family. She turned against him after authorities charged Couey with Jessica's murder.
Mark Lunsford is sitting in the first row.
The jurors watch and take notes. There are a few yawns after the lunch break.
The pace has slowed since the start of the trial when the defense asked the judge to declare a mistrial, a motion that was denied by Circuit Judge Ric Howard.
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