KEOKUK, IOWA -- UPDATED: February 24 at 4:32 p.m.
The trial of St. Francisville man Tyler Hobbs, for the murder of Shawn Wright of Kahoka took a shocking and unexpected turn on Friday.
The Keokuk Daily Gate City reports that when Hobbs took the stand Friday, he pointed his finger at his former girlfriend, Kimberly Jaeger.
Hobbs testified that Jaeger has claimed that Shawn Wright had attempted to rape her in the past and he went on to say that while he was away from the vehicle on the night of November 9th 2010, that he heard a noise coming from the direction of the car where he had left Jaeger and Wright, according to the Daily Gate City.
The Daily Gate City reports that Hobbs said when he got back to the vehicle that he saw Shawn Wright laying on the ground and Kimberly Jaeger nearly catatonic and mumbling and Hobbs surmised that Jaeger must have reached into his vehicle, taken his mallet and hit Wright over the head four times.
Hobbs did admit to taking and dumping Wright's body at Gregory landing in Clark County according to the Daily Gate City report.
The trial continues on Monday.
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UPDATED: February 23 at 5:33 a.m.
A star witness against a Tri-State murder suspect took the stand Wednesday in Keokuk.
26-year-old Tyler Hobbs of St. Francisville, Missouri is accused of killing Kahoka man Shawn Wright outside an abandoned Lee County farmhouse in November of 2010.
According to the Daily Democrat, Wednesday Hobb's former girlfriend Kimberly Jaeger took the stand with an eyewitness account of how she said Hobbs killed Wright with a mallet to the head. .
Investigators believe Shawn Wright died from blunt force trauma.
Jaeger was given immunity from prosecution in the case in exchange for her testimony.
Other testimony places Wright in a car with Hobbs and Jaeger the night of Wright's death.
Captain Robert Becker with the Clark County Sheriff's Office testified that Wright's body was found on the levee at Gregory Landing.
A fisherman found Wright's body along the Mississippi River at Gregory Landing in Clark County after Hobb's allegedly dumped it.
Click here to read the complete story from the Daily Gate City.
Click here to read the proceedings in the Fort Madison Daily Democrat.
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Wednesday, February 22 at 5:03a.m.
Today is day two in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Kahoka more than a year ago.
26 year-old Tyler Hobbs of St Francisville, Missouri is accused of killing Shawn Wright outside an abandoned Lee County farmhouse in November of 2010.
Wright's body was found after it was dumped near Gregory Landing along the Mississippi River in Clark County.
Investigators believe Shawn Wright died from blunt force trauma.
The crime went unsolved until April of 2011 when police arrested Tyler Hobbs.
The trial is in the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk.
According to the Daily Gate City, jurors were chosen yesterday morning with opening arguments yesterday afternoon.
Click here to read more about the trial.
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