Jury deliberations begin in murder-rape trial

ST. THOMAS - "Jesus," a juror exclaimed Thursday upon seeing a projected close-up of Dennis Richardson's pale, lifeless face with half-opened eyes on Mandahl Bay beach Oct. 14, 2009.

The defense rested its case Thursday and jurors commenced deliberations in the trial accusing Jensen Alexander with fatally stabbing Richardson, 51, seven times and repeatedly raping and sodomizing the deceased's female acquaintance at the undeveloped sandy strand.

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