Another prosecution witness testifies

A neighbor of Phyillis Roth, LaDeana McDowell, testified she was awaken by a loud banging noise on Roth's door.

She lives in the same apartment building, in the unit directly next to Ms. Roth's.

She said she went outside and saw Bess making a thrusting motion with a broken mop.

“He was saying something about money," she said.

Ms. McDowell left the stand.

The prosecution then called Dr. Thomas Owens, a forensic pathologist with the state's medical examiner's office in Charlotte. He performed the autopsy. He described how Sherwood Wade died and how look it probably took him to die once he was stabbed.

Owens said Wade's blood alcohol level was equivalent to 0.13 on a breathalyzer test.

He said Wade had sharp force and blunt force trauma injuries.

He described Wade as 6 feet, 3 inches weighing 238 pounds with a muscular build.

Owens testified Wade had a razor blade and a crack pipe in his clothing when he received the body.