ORANGE, Texas — A second trial has begun in the case of a 24-year-old man accused of a 2018 murder at an Orange apartment unit.
Keondrick Barlow, 24, was charged with the murder of Octavius Lamont Williams on April 16, 2019, according to a news release from the Orange Police Department.
Williams, 37, of Orange, was found just after 3 p.m. on December 22, 2018, in his Pine Avenue apartment in the 300 block of 2nd Street.
On September 30, 2021, a mistrial was declared for Barlow.
Orange Police Detective Robert Enmon told 12News in a previous report that preliminary autopsy results showed that Williams died from a single gunshot wound to the torso.
Family members of Williams told 12News previously that it looked like their loved one, who went by "Whoodi," had been robbed.
Throughout the investigation, detectives with the Orange Police Department determined Williams' death was a homicide.
After receiving forensic evidence, detectives were able to obtain and serve a murder warrant to Barlow.
The trial is being held in the Orange County 163rd District Court before Judge Rex Peveto.
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