Arochi Trial: September 27
On Tuesday, Enrique Arochi, the man convicted of the aggravated kidnapping of UTD alumna Christina Morris, waived his right for a jury to decide his punishment. Judge Mark Rusch will decide his fate at a hearing on Friday. Before Arochi walked in, attorneys for both sides hustled in and out...
Arochi Trial: September 21
Guilty or not guilty. For the better part of two weeks, those words have been on the minds of everyone watching the trial of Enrique Arochi, the man charged with the aggravated kidnapping of UTD alumna Christina Morris. On Sept. 21, after 17 hours of deliberation, a Collin County jury...
Arochi Trial: September 20
After hearing the closing arguments in the trial of Enrique Arochi, the man charged in the aggravated kidnapping of UTD alumna Christina Morris, the jury deliberated for approximately seven hours. They did not reach a conclusion and were sent to a hotel for the night. They will resume deliberations tomorrow morning....
Arochi Trial: September 19
Plano detective Robyn Busby said she believes in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2014, Enrique Arochi made Christina Morris fight for her life. “It would be (terrifying) for me,” she said. Busby, the lead detective in the case of Morris, who went missing in 2014, gave the testimony...
Arochi Trial: September 14
The sixth day of the trial of Enrique Arochi, who is accused in the disappearance of UTD alumna Christina Morris, continued with the court hearing testimonies from several witnesses, including Arochi’s neighbor, his ex-girlfriend and detectives from the Plano Police Department. The morning began with Judge Mark Rusch directly questioning...
Arochi Trial: September 13
The trial of Enrique Arochi, continued with Hunter Foster, the victim’s boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, taking the stand at 12:45 p.m. Judge Mark Rusch had granted Foster immunity from being charged with non-violent drug crimes earlier in the day. Rusch explained that in exchange for truthful testimony for the...
Arochi Trial: September 12
A more solid picture of what happened in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2014 is starting to form for jurors in the case of Enrique Arochi, the man accused in the disappearance of UTD alumna Christina Morris. Morris was last seen on security footage walking with Arochi in...
Arochi Trial: September 9
More witnesses testified on day three of the trial of Enrique Arochi, including Morris’ former boyfriend. Logan Prendergast, who said he dated Morris on and off since seventh grade, testified that they lived together in an apartment in Addison before breaking up in 2013. That’s when she moved to Forth Worth...
Arochi Trial: September 8
Jurors in the 401st Judicial District Court in the Collin County Courthouse in McKinney heard testimony on Thursday from several witnesses on the second day of the trial of Enrique Arochi. The 26-year-old man is accused in the disappearance of Christina Morris, the UTD alumna missing since 2014. Arochi, who plead not...
Arochi Trial: September 7
Jury selection continued today for the trial of Enrique Arochi, who has pled not guilty to the aggravated kidnapping of Christina Morris, a UTD alumna. Defense attorney Keith Gore is representing Arochi, with Collin County attorney Zeke Fortenberry prosecuting during the trial. Mark Rusch is the judge presiding over the...