MURDER TRIAL BEGINS OF MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING GIRLFRIEND, DAUGHTER

Opening statements began on Monday in the double-murder trial of a Riverview man accused of killing his girlfriend and 9-year-old daughter in 2018 and trying to kill his son.

Ronnie O’Neal III, 32, is accused of killing Kenyatta Barron and Ron’Niveya O’Neal and trying to kill his son, who was eight years old at the time.

The state began its opening statement Monday by playing the 911 call Kenyatta Barron made right before midnight on May 18, 2018, to jurors. Continue Reading