GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – The murder trial of Robin Root is now in the hands of a Kent County Circuit Court Jury. Closing arguments this morning concluded five days of testimony in the case of the 52-year-old Grand Rapids woman accused of knocking out 60-year-old Janna Kelly in an apparent landlord-tenant-related altercation nearly eight years ago, throwing the older woman into a car trunk and leaving her overnight to die. Root then allegedly drove Kelly to a field south of Grand Haven, poured gasoline on her body, and then dumped the vehicle. Kelly’s body was found three months later.
Testimony, Arguments End in Robin Root Murder Trial
By Gary Stevens
Nov 6, 2015 | 5:53 PM
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