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Addressing jurors Friday, defense
attorney Julie Kaelin claimed police
failed to properly investigate another
potential suspect for accusing her client,
Murder case ends in hung jury
Prosecution plans third trial to 'seek justice for Ja’Vion'
By Carly Besser
Sunday, June 15, 2014 at 4:30 am (Updated: June 15, 4:30 am)
Sighs of frustration and exhaustion reverberated from both sides of the courtroom when a
jury confirmed it could not reach a unanimous verdict Friday in the murder retrial of Jarrod
Davis.
The decision came after 6.5 hours of
deliberation and multiple notes to the
judge, mentioning no collective decision
could be reached.
Davis, who is accused of killing his 36-day-
old son, will remain incarcerated on
Father’s Day.
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney
Teresa Logsdon said despite the
frustration of another hung jury, the
prosecution will seek a third trial.
“It’s obviously disappointing, but I
appreciate the efforts of the two jury panels
that heard this case,” Logsdon said. “We’re
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potential suspect for accusing her client,
Jarrod Davis, of killing his infant son. The
trial, which was conducted before Circuit
Judge Ken Howard, right, ended with a
hung jury. Davis remains in jail pending
a third trial.
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going to continue to try and seek justice for
Ja’Vion.”
Jurors began deliberation at approximately
11:30 a.m. after hearing closing arguments
from the commonwealth and defense. They
returned to the courtroom to sign off on the
mistrial at 6 p.m.
In the defense’s closing statement, Davis
was characterized as a loving father with no
motive to kill his son.
“He was invested in this family,” defense attorney Julie Kaelin said. “He was invested in
those boys. He loved them ... This is not a man who is detached from his family.”
Kaelin said detectives from the Radcliff Police Department did not focus on the possibility
of Charla Farrar, Davis’ former girlfriend and Ja’Vion’s mother, being a possible suspect in
the case.
Kaelin used the testimony of Anneleise Farrar, Charla’s stepmother, to portray Charla as
an aggressive disciplinarian toward children. Anneleise Farrar testified Thursday that
Charla physically disciplined her granddaughter, who was described as having a
handicap.
“Nobody said they ever saw Jarrod hurt a child,” Kaelin said. “That’s more than we can say
for Charla.”
Logsdon, who provided the closing statement for the prosecution, described Davis as an
unfit father who became tangled in multiple lies and grave inconsistencies in his
statements.
“Jarrod was the only person with the motive to lie,” Logsdon said. “We know, without a
doubt, he lied over and over and over again.”
In response to the defense’s claims police didn’t perform a proper investigation, Logsdon
said Lt. Mac Slack, lead detective, took the proper steps by using alternative light sources to
look for blood and other bodily fluids at the scene, interviewing neighbors and interviewing
family members living in the apartment on University Drive.
Strong emphasis was placed by both parties on the statements of Dr. Tracy Corey, a
forensic pathologist who testified on behalf of the prosecution. After performing Ja’Vion’s
autopsy, the chief medical examiner for the commonwealth concluded his multiple injuries
were sustained in an assault.
“None of (Corey’s findings) tells you who caused (the injuries),” Kaelin said. “Not even
according to Dr. Corey.”
The defense argued the injuries could have been caused by Charla, who would have been
alone with the child while Davis was in the basement playing video games with Matthew
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Farrar, Charla’s brother. Kaelin made references to the unplugged baby monitor and
Matthew’s testimony when he said Davis was normal and sleepy during their interaction. According to the defense, the
interaction between Matthew and Davis occurred around the estimated time of Ja’Vion’s death.
Logsdon referred to the defense’s strategy of targeting Charla as a “red herring,” used to deliberately distract the jury
from the evidence against Davis.
“Why didn’t Charla just leave the baby in the crib and go off to work?” Logsdon said. “If she killed him in the middle of the
night and found him laying unresponsive, how about go back downstairs, run off to school, take the kids to school and
say nothing? Why did she scream?”
Logsdon went on to compare the trial to a game of baseball, with Davis having three strikes against him.
The first strike was the death of the infant, the second strike was that the infant had multiple injuries and the third was
that Davis admitted to being the last one alone with the infant.
“Be the umpire,” Logsdon said to the jury. “Tell this defendant that he struck out. This man is guilty of murder.”
Logsdon said the commonwealth will be discussing the third trial date before Circuit Judge Ken Howard on June 24.
Carly Besser can be reached at 270-505-1740 or cbesser@thenewsenterprise.com.
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