Parents of murdered teens give testimony in Issiah Ross trial
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>> TESTIMONY IS UNDERWAY IN THE
MURDER TRIAL OF A SAYING ROSS,
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING
LYRIC WOODS AND DEVIN CLARK
IN 2022. NEW TODAY. THE DEFENSE
IS ARGUING DEVIN CLARK SHOT
LYRIC WOODS NOT ROSS AND THE
PARENTS OF BOTH MURDER VICTIMS
TOOK THE STAND. WRAL'S MONICA
CASEY HAS BEEN IN THE COURTROOM
ALL DAY. MONICA, QUITE THE
EMOTIONAL DAY IN COURT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. TESTIMONY THIS
AFTERNOON HAS FOCUSED ON THE
EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE WITH A
SPECIALIST FROM THE ORANGE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TESTIFYING RIGHT NOW, THERE
WERE A LOT OF TEARS IN THE
COURTROOM THIS MORNING AS LYRIC
AND EVAN'S PARENTS TESTIFIED.
>> LYRIC WOODS AND DEVIN
CLARK'S PARENTS TOOK THE
WITNESS STAND TO RECALL THE
LAST TIME THEY SAW THEIR
CHILDREN SO FAR FETCHED.
AS YOU WOULD WANT TO HURT HER.
WYRICK TOLD HER MOTHER SHE WAS
GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER THAT
FRIDAY NIGHT AND TOLD HER DON'T
TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF BECAUSE
SHE ALWAYS TOOK REALLY ONLY
SHOWERS. NOT A LAST RESORT.
DEVIN'S FATHER THOUGHT HE WAS
WITH FRIENDS. I DON'T WANT TO
THINK.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALL.
THE BOWS ARE GONNA JUST POSTED
BY TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT.
BOTH FAMILIES REPORTED THEIR
CHILDREN MISSING. IT WASN'T
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN 2
WITNESSES FOUND THEIR BODIES
THAT THE FAMILIES LEARNED WHAT
HAD HAPPENED, BOTH DEAD OF
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AND THEN WE
WENT FROM THERE. PUTIN, A
FUNERAL.
>> DURING OPENING STATEMENTS
FOR THE DEFENSE.
ROSS'S ATTORNEY TOLD THE JURY
IT WAS DEVEN CLARKE, NOT ROSS
WHO SHOT LYRIC AND KILLED HER.
AND THEN ROSS ACTED IN
SELF-DEFENSE. HE ALSO HAD AN
EXPLANATION FOR ROSS GOING UP
TO DELAWARE AFTER THIS
INCIDENT. MEGAN CHLORINE WILL
BREAK ALL THAT DOWN COMING UP