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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) A trial began yesterday in Beaver County for the suspect who is accused of allegedly killing twenty-year-old Treonna Washington in an Aliquippa alley on August 17th, 2024. According to multiple witnesses put on the stand by the prosecution, Jason Banks, Jr. was dating Washington. A witness testified that a party occurred with Washington and some of her friends on August 16th, 2024 when Banks showed up at the apartment of Washington in Linmar Terrace in Aliquippa. Washington was found dead the next day in an alley and the roommate of Banks will testify later this week. That roommate of Banks was the last person with Banks and Washington that was in the alley with them before Washington was killed. The roommate of Banks hearing a shot of a gun was what the prosecution told the jury. In its opening statements, the defense proclaimed that only three people were in the alley that Washington was killed at and they asked the jury to listen to every side. The defense also has a belief that the proof of this case will not be proven by the prosecution beyond a doubt that is reasonable. In terms of physical evidence, the jury got a statement from the prosecution that no gun was recovered and residue for gunshots are inconclusive, but later testimony will be when that will all be explained. The expected time of the case is set to go into the following week.