After prosecutors called their final witnesses today — several expert witnesses who testified about DNA links and blood stain patterns — the state has rested its case against Joshua Rosa. The defense will begin witness testimony after a lunch break. ...more

July 17, 2008

A second attempt to try Phillup Alan Partin on a first-degree murder charge in the July 2002 slaying of a 16-year-old runaway is scheduled to begin Jan. 7, the judge in the case ruled Friday. ...more

October 13, 2007

Tara Ramsdell waited five years for the trial of Phillup Alan Partin, the man investigators say killed her daughter. ...more

October 10, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY – A judge granted a mistrial today in the case of Phillup Alan Partin because of the last-minute discovery of an FDLE report last week. Partin, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2002 death of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. He faces the death penalty if found guilty as charged. Ashbrook's body was found in the woods off Shady Hills Road on Aug. 1, 2002. ...more

October 9, 2007

The murder trial of Phillup Alan Partin stands on the precipice of mistrial after his attorneys learned for the first time Friday that DNA tests were conducted on a controversial blood stain. ...more

October 6, 2007