Attorney Says No Evidence Links Defendant to the Murder of His Girlfriend

By Ting Hong [former] - May 5, 2023
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“Love and violence cannot walk hand in hand.” 

The prosecution addressed a jury on the first day of trial for a man accused of murdering 30-year-old Breonna Rogers before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Ausby on May 5. 

During opening statements on Friday, the prosecution said that defendant Major Kinchen shot Rogers in the neck and dumped her body in Druid Hill Park using her vehicle. 

Blood was found on the side of the apartment door that Rogers and the 33-year-old defendant shared and in Rogers’ car. 

On Jan. 19, 2021, Rogers asked a female acquaintance to look after her 3-year-old son while she went to work; however, Rogers never returned to pick up her son. 

On Jan. 20, 2021, Kinchen was called to ask about the victim’s whereabouts, to which he responded that he did not know. 

Defense attorney Matthew Connell insisted that the prosecution had no direct evidence that Kinchen committed the murder. 

Connell argued that although the prosecution had DNA tests, serology tests, bullet fragments, a firearm, and cell phone evidence, the assistant state’s attorney did not exhibit concrete evidence against Kinchen. 

“There’s literally no evidence,” Connell told the jury. 

According to the Maryland Judiciary website, Kinchen is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony violent crime, and possession of a firearm with a felony conviction in connection to the murder of Rogers on Jan. 19, 2021. 

Kinchen’s trial is set to continue on May 6.