Cell Phone Data Main Evidence for First-Degree Murder Case

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A 45-year-old first-degree murder defendant started the second day of his trial with testimony focused on evidence found on the defendant’s phone.

Keith Anderson, accompanied by his defense attorney, Michael Cooper, went in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer, for the second day of his bench trial. Anderson is charged with first-degree murder, firearm use in a felony violent crime and firearm possession with a felony conviction for the murder of his stepdaughter’s boyfriend, Markeece Jordan. His stepdaughter and Jordan were outside of a gas station when Anderson allegedly shot 29-year old Jordan.

The prosecution on May 29 mainly focused on an iPhone 12 that reportedly belonged to Anderson and yielded evidence for the trial.

One witness, a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said phone records he received from T-Mobile linked to Anderson’s phone showed that the phone was confirmed near York Street, St. Clair Street and 40th Street, near the gas station where Jordan was killed.

A detective with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), in the Special Activities Unit discussed the process for retrieving surveillance footage, and how he was asked to go to the 1900 block of Belair Road to collect footage from the BP gas station. The video showed an individual identified as Jordan being murdered, as well as the suspect’s clothing. The video also provided a precise timestamp for when the shooting happened.

Sixty-six phone calls were played in the courtroom. The first call was the call Anderson’s stepdaughter made to 911 as the shots rang out. She said, “You are not a very good killer!” The other calls that were played were ones Anderson made from jail where he talked allegedly about the crime, as well as numerous calls from Anderson’s stepdaughter,

Testimony is expected to continue tomorrow.