Overview
- Jury selection in Rashaun Jones’s trial was delayed to Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Miami, according to local court reporting.
- Jones, arrested in 2021 in connection with the 2006 killing, has rejected a plea offer and maintains he had no role in Pata’s death.
- Prosecutors say new evidence revived the case and later acknowledged that a key witness previously believed to be deceased is alive.
- ESPN’s multi-year inquiry gathered more than 5,000 records, interviewed over 100 people, and included a lawsuit to obtain police investigative files.
- ESPN’s seven-part podcast, “Murder at The U,” presenting its findings is scheduled to debut on Feb. 12.