Overview
- A protected witness told jurors she received a 2021 text from Alicia Andrews stating "he need to die" during exchanges about Jacksonville rap factions tied to the victim.
- Prosecutors said cellphone records show Andrews and boyfriend Isaiah Chance traveling in tandem from Jacksonville to Tampa, with devices later pinging near the Holiday Inn where Charles “Julio Foolio” Jones was shot.
- The state described an alleged Airbnb inquiry as the opening move in a coordinated plan, citing surveillance and phone data that placed Andrews’ device leaving lodging hours before the attack.
- Mr. Norris, a close friend of the rapper, delivered an emotional account of waking in a parked car to find Jones wounded before rushing into the hotel to seek help.
- Defense attorneys argued the trip was personal and that phone data does not prove Andrews participated in a murder plan; she is the first of five defendants, with the others set for trial next spring.