Posted on 05/06/2004 10:28:59 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
CBS 11 | cbs11tv.com
Testimony To Begin Monday In Rowlett Capital Murder Trial
May 3, 2004 9:30 am US/Central
Testimony is set to get underway Monday in the case of a Rowlett teen, charged with capital murder in the beating death of a donut shop owner.
Prosecutors are planning to ask jurors to hand 19-year-old Anthony DeWayne Doyle a death sentence for the January 16, 2003 beating death of Hyun Mi Cho.
In a confession to police, Doyle, who was 18 at the time of the offense, says he ordered two-dozen donuts and two-dozen burritos from Chaha Donuts in Rowlett around 11am.
Doyle says he waited with a baseball bat, intending to rob the 37-year-old woman when she arrived at his house in the 3400 block of Jones Drive.
When Cho informed Doyle that she did not have any money, Doyle writes, "I struck her in the head two times... after the second strike, I realized what I was doing and that I had really screwed up badly, so I dropped the bat and started to clean up the blood."
Doyle told police that a friend arrived shortly after the attack. That friend, Doyle says, helped him remove the body from the house. "He then went outside and got our big green trash bin," Doyle admits, "(he) brought it into the kitchen area and turned it on its side and shoved the lady into the bin. I then helped him sit the garbage bin upright. When I looked into the bin, the woman looked as if she were breathing, and she also moved her arms as if she were trying to get up."
Doyle said he used household cleaners and paint to cover up the blood inside the house. He says he then took Cho's car keys and drove to a friend's house, where they used the woman's credit cards and cell phone to make purchases.
Doyle claims he planned the robbery due to intense pressure from his parents and girlfriend to secure a job and earn money to help take care of his then 3-week-old daughter.
Cho’s body was discovered later than day, stuffed inside a trash can, across the alley from Doyle's residence. Police began searching for her after she did not return from the delivery to Doyle's home.
In an affidavit, police describe noticing a strong odor of fresh paint, bleach and household cleaners, upon entering Doyle’s home. They also discovered a large, wet stain on the carpet inside the home, as well as blood spatters on the kitchen walls.
Doyle was arrested the next day in Dallas. Witnesses reported seeing him driving Cho’s car and using her cell phone. Detectives also say after his arrest, Doyle led them to the locations where he’d hidden his bloody clothing and the bloody baseball bat.
According to prosecutors, as a juvenile, Doyle was sent to the Texas Youth Commission after being convicted of assault and evading arrest. At the time of his January 2003 arrest, Doyle was wanted for a probation violation and had been out of work for several months.
Doyle remains in Dallas’ Lew Sterrett Justice Center in lieu of a $750,000 bond.
He beat her with a baseball bat and threw her body in the trash.
And left her there even after he saw she was still alive.
Then stole and used her car, credit cards and cell phone.
Man. Juice this one.
Hit him with a bat a couple of times first.
bump !
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