BEAVER, Pa. — Making his way to the courtroom, Tyrik Jones was silent; but in court, his attorney was not.
“Wasn’t anyone on my side of the courtroom except his dad and his mom, and these people don’t have money but we have the truth on our side and the truth is mighty and will prevail,” said Milton Raiford who was Jones’ defense attorney.
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That fight didn’t change the case in the judge’s eyes, as all charges including homicide and rape were held in court. The evidence presented showed surveillance video from around the walking trail where Rebecca Miller was found murdered. Jones was the last person she was seen walking down that trail with on camera.
“We’ve seen the videos of them walking, umbrella walking in the rain but there is no evidence of forcible rape and there’s no evidence my client killed her. The weapon is a knife, and they never recovered a weapon at the scene,” Raiford said.
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But District Attorney Nate Bible said they don’t need the murder weapon to get justice. He believes the full story will come out as the case makes its way through court.
“I think it’s very clear he was the last one with her. Again, I don’t want to say too much but there is additional evidence to show he is that guy,” Bible said.
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Bible said that’s on top of the DNA evidence matching Jones from Miller’s rape kit.
“We wouldn’t be bringing the charges if we weren’t confident that. Yeah, he is the guy,” Bible said.
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As for the relationship between Jones and Miller, Jones told police they were just friends.
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