At least some evidence is still pending in the triple-murder case of Christian “Kit” Martin, who appeared from the jail via zoom for a hearing Wednesday morning in Christian Circuit Court.
Defense attorney Olivia Adams says she’s requested three items of discovery from the Commonwealth and asked that a court date scheduled for next week be vacated for the time being.
Assistant Attorney General Alexander Garcia says cell phone data is the only evidence that the defense is lacking and they’re working on it.
Judge John Atkins scheduled another hearing for December 30 and urged both sides to file any new motions they might need to discuss prior to that date.
Martin is charged with three counts of murder, arson, attempted arson, first-degree burglary and three counts of tampering with physical evidence. Each count of the indictment alleges Martin acted “alone or in complicity with others or another.”
On November 18, 2015, Calvin Phillips was found shot to death in his home located on South Main Street in Pembroke. The bodies of Pamela Phillips and their neighbor, Edward Dansereau were found a few miles away in a corn field near Rosetown Road in a burned up car owned by Mrs. Phillips. Martin could face the death penalty, if convicted.