The lead detective in the investigation into the ambush murder of rapper Charles "Julio Foolio" Jones Jr. returned to the witness stand on Tuesday (May 5).
Juan Ramos of the Tampa Police Department testified for three hours in direct-exam with Assistant State Attorney Anna Ismer, continuing a direct-exam that began Monday.
He detailed evidence obtained from cell phones and social media accounts belonging to the four defendants: Isaiah Chance, Davion Murphy, Rashad Murphy and Sean Gathright.
02:41 "We started seeing some relevant posts from Mr. Chances Instagram account on June 6."
03:24 "This is the beginning. It was posted at 3:40pm and specifically, there was a caption at the bottom of it, and then the picture of Mr. Chance and another gentleman doing signs with that lead gentleman doing the bully down sign."
08:08 Twitter Spaces conversation
09:37 " So the screen we're looking at now is directly from defendant Sean Gathright's milwaukee brewers brandon lockridge iCloud"
10:59 "So starting at the top there, this message in blue is coming from the defendant Rashad Murphy's phone being delivered to defendant Sean Gathright's phone."
12:49 "So from the device of Rashad Murphy's physical extraction, we located this profile picture on the left that was saved as an image on the device. And specifically that profile image was a profile picked to one of the victim's social media accounts."
25:58 Alicia Andrews' texts on her iCloud
43:17 "Did Charles Jones make an Instagram post at 2:20pm on the day before he was killed in the early morning hours of the 23rd?"
"Yes, he did."
48:56 screen recording from Gathright's phone while he was at the Airbnb in Tampa
01:06:17 "And are these the stories that you have recorded from Mr. Jones's Instagram account, or include the stories that you had had recorded?"
"Correct."
01:07:53 "This video is being recorded at the Airbnb where the pool party is happening before they go to Teasers."
01:15:24 texts and comms between Gathright and sister
01:18:03 "So at 1:34am Mr. Jones posts publicly to his account. The police shut us down bcnu strike vote and kicked us out of the Airbnb. That's crazy work."
01:30:32 "the two individuals at the top of the screen are those the individuals that you had previously described, dressed in the same manner as having been in the parking lot of the first club. Teasers"
"Correct."
01:34:34 "And what was of significance at the 418 timeframe?"
"So this time period is during the period that the victim and his entourage are loading into their vehicles. Their vehicles, getting ready to leave Truth 18, to head towards Home2 Suites. And what we can see in this image, in the top center, in the yellow circle there is actually Sean Gathright's black Impala staged across the street, within line of view of the victim's location."
01:46:46 Tesla footage
01:51:06 "shooter number three, as he's working his way back towards the Impala, is still shooting at the victim's vehicle, and that's muzzle flash you see from his rifle."
01:52:33 " So where it's frozen right now on the left side of the screen, we see shooter number two running northbound through the parking lot on the passenger side of the white van, working his way back towards the Impala."
"That's the victim's black Dodge Charger being driven by Xavier Edwards, speeding northbound through the parking lot."
01:59:00 "And had those individuals been killed by someone related to the case from the victim's side?"
"those two individuals were killed by Gino Norris's father, Gino Norris Sr."
02:01:51 "J Dot Breezy is a prominent rapper for 1200 gang with a rival gang to Mr. Jones. He's also the gentleman that sent Isaiah chance $390 before Isaiah chance to use that money to book the Airbnb that the defendants would stay at."
02:04:44 "And at 10:29am did Isaiah chance repost a post by will go crazy. If it ain't Don Julio, don't pass me no bottle?"
"correct."
02:15:04 "Yeah, these sga are all members who have died in the war."
02:15:31 "And does Mr. Breezy, J dot breezy make reference to the homicide of Charles Jones?"
"Yes, he does."
"Does he make reference to being physically involved or financially involved.?
"...he's indicating he financially sponsors the murder."
02:16:35 "from the physical device extraction for Rashad Murphy, was there a still or selfie image that was depicted on June 25?"
"Yes."
02:17:08 "Did that song make specific references to the homicide? In this case?"
"very specific."
02:29:29 cellular location records
02:32:50 "Did you cross reference that information for when the device returned to the Airbnb?"
"Yes."
"And were you able to confirm that device departing the Airbnb on the afternoon of June 23?"
"Yes."
"Is that confirmed by the video from the Ring camera?"
"It is."
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