BREVARD COUNTY, Fla.,None — Closing arguments are under way Monday in the trial of a Palm Bay man who investigators say killed a romantic rival, then burned his body inside a car.
Keith Batchelor could face life in prison after being accused of kidnapping and killing Isaiah Marks in January 2009.
Prosecutors said Batchelor killed Marks after he moved in with Batchelor's ex-girlfriend.
Batchelor's attorneys say prosecutors have very little evidence against him.
Defense attorneys will argue that the medical examiner couldn't determine cause of death and there is no evidence Batchelor was anywhere near the victim's car.
Prosecutors argued Monday that the only explanation for the fire that burned Marks car was to cover up a killing and the only one who wanted Marks dead was Batchelor.
Marks was found in the backseat of his car after smoke was spotted behind a vacant home.
Prosecutors said Batchelor's cell phone records tracked his movements around Palm Bay the day of the killing and said he came up with a fake alibi.
The defense, though, pointed out there was one other fingerprint on the car and it wasn't the defendant's, and the cellphone records cant pinpoint exactly where a caller is.
The prosecution's case is based solely on circumstantial evidence.
The jury is expected to have the case later Monday afternoon.
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