Testimony began on Wednesday in the capital murder trial for the suspect accused of killing former NFL and OU football player Du’Vonta Lampkin in Dallas.
During opening statements, the lead prosecutor painted Antwan Franklin as the mastermind behind the killing.The state showed the jury social media messages as evidence, saying they proved Franklin worked with a second suspect, Erik Garcia, to rob and kill Lampkin in May of 2022.Video featured on FOX 4’s Trackdown shows two men entering the Airbnb where Lampkin was staying in Downtown Dallas .One man is seen leaving with Lampkin’s backpack that was filled with thousands of dollars in cash.
"Antwan set up this robbery so that he too could profit off of it."Lampkin briefly played for the Tennessee Titans after three years of playing for the University of Oklahoma.He was in the process of moving back home to North Texas when he was killed.He was found dead by his best friend, who went to check on him the next day.He testified he was so distraught that his girlfriend at the time, who was not with him at the apartment, had to call 911."He was dead when I walked in.
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