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March 15, 2013 8:05 AM
Photos: Dystiny Myers murder trial
San Luis Obispo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Tim Covello shows the jury the brass knuckles he says were used in the murder of Dystiny Myers during his closing argument Thursday, March 21, 2013, in San Luis Obispo.
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Rhonda Wisto, left, and her son Jacob York appear in court Thursday, March 21, 2013, in San Luis Obispo.
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San Luis Obispo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Tim Covello holds up a bat he argues was used in the murder of Dystiny Myers as he makes his closing argument in the murder trial of Rhonda Wisto and her son, Jacob York, on Thursday, March 21, 2013, in San Luis Obispo.
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Michael Cummings, defense attorney for Rhonda Wisto, makes his closing argument in court Thursday, March 21, 2013. in San Luis Obispo. Wisto and her son, Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Gerald Carrasco, defense attorney for Jacob York, makes his closing argument in court Thursday, March 21, 2013, in San Luis Obispo. York and his mother, Rhonda Maye Wisto, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Rhonda Wisto and her son, Jacob York, in appear in San Luis Obispo Superior Court on Tuesday, March 19. They are on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers.
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Dystiny Myers' mother, Aileen, looks skyward as she talks about her daughter being an angel in her address to Cody Lane Miller on Tuesday, March 19.
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Cody Lane Miller, flanked by his lawyer, Gael Mueller, addresses the family of Dystiny Myers after pleading guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday, March 19, in San Luis Obispo.
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Jason Adam Greenwell prepares to read a letter of apology he wrote to the family of Dystiny Myers in court Tuesday, March 19.
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Cody Lane Miller is sworn in Monday next to his attorney, Gael G. Mueller, in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. Miller reneged on his deal to testify in the trial of Frank Jacob York and his mother, Rhonda Maye Wisto, who face murder charges in the killing of Santa Maria teenager Dystiny Myers.
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Jason Adam Greenwell demonstrates how Ty Michael Hill bound a drugged Dystiny Myers before she was beaten and killed on Monday, March 18, in San Luis Obispo Superior Court.
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Rhonda Maye Wisto and son Frank Jacob York watch testimony at their trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers on Monday, March 18.
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Cody Lane Miller is escorted into the courtroom by correctional officer Kenneth Christensen on Monday, March 18.
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Rhonda Maye Wisto and her son, Frank Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Rhonda Maye Wisto and her son, Frank Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Sheriff's detectives Patrick Zuchelli, left, and Robert Burgeson interview Frank Jacob York (center) in custody the day after Dystiny Myers was murdered. (Photo has been converted to black and white due to color shifts from projector.)
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James Camp, a DA investigator, shows a letter mailed from jail to a "Grandma Whaley" from Rhonda Wisto, the artist "Tabby" Tabatha Brown and Wisto's son, Frank Jacob York. York and Wisto are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers. Brown was a cellmate of Wisto.
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Michael Hoier, formerly with the Sheriff's Office Gang Task Force, holds up a Nazi-themed photo of a woman wearing a swastika and iron cross recovered from the garage of Rhonda Maye Wisto.
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Tabatha Brown was in the same jail cell as Rhonda Maye Wisto. Wisto and her son, Frank Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Tabatha Brown was in the same jail cell as Rhonda Maye Wisto. Wisto and her son, Frank Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Damon Anderson is an inmate who used to be in jail next to Frank Jacob York. He spoke of a skinhead code against killing children.
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Damon Anderson an inmate who used to be in a jail cell next to Frank Jacob York, being sworn in in court. He knew Dystiny Myers.
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Jeanine West, a San Luis Obispo sheriff's forensic specialist, holds up a bat, which was allegedly used to beat Dystiny Myers, in court Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in San Luis Obispo, where Rhonda Wisto and her son Jacob York are on trial for the murder of Myers.
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Kenneth Jones, a San Luis Obispo sheriff's forensic specialist, holds up a sword recovered during the investigation into the murder of Dystiny Myers in court Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in San Luis Obispo, where Rhonda Wisto and her son Jacob York are on trial for the murder of Myers.
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San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Detective David Walker holds up a revolver recovered during the investigation into the murder of Dystiny Myers during his testimony in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo where Rhonda Wisto and her son Jacob York are on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers. (AP Photo/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo), Joe Johnston)
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Assistant District Attorney Tim Covello makes his opening statements in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo, where Rhonda Wisto and her son, Jacob York, were on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Jacob York appears in court Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in San Luis Obispo where he and his mother Rhonda Wisto are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers. (AP Photo/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo), Joe Johnston, Pool)
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Rhonda Wisto appears in court Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in San Luis Obispo where she and her son Jacob York are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Michael Cummings, the defense attorney for Rhonda Wisto, makes his opening statements in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo, where Wisto and her son Jacob York are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Gerald Carrasco, the defense attorney for Jacob York, makes his opening statements in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo, where York and his mother Rhonda Wisto are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Rhonda Wisto, left, and her son, Jacob York, appear in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo. The pair are on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers.
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Rhonda Wisto, appears in court Monday, March 11, 2013, in San Luis Obispo. She and her son, Jacob York, are on trial for the murder of Dystiny Myers.
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Dystiny Myers' mother, Aileen, cleans the headstone of Dystiny's grave in 2012.
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Dystiny Myers' mother, Aileen Myers, right, and grandmother, Kathy Clark, share a quiet moment while visiting Dystiny's gravesite at the Santa Maria Cemetery.
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Family members hug before the start of the memorial for Dystiny Myers in Santa Maria in October 2010.
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Quentin Johnson remembered his friend Dystiny Myers at the memorial service Wednesday.
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Kathleen Clark, grandmother of Dystiny Myers, thanked the congregation for their support and asked for prayers for the difficult days ahead. Flanking Clark are family members Adam Myers, left, and Andrew Myers, right.
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Evidence markers line Parkhill Road in near where a body was found after a fire east of Santa Margarita on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. The body was later identified as that of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers.
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