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Jurors begin deliberations in Austin Stryker murder trial
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Defense attorney Kyle Denslow speaks with defendant Austin Stryker on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, during closing arguments of Stryker's murder trial in Dawson County Superior Court. Stryker is on trial in the death of Hannah Bender of Lumpkin County in September 2019. - photo by Scott Rogers
Jurors began deliberations Tuesday afternoon in the trial of a 24-year-old Dawsonville man accused of fatally shooting and stabbing a 21-year-old woman.