Murder trial testimony: Suspect left for Mexico after stabbing

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Murder trial testimony: Suspect left for Mexico after stabbing

Witnesses describe Barrera-Rodriguez's movements, GBI interview

El Expreso Bus Company employee Guillermo Flores, left, aided by interpreter Guillermo Arenas, center, answers Assistant District Attorney Raymond Mayer's questions Wednesday morning in Hall County Superior Court during day two of testimony in the murder trial of Ofelia Barrera-Rodriguez.

0915BARRERA5 — El Expreso Bus Company employee Guillermo Flores, left, aided by interpreter Guillermo Arenas, center, answers Assistant District Attorney Raymond Mayer's questions Wednesday morning in Hall County Superior Court during day two of testimony in the murder trial of Ofelia Barrera-Rodriguez.

Updated: Sep 15, 2016, 4:20 AM

Published: Sep 15, 2016, 1:09 AM

Witnesses testifying in a murder trial Wednesday morning told the jury about Ofelia Barrera-Rodriguez’s movements and comments in the days after the death of Iris Romero-Banegas, 43. Barrera-Rodriguez, 49, of Gainesville, is charged with malice murder for allegedly stabbing Romero-Banegas on Dec. 28, 2014. Barrera-Rodriguez traveled to Mexico in late December 2014.

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