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Shank text message opens Gainesville murder trial
Man accused of stabbing victim to death
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Judge Bonnie Oliver presides over Hall County Superior Court Tuesday morning during the murder trial of Eric Aurelio Reyes. Reyes is charged with the Jan. 18, 2016, murder of Evan Isaac Rosas, 22, at The Preserve at Tumbling Creek Apartments.
The defendant in a murder trial sent a text message saying he would “shank” the victim if he entered a Gainesville apartment, according to testimony Tuesday. Eric Aurelio Reyes, of Gainesville, faces a murder charge among other counts in a February 2016 indictment. On Jan. 17, 2016, Reyes is accused of stabbing Evan Isaac Rosas, 22, at The Preserve at Tumbling Creek Apartments.