Case of Pa. lawmaker's missing son winds down
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - June 27, 2008 Defense attorney Gary Silver completed a second day of testimony
Thursday by Kenneth Tuck and other defense witnesses.
They supported Tuck's story that he was home playing cards when
26-year-old Shamari Taylor, the son of House Democrat John Myers of
Philadelphia, was allegedly kidnapped by several men. Shamari
Taylor has not been seen since Aug. 26, 2006. His girlfriend,
23-year-old Caren Murphy, was abducted with him but released four
hours later.
Tuck, who is 36, is being retried on kidnapping, robbery,
conspiracy and gun charges in Taylor's disappearance.
Tuck's first trial in May 2007 ended with the jury unable to
reach a verdict.