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First day of Fallon homicide trial focuses on night of the incident

Witness testimony and evidence largely focused on reconstructing the scene of the crime on the first day of the first trial related to the homicide of Fallon resident Isaac Carrier, as prosecutors and the defense attempted to frame when and where the crime occurred and who was there that night.

On trial is Jake Burghduff, a South Dakota resident accused of participating in the murder of Carrier and setting a fire in his apartment in Fallon on Jan. 23. Another South Dakota man, Sterling Brown, has also been charged in the ca...