Ephrata Man Hopes Jury Believes ‘Coughing’ Put His DNA at Murder Scene

An Ephrata man is on trial for smothering his 82-yr-old landlady with a pillow.

He says he went to pay his rent, and a coughing fit put his DNA at the crime scene.

Police say she had shortly before told him she was evicting his family.

To read more of his defense and the case against him read here.