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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A man went on trial Tuesday for smothering his girlfriend's 6-year-old son and stuffing the body in an unlit oven, with prosecutors urging jurors to reject the defendant's insanity plea and send him to prison.
Prosecutor Ed Shettle told jurors in his opening statement that Kenneth Pierott, 28, knew his actions were wrong when he killed Tre-Devin Odoms last year and therefore was not insane. He said Pierott hid the body in the oven to give himself time to flee.
"This is not a whodunit," Shettle said. "He hid that child long enough to get away from the crime scene. That is an indication he knew what he was doing was wrong."
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