Mom May Testify At Sons Murder Trial

Mom May Testify At Son's Murder Trial
[She took the fifth amendment on all questions asked her]

http://www.wftv.com/news/25445635/detail.html

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. --
A mother could soon be called to testify in her son's murder trial. Her son, Darryl Kenney, is accused of murdering his own father the day after Father's Day in 2008.
Sharon Kenney has been subpoenaed as a possible defense witness so she has not been allowed into the courtroom yet. She could testify about hundreds of letters detailing abuse that the defense is hoping will keep Darryl Kenney from spending the rest of his life in prison.
"The wound was through the lung and through the heart," a medical examiner explained on the stand.As the medical examiner showed jurors the numerous injuries that led to Gary Kenney's death, his 24- year-old son sat at the defense attorney's table expressionless."What was the cause of death?" an attorney asked."Homicide," the medical examiner replied.
Investigators say Darryl Kenney killed his father in a fight over guns that were hidden from him. He was captured trying to flee from the neighborhood.

Noticably absent from the courtroom, the victim's wife and the defendant's mother, Sharon Kenney, and her daughter Amanda.

Darryl Kenney's defense attorney told jurors his mother wrote him hundreds of letters describing abuse at the hand of Gary Kenney. Investigators say Darryl met with his mother at the mall on Merritt Island just after he killed his father and told her to stay away. Authorities believe he returned to try to dispose of the body.

Agents say a few days before the murder he told his sister Amanda about his plan to kill their father and to make sure family members weren't home at the time. Agents say nobody in the family ever called authorities to warn them about Darryl Kenney's alleged plans. Neither Darryl's mother or sister have been accused of any wrong-doing, but both have retained attorneys and could challenge attempts to testify on Darryl Kenney's behalf.

Darryl Kenney's defense attorney said just because he subpoenaed the relatives doesn't mean he will necessarily put them on the witness stand, but it remains an option.