Startling testimony in Kerrville torture case shocks jurors
In Kerrville Texas jurors hear deaths threats charred bone evidence and a radio style torture tape in the trial of Walter Ellebracht Sr Walter Ellebracht Jr and Carlton Caldwell accused of forcing hitchhiker Anthony Bates to endure torture and death at the Ellebracht ranch. Forensic expert Clyde Snow testified on 166 bone fragments including at least eleven human remains. Another witness Daryl Hunsaker testified to torture sessions and admission of cattle prod shocks. The trial expected to run up to four months with cross examinations focusing on witnesses with criminal records.