BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The trial for the man accused of murdering local civil rights activist, 75-year-old Sadie Roberts-Joseph, in 2019 is underway.

44-year-old Ronn Bell appeared in court as the victim's family testified.

Jurors heard from Sadie Roberts-Joseph's daughter and an investigator who worked on the case.

A great-grandmother and a woman who worked tirelessly as the founder of the Baton Rouge African American Museum is how Robert-Joseph's daughter, Angela Machen, described her mother in court. A life that prosecutors say was ended when Ronn Bell strangled Roberts-Joseph to death back in 2019.

Another witness called to the stand was former BRPD officer Lindsey Keller Lacoste, who worked on the case.

She told the court that Bell was a tenant of Roberts-Joseph's,

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