FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) -- Testimony continued Tuesday afternoon as a Florence man stands trial for murder for the second time in the 2021 killing of a woman.

Derrick Brunson, 50, initially stood trial in July 2024, but a mistrial was declared because of a hung jury. He's accused of beating Katlyn Schippnick to death at a Florence County home on May 21, 2021. • Derrick Brunson stands trial for murder for second time / News13 photo: Curtis Graham • Derrick Brunson stands trial for murder for second time / News13 photo: Curtis Graham • News13 photo: Curtis Graham

A Florence County sheriff's office corporal who was called to the crime scene testified on Tuesday. He went through dozens of digital photos, which caused one of the jury members to become ill after seeing some of them. The ju

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