Carlos Hernandez and Joshua Zuazo are accused of posing as DTE workers, entering Hussein "Sam" Murray's home and killing him.

Two juries are hearing the case, one for each defendant, in Oakland County Circuit Court.

Murray was found slain in his basement nearly a year ago on Oct. 11, 2024. His wife, who was home, was hit and bound, prosecutors said.

The defense attorney for one of two men accused in the death of a Hamtramck jeweler inside his Rochester Hills home nearly a year ago told jurors there is no question that there was a crime, but "a question of who did it."

Michael McCarthy told jurors during opening statements Oct. 1 in Oakland County Circuit Court in the case against his client, Joshua Zuazo, that the question for them is "whether the correct person has been identified as

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