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Closing arguments heard in 1982 cold case murder

Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the trial of a cold-case murder suspect, now 62, accused of killing a 25-year-old Delta Air Lines reservation clerk 40 years ago in Honolulu.

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Thomas Lewis Garner is escorted into the courtroom of Judge Rowena Somerville. An Oahu jury heard closing arguments on Thursday. The jury trial began June 30 for Garner, a Florida dental hygienist and Navy veteran, in the 1982 murder of Kathy Warnette Hicks, a 25-year-old Delta Air Lines reservation clerk 40 years ago in Honolulu.
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Thomas Lewis Garner, right, takes a seat in the courtroom.
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Judge Rowena Somerville, middle, talks with city prosecuting attorney Scott Bell, left, and deputy public defender Edward Aquino.
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City prosecuting attorney Scott Bell makes closing statements.
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Thomas Lewis Garner, middle, sits with public defender Edward Aquino.
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Thomas Lewis Garner, second from right, sits with public defender Edward Aquino, right.
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Thomas Lewis Garner, middle, sits with public defender Edward Aquino, right.
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Evidence is shown on the projector screen.
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City public defender Edward Aquino stands up in objection during the trial.
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Thomas Lewis Garner sits in the courtroom on Thursday.

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