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Witnesses, police officer describe flat iron attacks by accused murderer By
Charleston police officer Austin Casto, far right, testified Wednesday.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Witnesses told a 12-member jury Wednesday that a longtime Charleston resident suffered a brutal death at the hands of Joshua Drennen, the man on trial this week who allegedly took part in a one-day violent crime spree on Charleston’s West Side last year.
Joshua Drennen
Drennen, 28, of Clendenin, allegedly killed Barbara Steele, 77, in her Georgia Street home and then later attacked another woman during a carjacking. He then attacked Charleston police officer Austin Casto before Casto shot him. He’s being trial on eight criminal counts including murder.