CROWN POINT â A defense attorney told jurors Tuesday the murder case against her client would include inconsistent statements from multiple witnesses and possible leads that were not investigated. Joseph James Allen Gilbert, also known as Joseph Lyell, is standing trial this week on charges alleging he murdered Michael Brown, 20, of Valparaiso, during a drug deal gone bad Oct. 7, 2017, outside Gilbert's home in the 2400 block of Connecticut Street in Gary. Defense attorney Kerry Connor said she and her client were sympathetic to the pain Brown's death caused to his family, but she asked jurors to remember Gilbert is presumed innocent until proven guilty.