Lacy Jolee Boles trial day 1: Opening statements, first witnesses and how did Dan Akers actually die?

Was it suicide…or was it murder made to look like suicide? That’s the question at the center of a gripping Georgia murder trial now underway.

Lacy Jo Lee Boles is accused of shooting her husband, Daniel Akers, in the face just days before Christmas in 2019.

But during opening statements today, the prosecution and defense told two dramatically different stories about what happened inside their home that night.

Was Dan a happy father with a future ahead of him, as prosecutors claim, or a financially desperate man who took his own life, as the defense argues?

A chilling nine-minute 911 call, conflicting accounts of the shooting, questions about the bullet’s trajectory, and a heated courtroom battle over the evidence are just some of the moments from day one.

Grace Wong joins Nate Eaton with her observations from the courtroom as we break down all the details.

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