Alibi witness says she doesn’t recall details of night her brother was killed

McKelton, 33, is accused of fatally strangling his girlfriend, Fairfield attorney Margaret

“Missy” Allen in August 2008, and ordering the execution-style shooting of Evans, 27, in February 2009 to keep him quiet.

The defense says Crystal Evans, the mother of McKelton’s infant son, is his alibi because she said he was with her, asleep on a couch, from 9 p.m. Feb. 27 until the next morning when her brother was shot in the head.

Crystal Evans’ response to many questions Friday was, “I don’t remember,” when pressed about what time McKelton came home Feb. 27 and if she is sure he never woke or left their Cincinnati home.

Looking at logs from calls placed to and from McKelton’s cell phone during early morning hours of Feb. 28, Evans counted 26 calls.

She testified McKelton was asleep with her on the couch all night, but Assistant Prosecutor Lance Salyers pointed out he was obviously awake, making and receiving phone calls. “Once I went to sleep, I woke up the next morning and he was still there,” Evans said. “That’s all I know.”

Evans testified her brother was known to carry a gun and wear a bulletproof vest, and that he trusted very few people due to “the lifestyle he was living.” Evans admitted she told detectives , “Whoever did this, it had to be someone close to him.” McKelton

was someone her brother trusted, she said, but Evans said when she asked McKelton if he had anything to do with his death, he promised he did not.

When the family gathered for Germaine Evans’ funeral, McKel-

ton did not attend, despite being a close friend, Evans said. When she got the call about a body found in Inland Park believed to be her brother, she went to the scene alone — McKelton did not offer to go with her.

In the months following her brother’s death, Evans said she lived with a friend . “No I wasn’t afraid of Calvin,” she said. “I was afraid to be at my house.”

During cross examination by defense attorney Greg Howard, Evans said she is not “covering” for McKelton and wants whoever killed her brother to go to prison.

After nearly five hours on the stand over two days, Evans’ voice choked when asked if she felt any guilt about her brother’s death. “I feel maybe I should have pried a little more.”

“I feel maybe I should have pried a little more.”