5:00 Update

Lloyd's defense rest its case after he leaves the stand.

Court is in recess until Monday morning. The jury is expected to begin deliberations after attorneys on both sides present their closing arguments.

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4:00pm Update

On cross-examination, prosecutor Kim Parker asks if Lloyd thinks he can be a good father with drugs in the house.

Lloyd says he doesn't smoke drugs around his kids. Parker asks if he sends them to another room or outside. Lloyd says yes.

Parker then asks if that's why Brown was put outside on the other side of the fence -- because Lloyd thought it was better than cleaning up the drugs in the living room. Lloyd eventually says yes.

Parker asks if Lloyd ever woke his daughter and beat her for wetting the bed. Lloyd says he did not "beat" Brown, he "spanked" her, and admitted he had woken her to discipline her for wetting the bed.

Parker takes the belt police found and shows it to Lloyd. She asks if that the belt he used. Lloyd says know. Parker says the belt police found is fairly soft, but the leater belt Lloyd described would be firmer. Lloyd agreed.

Lloyd says Brown would cry like any other child after being spanked and put outside.

Parker asks if it makes Lloyd angry that his dogs would often use the bathroom inside the back utility room of the house. Lloyd says it would sometimes anger him. He says he didn't trust them alone in the yard because some were aggressive.

Asked if he used trash bags to scoop the dog excrament, Lloyd said he used old grocery bags. But a photo of the trash dumpster outside the home doesn't show any brown grocery bags. There is also a cushion in the dumpster missing a seat cover. Parker continues to point out what seem to be contradictions in Lloyd's testimony.

Look for the latest updates on KAKE News at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight.

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3:00pm Update

The last witness of the trial will be Jonell Lloyd himself. Lloyd is taking the stand in his own defense.

Lloyd says he has 2 children, and possibly 3 if Chavira Brown was actually his child. Brown's mother, Jessica Jackson, said there could have been another father to the child.

Lloyd says he learned he may have a daughter while serving time in a residential corrections program.

Lloyd saw Brown for the first time when she was only 6 or 7 months old.

Lloyd said he believed Brown was his daughter becuase he and friends agreed the baby looked like him. Lloyd says he didn't see Jackson or his daughter that often. Lloyd says he ran away from residential corrections after learning that his then-girlfriend, Tameika Loudermilk, had a baby. He stayed with her after leaving the corrections program.

Lloyd says he told Jackson she could call him if she ever needed anything.

Lloyd says he never asked for DNA testing to prove the daughter was his. He says he wanted to spend time with her. When the child would occasionally come over, she'd stay for a few hours or the night. Lloyd says she was often dropped off in dirty clothes.

Lloyd says Loudermilk didn't seem to care for Brown. Lloyd says Loudermilk thought she had given birth to Lloyd's first-born child, and seemed upset to learn that Chavira Brown may have been his true first-born.

Lloyd said Brown was dropped off at his house on Sunday, four days before she disappeared. He said he wanted to keep the baby for a month. Lloyd said he had no idea when Jackson would be back by to pick up the baby. Lloyd says he didn't talk to Jackson until the next day. The two agreed the baby could stay with him for a week.

Lloyd says he was the primary caregiver for Brown while she was in his care, but that he and Loudermilk shared responsibility for the child they had together.

Lloyd said Brown struggled with potty training, but that he tried to work with her to help her learn. He said he believed Jackson and the child's regular sitter were slacking off.

On the day prosecutors say Brown died, Lloyd says he tried to get his daughter to use the bathroom. He says she ended up soiling the floor next to the toilet, so "I spanked her."

He says he used a belt different from the one prosecutors showed the jury earlier this week.

Lloyd says he only hit her with the belt once that time.

On another occasion, Lloyd says he spanked her hard enough to draw blood, and knew he had lost control. He said it's wrong to lose control of your anger with a child.

Lloyd says he was spanked as a child.

Later in the day on July 31st, 2008, Lloyd says he left Brown with Loudermilk while he hung out and sold drugs to friends. Lloyd says he smoked marijuana that day, but does not believe it affected his behavior.

When Lloyd came back inside, he says Loudermilk met him and told him Brown had wet the bed again. Lloyd says he went into the bedroom and spanked the girl "6 or 7 times" in front of Loudermilk, then took her to the bathroom to clean her up.

He says after giving Lloyd a bath, he went to clean up the dog droppings in a back room of the house. There were 11 dogs in the home.

He says Loudermilk came to him a short time later and said she wasn't going to take care of Brown for him, that she was his child - not hers.

Lloyd says he took the child and put her on the backyard, but on the outside of the fence, because the dogs were out back.

After a few minutes, he says he couldn't find the baby and began a frantic search.

He says he told people the baby wandered off in Grove Park because he didn't to draw attention to his home where drugs were kept.

Lloyd swivels in his seat as he gives his testimony. He keeps eye contact with Osburn, occasionally looking up, down or away as he recalls some events.

Lloyd says before he ran from the house, he grabbed his "dope." He went to a friend's house. He says the pants authorities found with attic insulation on them are his, but he was not wearing them that day. He said he had worn them a few days earlier when he had gone into the attic to stash some drugs.

Lloyd says he ran because he knew there were warrants out for his arrest on other cases, and he didn't want to be caught. Lloyd says authorities found him at his cousin's home.

Lloyd says he told officers he had drugs in the pocket of his pants and that's why he ran.

Lloyd says he knew his daughter was dead from news reports, but didn't know how she had died.

Lloyd says never choked his daughter. He says he never struck her in a way that would cause the injuries seen in the autopsy photos.

Lloyd says he saw Loudermilk hit Brown once with a comb or brush on the head.

Asked if he ever put his daughter in a trash bag, Lloyd said "No." Asked if he knew who did, he said "No."

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2:00pm Update

Lloyd's defense attorney, Alice Osburn, tells the judge she has 3 more witnesses to call.

Lloyd's defense calls Det. Brian Hightower of the WPD. Hightower interviewed Tameika Loudermilk when she was taken to police headquarters on July 31, 2008.

Hightower took Loudermilk's phone and, with her permission, documented the contacts in the phone and the calls she had made and received.

On cross-examination, Hightower says Loudermilk told him she had seen Lloyd spank the child and seen the child crying, but did not see him kill Chavira Brown or hide her body in the attic. Loudermilk did mention to Hightower that she was scared.

Hightower says Loudermilk told him she had seen Jonell acting "weird and nervous" the day Brown vanished. Hightower also says Loudermilk told him Lloyd would get jealous when it appeared Brown liked Loudermilk more.

Hightower says Loudermilk told him that Lloyd would yell and spank Brown for soiling her diapers.

When asked if Loudermilk ever knew Lloyd to take Brown to Grove Park to play, Loudermilk told police that would be very unusual.

The second to last witness of the day is Michael Nagy with the WPD Exploited & Missing Child Unit.

Nagy says he also interviewed Loudermillk. Nagy told Loudermilk, "You work with me, I'll work with you and SRS to get your child back."

Nagy says Loudermilk still didn't give much information. Detectives felt she was holding back.

Nagy continued to press Loudermilk, saying her son would be sent to a foster home and she might not see him again if she wasn't honest with the information she had.

Nagy says Loudermilk continued to deny knowing anything.

Nagy told Loudermilk that she could be charged with murder if she knew something about the case and didn't come forward with the information. He then left her in the room to think things over.

On cross-examination, Nagy admits he was rough on Loudermilk, but that it got results that helped solve the case and find Brown's body.

Prosecutors ask if Nagy ever asked for anything but the truth from Loudermilk. Nagy says they only wanted to truth. Nagy says people often lie to protect others.

Before moving to the last witness, Lloyd asks his attorney to request Loudermilk's prior testimony from the time she implicated him in the crime be thrown out. Lloyd argues she made statements to the police under diress.

The judge says he will take the request under advisement and rule before sending the case to jury.

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Noon Update

Lloyd's defense attorney next calls several Wichita Police officers. One of them is detective Stacy Woodson. He spoke with Tameika Loudermilk outside her home near 15th and Green the night Chavira Brown vanished. Asked if she had seen or knew Lloyd, who also went by "Fido," Loudermilk said she had not seen him in months and had never seen his daughter.

Loudermilk later changed her story to police after they took her infant son into protective custody. She said Lloyd would not let her come out of her room the day Brown died. Loudermilk told police to check the attic.

Officer Donielle Watson takes the stand. He says Loudermilk denied having seen Lloyd for months. However, a neighbor told Watson Lloyd had been at the house that day. When told about this, Watson says Loudermilk began to cry. Watson was the officer who arrested Loudermilk for obstruction. Watson says Loudermilk never told him Lloyd had killed the child or put the body in the attic.

Watson says at one point, Loudermilk's phone rang. Watson asked to speak to whoever was on the other end. The caller hung up.

Det. Fatkin said earlier this morning that Lloyd had called Loudermilk, and hung up after a police officer answered the phone.

Watson says Loudermilk did not tell him she was afraid of Lloyd. However, Loudermilk told him she was kept in a locked room the entire day.

The judge excuses the jury for the lunch recess. Court resumes at 1:15.

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11:15am Update

Lloyd's defense calls his mother, Latrina Webb. She is currently serving time for theft. She has 57 convictions in her criminal record, and says she doesn't "have the best relationship" with law enforcement.

Webb is on the stand briefly. She says last summer she was out of jail, and spoke with Loudermilk after her son's arrest. Webb says Loudermilk's children were taken into police protective custody after Brown's disappearance. Webb claims Loudermilk was told she would get her kids back if she gave Lloyd up to police.

Paul Menafee is the next witness. He says he lived at Lloyd's home before the day Chavira Brown disappeared. He says he moved out a few months before the baby's death. Menafee says he's known Lloyd for years, and had seen Brown before.

Menafee visited Lloyd's home with Mike Burris (who testified for the prosecution) on the day Brown vanished. He says he saw the girl playing in the front yard. He said she didn't have any visible injuries, and that he had never seen Lloyd strike the child.

Prosecutor Kim Parker asks Menafee about his interview with police.

Look for an update on KAKE News at 11:30.

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10:45am Update

Prosecutors rest their case against Jonell Lloyd. Court is in recess for a few minutes. Osburn has indicated she will call witnesses in Lloyd's defense.

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10:30am Update

During the interview, Fatkin says Lloyd started crying. Lloyd told detectives he woke up the morning Brown disappeared and started his day as normal. He said Tameika told him the girl had wet the bed in the night. Lloyd told police he took Brown to the bathroom, then left to make her a PB&J sandwich. When he returned, Lloyd said Brown was crying on the toilet, and that he took a belt and spanked her.

A short time later, he gave her a bath. He said he filled the tub about ankle-deep, placed Brown in the tub, then went back to the kitchen to smoke some marijauna.

After the bath, Lloyd said he placed Brown in the front room of the house to play while he cleaned up after the dogs in the house. Lloyd also told police he cleaned up various drug paraphenalia around the house.

Lloyd says he began to hear his daughter cry again. He went to her, picked her up, and took her outside the house, placing her just outside the back door. Lloyd said he left her there and returned inside the house to continue cleaning.

Lloyd told police he could still hear Brown crying. Fatkin says Lloyd told him she was afraid of the dogs in the backyard. At one point, Lloyd said he was frustrated with the crying.

Lloyd told police he went back outside and placed Brown on the other side of a chain-linked fence, between the fence and the street. Fatkin said the child would have been about 8 to 10 feet from the street.

After a few minutes, Lloyd said he went outside to check on the baby and discovered she was missing. He told police he did a thorough search off the home and walked up and down the street looking for the baby before calling anybody.

Prosecutor Kim Parker asks Fatkin to repeat what Lloyd said about going back inside the house to search after admitting he placed the child outside the boundaries of the yard near the street of the house.

Lloyd told police he took the phone of his then girlfriend, Tamkeika Loudermilk, and tried calling the girl's mother, Jessica Jackson. This was about 2:00 in the afternoon. Lloyd said he couldn't get in touch with Jackson, so he called Chavira Brown's regular sitter, LaDonta Alford.

Lloyd said he was able to reach Alford, and told her Brown was missing in Grove Park.

Asked by police why he didn't tell Alford the child had gone missing from Lloyd's home, Lloyd said he didn't want to tell them the child had disappeared from a crack house.

Lloyd said after talking to Jackson and telling her to check the Wichita Children's Home, he grabbed his stuff and left.

Fatkin described the conditions inside the home when police investigated. He says they found dog feces and urine in many rooms, "if not all over the house."

Lloyd said he spanked Brown with a belt because he would sometimes "lose control" of his hands. Asked if Lloyd ever beat his dogs for soiling the carpets, he said "You can't beat a dog, you'll get in trouble."

Lloyd told police he had spanked Brown on several occasions in the days leading up to her disappearance. He said he spanked her so hard at one point, she began to bleed.

Fatkin asked about bruising and scratching found on Brown's head. Lloyd told police the baby would sometimes scratch and hurt herself.

Lloyd told police Chavira Brown would not even come to him, saying she didn't like him. Lloyd said he had a much better relationship with his other children from his relationship with Tameika Loudermilk.

When Fatkin began asking about the attic of the home, Lloyd said he used to hide drugs and paraphenalia up there, but had stopped because it was an area police were sure to check.

Lloyd never told police he put Brown's body in the attic.

Prosecutor Kim Parker asks Fatkin to go back to the part where he asked Lloyd about using his hands to discipline. Lloyd said he didn't use his hands because "I know if I start hitting somebody with my hands, it's too late."

Lloyd told Fatkin that Loudermilk had little, if anything, to do with Brown because she wasn't her daughter. He said Loudermilk would not handle or care for Brown unless he asked.

During cross examination, defense attorney Alice Osburn, asks if Lloyd ever told police he was responsible for Brown's death, or the bruises and bumps found on her head. Fatkin says Lloyd never admitted to those acts.

However, Fatkin says Lloyd did admit to spanking Brown and realizing he had lost control when she bled. Fatkin says Lloyd believed Brown was behind others her age in being potty trained.

Lloyd also denied any episode of violence happening in the living room. Ealier this week, Loudermilk testified she saw Lloyd choking the child in the living room.

Osburn asks if Lloyd told authorities Loudermilk distanced herself from Brown. Fatkin says yes.

Osburn says Lloyd was upfront during his questioning -- he was honest about the drugs and other illegal items in the house.

Osburn points out Lloyd admitted to leaving the scene in part because of outstanding warrants for his arrest, but reiterates he never admitted to actually killing Brown or placing her body in the attic.

After a few more brief questions by prosecutors, Fatkin is excused from the witness stand.

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10:00am Update

WPD homicide detective Tom Fatkin is the first witness of the morning. He was involved in the search for Jonell Lloyd after the discovery of his daughter's body.

Fatkin says he received a call at 3:00 in the morning on Aug. 3, 2008, two days after the discovery of Brown's body in the attic of Lloyd's home. The call was from WPD Lt. Ken Landwehr, saying Lloyd had been found sleeping on a couch at a home in the 5200 block of E. Morris.

Lloyd was arrested and taken to police headquarters for questioning. Fatkin interviewed Lloyd.

Prosecutors are asking Fatkin about the procedure leading up to interviewing Lloyd, including reading him his rights and making sure he understand all the questions he is asked.

Fatkin says Lloyd told him he had recently smoke marijauna in the hours before his arrest. However, Fatkin says Lloyd did not appear confused or disoriented. Fatkin says Lloyd told him he was clear and aware of what was going on.

Lloyd agreed to speak with authorities and signed a form allowing himself to be interrogated.

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9:30am Update

Before trial gets underway, one of the jurors is brought out. The juror burned her hand on a stove after trial ended Wednesday evening. The juror says she suffered 1st and 2nd degree burns and was given a prescription painkiller by a doctor.

Questioned by the judge and attorneys, the juror says her pain is manageable and she does not feel as though her judgement is clouded by the medication. She is allowed to remain on the jury.

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9:00am Update

After three days of testimony, prosecutors in the trial against Jonell Lloyd are expected to rest their case sometime Thursday morning.

Lloyd is accused of beating 18-month-old Chavira Brown on July 31, 2008, after prosecutors say the girl soiled her diapers. Prosecutors say Lloyd then took the unconscious baby, placed her in a sofa cushion, wrapped the cushion in trash bags, and hid the baby in the attic. Police originally searched nearby Grove Park after being told the baby had wandered off.

Prosecutors say Brown was likely still alive at the time she was put in the attic and would have suffocated inside the trash bags.

Lloyd is charged with first degree murder and child abuse. Lloyd says he did not kill Brown. His defense attorney argues the key witness in the case is not credible because her story to police changed.

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