
Tyon Shuron, left, listens Monday as a state prosecutor presents closing arguments in Shuron’s murder trial at Sagadahoc County Superior Court in Bath. Shuron is accused of killing Andrew Sherman in 2019 at Sherman’s home in Richmond. Jessica Lowell/Kennebec Journal
BATH — After six days in court, a jury began to deliberate Monday afternoon on whether Tyon Shuron is guilty of murder and two other crimes.
Shuron, 46, of Augusta is accused of killing Andrew Sherman at Sherman’s home in Richmond in the early hours of Sept. 29, 2019.
Jennifer Ackerman, assistant attorney general, addressed the jury in Sagadahoc County Superior Court in Bath on Monday, tying together physical and electronic evidence gathered in the months following Sherman’s death.
Prosecutors say Shuron went to great lengths to eliminate any indication he had traveled with his girlfriend, Chanda Lilly, to Richmond on that night for a fatal confrontation over explicit photographs Sherman had taken of Lilly.
They also drew a picture of Shuron as a man who manipulated Lilly during the course of their relationship. It was only after they were separated that Lilly told police what had happened on the night of Sherman’s death.
Shuron’s defense lawyer, on the other hand, cast doubt on Lilly’s testimony, challenging the reliability of her memory in light of her mental health diagnoses.
In addition to the murder charge, Shuron has also been charged with felony murder — causing a death during an attempt to rob, murder or commit other crimes — and witness tampering, for his communications to Lilly while they were being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
In her closing arguments Monday morning, Ackerman showed how Sherman was linked to Lilly via her account with Model Mayhem, an online platform connecting models and photographers. And in turn, the account linked Lilly to Shuron.
Banda said Shuron acted stupidly in exchanging jail letters with Lilly and giving her legal advice to take back what she had told investigators.
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