KENOSHA, Wis. — The state rested its case on day seven of the ongoing murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse after calling on Dr. Doug Kelley, a forensics pathologist who performed the autopsies of both Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber.
The state called a total of 22 witnesses. It’s unclear how many witnesses the defense will call, but the trial is still on schedule. It is also unclear if Kyle Rittenhouse will take the stand himself.
Rittenhouse, from Illinois, is charged with killing two people and wounding a third during a police brutality protest in Kenosha, Wis., last year.
Rittenhouse faces six counts, including first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide, in the Aug. 25, 2020, deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, could face life in prison if convicted on the first-degree homicide charge.
He traveled across the state border from his home in Illinois to Kenosha, during protests in the city following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer. The case is polarizing across the political spectrum, with some seeing him as a vigilante, and others portraying him as a patriot who acted in self-defense.
