She warned that if there were any further disturbance, she could have people removed from the courthouse. “Yes, I lied. Then, she and Ritchie drank Hennessy cognac and had sex on the living room floor. In October, Wiley pleaded guilty to lying to police during the murder investigation of the nine-year-old. But the defense is hoping to paint Eboni Wiley as a serial liar. She was 23. Wiley took 9-year-old Felecia Williams from her home to Ritchie's apartment the day the girl went missing. ", RELATED STORY: Girlfriend testifies in trial of Granville Ritchie, accused in slaying of girl, 9. ... Eboni Wiley lived nearby. Wiley went to buy marijuana – and Ritchie then strangled and assaulted the nine-year-old, prosecutors claimed. To do so, the defense must convince at least one juror that Ritchie should spend the rest of his life in prison. Those same jurors will now have to decide whether Ritchie should die for his crimes. Wiley wore a black blouse to court Tuesday, a contrast to the bright colors she had donned the day before. “Every second of those minutes is a second that this defendant could have stopped, a second this defendant could have used mercy.”. Ritchie was a stranger to Felecia, but they both knew Eboni Wiley. “It’s an opportunity to exhale,” he said. She lied to Felecia Williams’s mother, and to the police, when she first described the circumstances of the 9-year-old girl’s disappearance in May 2014. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. One witness was Eboni Wiley, who was supposed to be taking care of Williams that day. She also recounted the day Felecia vanished, when she and Ritchie picked up the girl and took her to Ritchie’s Temple Terrace apartment. An investigation revealed family friend Eboni Wiley brought Williams to Ritchie’s apartment on May 16, 2014. Investigators said a family friend, Eboni Wiley, brought the girl to Ritchie’s Temple Terrace home on May 16, 2014, and left her there while she went to buy marijuana. She came back to find her gone. Some jurors closed their eyes. Prosecutors also used key witnesses to poke holes in Ritchie's alibi for the night the 9-year-old disappeared. If Ritchie is found guilty, prosecutors will ask the jury to sentence him to death. RELATED: Granville Ritchie found guilty of first-degree murder, sexual battery in Tampa 9-year-old's death. Defendant Granville Ritchie is taken out of the courtroom after closing arguments Wednesday in his trial at the Hillsborough County Courthouse Annex. There was the telltale mangrove leaf found lodged in the headlight of the silver Lexus that Ritchie drove, similar to vegetation in the area where the body was found. Jurors in Tampa murder trial confront ultimate question: Could they impose death penalty? “You described it as Satan trying to get into your mind,” Brunvand said. An investigation found Ritchie was dating the family's neighbour, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. Brunvand, however, acknowledged one the strongest pieces of the state’s evidence: data from Ritchie’s cell phone showing him in the area of the causeway hours after the girl was last seen. Why didn’t you call 911 when my baby was missing," cried out Johnson. From left to right: Jerome Williams, father of 9-year-old victim Felecia Williams; mother Felecia Demerson; and Temple Terrace Police Chief Kenneth Albano lock arms and hold hands before the verdict was read aloud Wednesday in the murder trial of Granville Ritchie. Wiley was the state's star witness and FOX 13 has learned she has been offered a sweetheart deal by the Hillsborough State Attorney's … When Wiley returned to the apartment she told the jury she found Ritchie shirtless and sweating. Teel told the judge Demerson had accosted her outside near a vending machine. Granville Ritchie accused of raping, killing Felecia Williams in 2014 Opening Statements Set for Friday in Granville Ritchie Murder Trial Previous stories on 2014 murder case Wiley took 9-year-old Felecia Williams from her home to Ritchie's apartment the day the girl went missing. Wiley reportedly returned 50 minutes later and Williams was nowhere to be found. The three went to Ritchie's apartment at … “Could you hear the fear? TAMPA, Fla. - Eboni Wiley and Granville Ritchie had known each other for only three days when Wiley decided to leave 9-year-old Felecia Williams in his care while she went out to buy drugs. On the stand, she admitted … Williams and the adult she was with, Eboni Wiley, were picked up around 3:30 p.m. May 16 by Ritchie, according to police. Hyde Park to Tampa: Leave our brick streets alone. TAMPA, Fla. (FOX 13) - The state's key witness was back on the stand Tuesday for a second day in the murder trial of Granville Ritchie. Defense had saved their openings until they started their case. She was a neighbor and friend to Felecia’s family and considered herself the girl’s godmother. TAMPA — It’s been six years since Eboni Wiley lied to Felecia Wiliams’ family — and the police — about the circumstances of the 9-year-old girl’s disappearance. She said she left Williams alone with Ritchie even though she’d only met him a few days prior. “I was so high,” Wiley said, her voice rising, “I felt like I needed to be protected.”. “You all have to control that.”. The jury convicted him in the 2014 rape and murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. Eboni Wiley prepares to testify during Granville Ritchie's murder trial Monday. Brunvand suggested someone else killed 9-year-old Felicia Williams. There is no DNA evidence linking Ritchie to the crime. He noted that Wiley admitted she took an Ecstasy pill when she was at the apartment, and that when she had previously ingested the drug, she spoke of “Satan trapped in her mind.”, RELATED STORY: Defense casts doubt as Granville Ritchie trial winds down. The three had lunch and then went to an apartment in Temple Terrace. She said she left Williams alone with Ritchie even though she’d only met him a few days prior. Detectives believe Ritchie and his girlfriend, Eboni Wiley, a family friend of William’s Mom, picked up the little girl the day of her murder. There was Wiley’s testimony that when she returned to the apartment, Ritchie said he’d given the girl money to buy candy at a nearby CVS store and she had not come back. She met Ritchie a few days before the girl’s death. She testified that she left the little girl alone with him to go buy marijuana. A year after his trial, Granville Ritchie has been sentenced to death for the 2014 murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. Eboni Wiley admitted that she lied to police during an investigation of the 2014 disappearance of 9-year-old Felecia Williams, who had been murdered. Wiley allegedly left Williams alone with Ritchie at Ritchie’s mother’s apartment while she bought marijuana. “It’s only a couple seconds long, but could you hear it?” Harmon asked the jury. Ritchie, 41, was dating 9-year-old Felecia Williams’ neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. “As a result of you lying to all these people, they believed you?” attorney Brunvand asked. The truth, Wiley said, is that she left Felecia with Ritchie in his apartment to go buy marijuana. But that alone, the defense attorney noted, does not prove that Ritchie killed her. In his closing argument earlier Wednesday, Hillsborough Assistant State Attorney Scott Harmon played a recording of a 911 call that came from Ritchie’s cell phone minutes after 5 p.m. on May 16, 2014. “Think about how deliberate that is,” Harmon said. Why didn’t you call 911 when my baby was missing," cried out Johnson. Defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand sits at left. But it’s not over yet. The duo were watching the girl one day, and Ritchie took Felecia to his mother's apartment, the Associated Press reported. No signs of a struggle. Eboni Wiley, who was supposed to be watching Williams the day she was killed, took the stand again today. The trial is expected to last through next week. Wiley went to buy marijuana – and Ritchie then strangled and assaulted the nine-year-old, prosecutors claimed. Then they came out to find her gone. "Y'all murdered my baby. Surveillance images captured Wiley entering the store alone at 5:40 p.m. to ask a clerk if a girl had been there. 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