 Santa knows where to find all the best and hottest smartphones just in time to make this Christmas better and bigger than ever! Better service, bigger savings! That's today's Appalachian Wireless! Ho, ho, ho, ho! The murder trial for 20-year-old Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick of Louisa continued today in Mango County Circuit Court in Williamson. Fitzpatrick is accused of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and conspiracy in the shooting death of former coal company executive Ben Hatfield. Hatfield was allegedly shot in the back while cleaning his wife's and in-laws' graves at Mountain View Memory Gardens in Mayer Memorial Day weekend last year. Fitzpatrick's alleged co-conspirator 22-year-old Anthony Raheem Areago was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and two counts of conspiracy in October. The state continued presenting witnesses today with the majority of the day focusing on Chief Field Deputy Joe Smith with the Mango County Sheriff's Office. Smith transported Fitzpatrick back to West Virginia after he was arrested in Kinton County, Kentucky. Smith video recorded an interview with Fitzpatrick and the police cruiser on the way to the Southwestern Regional Jail. That recording, along with several other audio recordings from the Kinton County Detention Center, were played aloud for the jury. In the video recording, Fitzpatrick told Smith the two were following a red Mustang on Route 52. He said Areago planned to bump the back of the car in order to get it to stop. He continued by saying, once the car was stopped, Areago planned to take the car to a chop shop in order to sell its parts. At some point, according to the video statement, the two lost the red Mustang and that's when they spotted a black SUV parked by the cemetery. Fitzpatrick claimed once Areago got out of the vehicle, he heard one gunshot and left him at the cemetery. Cross examination of Chief Field Deputy Smith started just before lunch. The state handed it over to the defense a couple of hours after lunch. The trial is expected to continue throughout the rest of the week. In Williamson, Shelby Porter, EKB News.