Jury deliberations continued this week in the murder retrial of a former El Cajon man suspected of killing a 71-year-old man in 2000.
A jury began deliberations Jan. 22 for Edward Jamar Brooks, now 39, who is accused of bludgeoning LeRay “Mac” Parkins on Aug. 23, 2000 with a baseball bat.
Parkins was mortally wounded at 8:35 a.m. in an alley...