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In the second day of testimony in Glynn County Superior Court, Jamie Morris, Harold Kinlaw's alleged lover, told the jury that he had beaten her in the past and had threatened to kill her if she turned him in to police.
Morris was originally charged with murder and kidnapping for her alleged involvement in the crime and faced the death penalty.
She made a plea agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to one count of kidnapping in exchange for her testimony against Harold Kinlaw, who is facing the death penalty.
Harold Kinlaw allegedly shot and killed Felipe Herrera, 61, Jan. 18, 2004, at a garage sale at a house at 2100 Parkwood Drive, Brunswick, where his former wife, Damaris Kinlaw, was staying.
Harold Kinlaw then allegedly kidnapped Damaris Kinlaw in her own car and drove to a parking lot of the Brunswick hospital of Southeast Georgia Health System, where Morris waited with the getaway car.
The three drove to Warrenton, N.C., where Harold Kinlaw and Morris were arrested Jan. 20, 2004, when he attempted to sell a tractor.
During questioning Tuesday by Assistant District Attorney Jackie Johnson, Morris told the jury that she had met Harold Kinlaw while employed at his auto repair business and that the two had lived together in motel rooms for almost a year prior to the homicide.
She said she knew he was in the middle of a divorce from Damaris Kinlaw and that he told Morris he wanted to go to the Parkwood residence so that he could "catch Damaris Kinlaw and talk to her."
Morris said she was under the impression that Harold Kinlaw was going to get money from a divorce settlement with Damaris Kinlaw and that he was going to use it to pay for him and Morris to go to Las Vegas.
"After I dropped (Harold Kinlaw) off at (2001 Parkwood Drive), I went back to the motel where we were staying, slept, went through McDonald's to eat and then went to the hospital parking lot because that's where (Harold Kinlaw) told me to meet him," Morris testified.
While in the parking lot, Morris said she heard three gun shots from the vicinity of Parkwood Drive, roughly two blocks from the hospital.
She said Harold Kinlaw pulled up behind her in Damaris Kinlaw's red pickup truck shortly after she heard the shots.
"He had Damaris close to his side, put her in my back seat and kept screaming that he had killed a man," she said. "Damaris was real shook up. She looked clearly terrified. He had a gun and screamed at me to start driving north on the interstate.
"He kept screaming that (Damaris Kinlaw) made him kill Felipe (Herrera.)"
Morris told the jury that Harold Kinlaw then forced her to drive to North Carolina, where his uncle, Wob Farmer, lived.
She said Harold Kinlaw told her he was going to sell his uncle's tractor for $7,000 to help them with their plan to go to Las Vegas.
Morris said they made several stops along the way for food and stayed at several motels during their flight from Brunswick.
In cross-examination, Kinlaw's defense attorney, Ron Harrison, asked Morris why she never called police when she had the opportunity.
He pointed out several instances in her testimony in which she had said that she had been alone, without Harold Kinlaw watching her. "When you stopped to eat (along the way to North Carolina), did you ever think to just drive off?" Harrison asked Morris.
Morris replied, "I was scared what he would do to me if I left. I was in shock. My mind was going through so many things."
Harrison also asked Morris about a letter she allegedly wrote to Harold Kinlaw the night before they were arrested. In the note, she wrote that she felt he had betrayed her love and taken advantage of her.
"You also indicated in that letter that Harold Kinlaw had killed an innocent man, that you did not want to go to jail and that Harold Kinlaw should not let Damaris Kinlaw go because she would turn on y'all," Harrison said.
Morris admitted that she had written the letter, but claimed she was trying to outsmart Harold Kinlaw.
"I was in fear of my safety and felt if I could make him feel that I was for him, then I could get out of it," she said.
The trial is to continue today, with Damaris Kinlaw expected to testify. It is likely to last through Friday.
In addition to Harrison, Harold Kinlaw is being defended by Brunswick lawyer Kevin Gough.
In addition to Johnson, Assistant District Attorney Keith Higgins is prosecuting the case. Superior Court Judge James Tuten Jr. is the judge.
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