Jurors considering the fate of an accused killer in Orange County are focusing on cross-examination testimony Thursday that could point to his innocence during the second full day of deliberations.

The testimony centers around a dark-colored Dodge Neon that may have been overlooked for instead, the car owned by the suspect, Edward Holley. A dark-colored car was seen by a witness traveling with the victim’s vehicle the night she died. Officials allege the description matched Holley‘s Honda Civic but the testimony seemingly pokes holes in that theory.

Testimony from state police about the car is being read back to the jurors at their request.

It details how state police investigators said the Dodge Neon was initially taken by them into evidence after Holley’s ex-girlfriend, Megan McDonald, was bludgeoned in the town of Wallkill and found deceased in a field in March 2003.

Police said the car had ties to Paulie Simpson - another ex-boyfriend of McDonald’s. The defense said during their closing argument that evidence shows Simpson may have been with the victim the day she was killed and allegedly had a history of domestic violence with McDonald.

Investigators stated the vehicle had mud on the exterior and that they found possible human tissue inside the car - in the backseat and on a front mirror adjuster - but that the car was later released to the registered owner and that the evidence was never tested.

Jurors sent back two notes Wednesday requesting this testimony, sworn statements made by other witnesses, evidence in McDonald’s car that had trace amounts of Holley’s DNA on it, and Holley’s 2019 police interrogation video.

Read back of testimony from a state police investigator identified in court as Investigator Ramos detailed statements that deceased suspect Andre Thurston made to him in a 2010 interview. Ramos said Thurston claimed McDonald and Holley planned to meet the night of the murder to smoke marijuana.

Other testimony from two people who knew McDonald was read back and detailed how they separately saw the victim shortly after midnight in two different locations in the Middletown area on the evening of the murder. One woman said McDonald told her she was headed to smoke marijuana and a male witness said he saw her at a gas station purchasing a Dutch Master blunt.

Witness testimony from a woman who saw a car that matched the description of McDonald’s before she was killed at Kensington Manor and a dark-colored car traveling with it was also read back. McDonald’s vehicle was found at the complex days after the murder.

Jurors requested on Wednesday to have Holley’s 2019 state police interrogation video played back but wrote a note to the judge indicating that they no longer needed it.

Holley is facing 25 years to life for the murder if he’s found guilty.