Defense: Kirkland mentally ill, should get life

The first full day of the hearings started with jurors visiting the Winton Hills reservoir area where Kirkland attacked 13-year-old Esme Kenney while she was jogging alone, strangled her and burned her body on March 7, 2009. Kirkland is also being resentenced for the 2006 killing of 14-year-old Casonya Crawford. Crawford's body was also burned. Gruesome photos of the burned bodies were shown in court, over the objection of Kirkland's defense. Cutcher said they could unduly prejudice the jury. However, Judge Patrick Dinkelacker said he didn't believe seeing the photos would override Kirkland's due process rights, and noted that they had already been used in the trial and gone through the Ohio Supreme Court.