Jury moves forward with considering death penalty in El Paso County

The death penalty is still on the table for Glen Galloway after the jury completed phase one of sentencing.

The jury found that prosecutors did prove beyond a reasonable doubt aggravating factors in the death of Janice Nam.

Those factors were :

The defendant committed a class 1, 2, or 3 felony and in the course of that crime, the defendant intentionally caused the death of a person The defendant knowingly possessed a weapon to commit a class 1 felony that constituted a felony offense The defendant intentionally killed more than one person in more than one criminal

They are now moving to phase two of sentencing.

Witness testimony will begin on Wednesday. Defense expects to call 20 witnesses to testify about Galloway’s character. The testimonies are expected to last until Friday.

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Glen Galloway was found guilty of first-degree and second-degree murder Tuesday after three full days of jury deliberation.

Galloway was on trial for killing his ex-girlfriend, Janice Nam, and a homeless man, Marcus Anderson in May of 2016.

He could receive the death penalty during the sentencing phase of the trial. The sentencing phase began Tuesday afternoon, but jurors were released for the day at about 4:30 p.m. The sentencing phase could take days, or even weeks as new evidence is introduced to either persuade or dissuade the jury from electing the death penalty for Galloway.

Galloway was also found guilty of burglary assault, multiple counts of burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, violation of bail bond conditions and criminal mischief.

This is a developing story, check back for updates.

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Former Fort Carson soldier Glen Galloway’s murder trial is nearing a close, as jurors were handed the case around 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Galloway is on trial for murder in the killings of his ex-girlfriend, Janice Nam, and a homeless man named Marcus Anderson. He’s facing the death penalty as a possible punishment if found guilty.

During closing arguments Wednesday, Galloway’s defense says he admitted to the killings, but that the motive presented by prosecutors wasn’t accurate. Galloway’s defense claimed that Anderson threatened Galloway and that Galloway killed him in a split-second decision in reaction. The defense said that Galloway didn’t intend to kill Nam, only confront her, but the weight of killing Anderson led to a mental breakdown and her death 10 hours later.

The prosecution rebutted saying he could have left instead of pulling the trigger and that he didn’t call for help or report it, even when going to a gas station later. Prosecutors also called into question the defense’s claim that Galloway only intended to talk to Nam, saying he went to her house in the middle of the night wearing a hood and gloves.

This is a developing story, check back for updates when a verdict is returned.

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The death penalty trial for ex-Fort Carson soldier, Glen Galloway, began Monday.

Galloway faces two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend Janice Nam and a homeless man named Marcus Anderson. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The trial began with opening statements from the defense and prosecution. Galloway appeared in the El Paso County courtroom dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit. He was then removed from the courtroom after he threw a laptop at the court reporter during a closed conflict hearing with the defense team and judge.

The prosecution argued Galloway killed Janice Nam deliberately in May 2016. The prosecution team argued the killing was pre-meditated and out of revenge for him being convicted of stalking Nam in 2015. The team placed evidence including surveillance videos and photos before the judge that put Galloway at Nam’s home the night she was killed.

The prosecution also laid out Marcus Anderson’s death, showing surveillance footage of a truck with two people driving into a storage unit.

Both the prosecution and defense say Anderson and Galloway lived together on the streets and shared the truck that is pictured in the surveillance photos. The prosecution argued Galloway killed Anderson at the storage unit, which belonged to Anderson and left him there.

The defense’s opening statements stated Anderson and Galloway went to the storage units to get meth-making supplies. The team argued Anderson had taken Galloway’s gun and pointed it at him when Galloway questioned him about it. Galloway then killed Anderson in self-defense. From there the defense said Galloway snapped leaving Anderson there and taking the truck and killing Janice Nam hours later.

The defense said they are not arguing Galloway killed Janice Nam, but say he did it because his mental state “snapped.” They asked the jury to find him not guilty on both counts of first-degree murder.

A witness and Nam’s sister, Isabelle Wolfe, testified Monday afternoon. She told of May 30, 2016, when she tried to get in contact with her sister, but never heard back. She drove over to Nam’s house in the afternoon, with her friend, and the second witness in the case, Courtney Reichhold.

Both described how Wolfe entered through the garage, found Nam’s sliding glass door shattered, and found Nam dead in her bed.

Wolfe said during Galloway and Nam’s relationship she only spent time with him three times. Wolfe described the relationship as “seemingly normal” for just starting to date.

Reichhold also testified, describing from her point of view what happened when the pair went to check on Nam.

Three CSPD officers who responded to the scene that night also described their response, along with the Emergency Response Technician who took the 911 call from Reichhold when the women discovered Nam dead.