Jurors are in the second day of deliberations today after a three-month-long trial in the case of a Palm Springs man who is accused of the 2007 murder of a Yucca Mesa woman. Closing arguments were presented in court Thursday in the trial of Sherhaun Brown, 34, who is being tried for the horrific murder of Kristy Vert in May 2007. He is also accused of brutally raping and slashing the throat of Vert’s daughter-in-law, who, with her two young sons, lived with Vert in the 57000 block of Canterbury Street in Yucca Mesa, on the northern boundary of Yucca Valley. After the attacks, Brown is accused of stealing the rape victim’s car. He and the car were spotted later the same day by Sheriff’s deputies in Moreno Valley, where he was arrested. If convicted, Sherhaun Brown could face the death penalty. Because the Joshua Tree courthouse is not set up to handle death penalty cases, Sherhaun Brown’s trial was moved to Victorville.
