Arizona man on trial for 2 bodies found in mom's backyard

PHOENIX (AP) — Alan Mathew Champagne employed a wrench nearly six years ago to crank up the tension of the noose around the neck of 26-year-old Brandi Nicole Hoffner, who was forced to smoke methamphetamine moments after witnessing Champagne shoot her boyfriend dead with a shot to the face, prosecutor Ellen Dahl told jurors in opening arguments Monday.
Champagne approached Hoffner from behind as she puffed the drug from a bong and wrapped the cable around her neck, Dahl said.
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