From Matt Unruh  ~ GreatBendPost.com

GREAT BEND – More testimony was heard Thursday in the Adam Longoria Preliminary Hearing in Great Bend, This is the second day of the hearing for the man accused of killing 14-year-old Great Bend resident Alicia DeBolt.

The purpose of the preliminary hearing was to find out if there was enough evidence against Longoria to bind him over for trial on the charges of attempted rape, or criminal sodomy, that qualify the charges of capital murder in the case as opposed to first degree murder.

Barton County District Judge Hannalore Kitts heard closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense before lunch Thursday.

Kevin O’Connor is with the Kansas Attorney General’s Office and represents the prosecution. He brought up the fact that Longoria showed that he was sexually interested in DeBolt by comments he made at a party on July 17th, 2010, and suggestive texts that he sent DeBolt before her death. He argued that criminal sodomy did occur after evidence was found in the black Ford Escape that belongs to Eva Brown, Longoria’s ex-girlfriend. He reminded Judge Kitts about the two stains found on the floor mat of the drivers side of the vehicle that tested positive for seminal fluid and contained a mixture of two or more persons DNA including Longoria and DeBolt’s.

The Defense argued that if there was oral sex in the case, it hasn’t been proven whether it was forced. They also argued just because someone makes sexually suggestive comments through text messages to a girl and then picks them up five weeks later doesn’t mean they attempted rape.

Judge Kitts will give her ruling Thursday afternoon.