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Gruesome Testimony in Murder Trial

Girlfriend of Suspect Explains Killing in Graphic Terms

Posted: 1:50 pm EST March 9, 2005Updated: 2:13 pm EST March 9, 2005

An Atlanta college student on Tuesday told jurors in chilling detail about helping the man she loved lug a murder victim up the stairs of their home and into a bathtub to dismember the body.

Ronnie Davis

Kelly Anand, 27, a self-described former drug user and seller, was testifying in the death-penalty trial of her former boyfriend, Michael LeJeune.

LeJeune, 27, is accused of fatally shooting a friend seven years ago over a $250 drug debt after the three had gotten high on cocaine.

"After it sunk in, I'm thinking: 'Blood's going to get all over the place,"' Anand told jurors as testimony began Tuesday.

Anand said she snorted more cocaine and grabbed cleaning supplies to begin scrubbing away the blood stains left by victim, Ronnie Davis, 39, of Dunwoody. LeJeune, she claimed, walked over to the living room table and grabbed the victim's wallet and took out cash.

"Michael killed Ronnie because Ronnie didn't pay him all the money and still wanted more drugs," she said.

LeJeune maintains his innocence and instead puts the blame on crack cocaine dealer Kenneth Vaughn and the victim's roommate, Neil Bellinger, LeJeune's attorney told jurors during opening statements.

Prosecutors say LeJeune and Anand stuffed Davis' body parts in the trunk of his car and set it on fire. The victim's headless body was found in a burning car in a Forsyth County cemetery.

Michael LeJeune

In graphic testimony, Andand described how the man's body was dismembered.

"It's like if you're cutting a chicken bone but 10 times louder," she said. "And it's worse because you know it's a human body."

During the testimony, she held a saw similar to the one allegedly used that night. She said the parts were put in a garbage bag for disposal.

After taking the Dunwoody man's head to a lake house on Lake Lanier owned by LeJeune's parents, LeJeune put it in a vise to try to remove the bullet, Fulton County prosecutors say.

"I thought I kept on hearing sirens and I kept on looking past the passenger-side mirror," she said.

Kelly Anand Testifies

Anand was initially charged with murder but pleaded guilty in June to a reduced charge of concealing a body in exchange for helping prosecute LeJeune.

She gave Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents new information that helped them obtain new search warrants from magistrates in 2003 to find the blood.

Anand said she was in the kitchen of LeJeune's Atlanta area apartment on Dec. 27, 1997 when she heard a loud popping sound. She said LeJeune later suggested he shot the victim.

According to Anand's testimony, LeJeune then shoved the body into the small downstairs bathroom and continued to sell drugs -- even letting a customer come into the apartment.

Anand claimed she didn't call police because she loved her boyfriend, but she initially considered calling her mother.

"But how could I tell my mom I just saw my boyfriend kill somebody?" she said.

Anand is expected to continue testifying on Wednesday.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Deidra Dukes contributed to this story.

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