PANAMA CITY — As he has done in previous attempts to prove Brock’s guilt, prosecutor Larry Basford is portraying Philip Dean Brock as a severely impoverished man who killed Terry Brazil in his Fountain home in December 2012.
Brock has been in jail since his arrest several days after police found Brazil’s body. He was beaten, cut and shot, and several of his personal affects, including guns and valuable coins, were discovered at Brock’s home.
Brock is charged with murder, and has faced a jury three times already; each time the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict and Judge Brantley Clark declared them all mistrials.
Nancy Wisneski told the jury she sold things for Brock on eBay, but he never asked her to sell any guns, valuable coins or precious metals, with the exception of some “scrap silver” that she returned to him without attempting to sell.
Wisneski described Brock as needy. He never talked about his finances with her, but he lived as though he was poor, she said in response to questions from Basford.
Brock seemed not to mind living the way he did, though, Wisneski told defense attorney Kim Jewell, who has in previous trials highlighted the weaknesses of the physical and circumstantial evidence. Brock testified in his first trial
Angela Sheridan, a friend of Brazil, stopped by to see him around Thanksgiving to see if Brazil had any shotgun shells. She said she bought approximately 10 guns from Brazil during their friendship, and she was also aware of Brazil’s interest in collectable coins.