A possible key witness within the homicide case of former Miami soccer participant Bryan Pata was discovered alive at his residence in Louisville, Kentucky, after he was presumed lifeless by Florida prosecutors, ESPN reported on Thursday.

Prosecutors informed Florida eleventh Circuit Courtroom Choose Cristina Miranda as just lately as July that Paul Conner — an 81-year-old retired College of Miami writing teacher, who lived within the condo advanced the place Pata was shot and killed in November 2006 — was lifeless. 

A spokesperson for the state legal professional’s workplace, Ed Griffith, mentioned that police beforehand relied on a public database that “appeared to point” Conner was deceased, in accordance with the report. Nonetheless, that wasn’t the case, and Conner was, actually, alive.

Conner initially contacted police quickly after the taking pictures occurred in 2006, citing that he heard a “pop” and noticed somebody “jogging away” from the parking zone entrance close to the place Pata was fatally shot. Conner picked Pata’s former teammate at Miami, Rashaun Jones, out of a photograph lineup.

Jones was arrested in reference to the taking pictures dying of his former teammate almost 15 years after the crime, again in August 2021 and continues to be awaiting trial over 4 years later after pleading not responsible to the crime. In March 2022, Miranda agreed to grant Jones an $850,000 bail and permit him out, pending the trial. Nonetheless, Jones has not paid the quantity wanted for launch, in accordance with ESPN.

Pata and Jones had been in fights earlier than the killing, in accordance with ESPN.