Grand Haven
Testimony in the trial of a Holland police officer accused of killing his wife began Tuesday afternoon with the first police officer to arrive at the murder scene.
Sgt. Jeff Belthouse is on the stand as the trial's first witness. He is testifying on what he saw at the murder scene when he arrived. The jury is also hearing the 911 call from the DeKleine home reporting the murder.
Ken DeKleine is accused of killing his wife, Lori DeKleine on January 10, 2008 at her home on Calvin Avenue in Holland. Police believe Ken DeKleine snuck into the house, hiding until his children left for school, then strangled his wife.
Lori DeKleine had a protection order against her estranged husband for almost a year before her death. Investigators say DeKleine tried to make Lori's death look like a suicide.
Ken DeKleine spent time in Iraq training police officers there about a year before his wife's murder. After his return, he said the hardest part of going to Iraq was being away from his family.
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