Attorney David Broderick said there are no fingerprints or DNA evidence linking Lucas Goodrum to the death of Katie Autry, a freshman at Western Kentucky University.
There are also no videotapes showing Goodrum walking into the dorm where Autry, 18, was found beaten, raped and burned in May, Broderick said. Autry died three days later in a hospital.
Goodrum and Stephen B. Soules, both of nearby Scottsville, were indicted in July and are being held without bond. Each has pleaded innocent.
Broderick said the only witness who has implicated Goodrum in the death penalty case is Soules. Prosecutor Chris Cohron said the state has other evidence against Goodrum but would not elaborate.
Soules told police several different stories about what happened before saying both he and Goodrum were in Autry's dorm on May 4, a university investigator has testified.
Judge Tom Lewis set the next court date in the case for next Monday.
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