Chanel Lewis' attorney told jurors in his closing argument that police and prosecutors simply assumed Lewis killed Katrina Vetrano, and tried to make the evidence fit the crime. Attorney Robert Moeller said it was like putting a square peg in a round hole.

"The police rushed to judge the evidence and develop the theory of the case that they presented to you before having all the facts,” Moeller said in court on Monday. “They never stopped to consider any other possibilities."

The defense attorney said Vetrano's father, Phil, corrupted the crime scene when he discovered her body in Spring Creek Park and cradled her.

The attorney said the discovery of Lewis' DNA on Vetrano’s body and on her cell phone does not prove how it got there. He suggested Lewis left traces of his DNA in spring Creek Park during previous visits, and that Vetrano somehow came in contact with it accidentally.

Assistant District Attorney Brad Leventhal called that theory preposterous.

“Is it just his DNA that happens to go transferring onto the DNA samples but no other human being,” Leventhal said. “Maybe his DNA is special. Maybe his DNA is magnetic, therefore it sticks to anything it comes into contact with!”

The prosecutor said the evidence against Lewis was overwhelming: cell phone data which showed he was in the area of the murder, the DNA found on the victim's body, and a videotaped confession.

“The defendant told us how he killed her, he told detective Brown that he put his hands, both of his hands, around her neck and squeezed, and strangled her to death,” Leventhal said. “He said the same thing to Assistant District Attorney Pete McCormick, and where was his DNA? On her throat.”

Leventhal called Vetrano's death in August 2016 a crime of opportunity by a disturbed man who often went to the park to clear his head, and discovered Vetrano as she went jogging.

“On this day he took his anger and frustration out on a pretty young girl who was wearing a halter top and short-shorts,” Leventhal said. “His anger and frustration was more than anger and frustration. There was anger and sexual frustration."

The defense attorney argued the confession was coerced, and that Lewis told cops what they wanted to hear.

Lewis has pleaded not guilty to murder and sexual abuse charges. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.