Handy Anthony Willis Jr., left, and his attorney Matt Eichelberger, right, listens to testimony Monday afternoon in the Marion County Circuit Courtroom. Willis is on trial for allegedly murdering Tamaneka Alexander in October 2017. | Photo by Susan Amundson
It was an emotionally charged first day Monday in the murder trial of Handy Anthony Willis Jr., accused of killing his former girlfriend, Tamaneka Alexander, on Oct. 6, 2017.