Editor’s Note: Ganesh Ramsaran did agree Thursday morning to testify in court despite refusal to take the stand in his own defense Wednesday. Details of Ramsaran’s testimony will be Friday’s edition of The Evening Sun.

NORWICH — Against the advice of his defense counsel, alleged murderer Ganesh R. Ramsaran did not take the stand in his own defense Wednesday in Chenango County Court.

The prosecution rested its case in the morning following the direct and cross-examination of lead investigator in the case, Lieutenant Richard Cobb.

During cross-examination by Ramsaran’s defense attorney Gilberto Garcia, Cobb said there were six reasons law enforcement arrested the defendant for the murder of Jennifer Ramsaran:

• Cobb said the defendant told police he was working on his computer the morning Jennifer disappeared, Dec. 11, 2012. “That was not the case,” said Cobb.

• The witness told the jury Ramsaran gave police the route he said he took when he ran to the Norwich Family YMCA the morning of her disappearance. Cobb said video evidence was obtained, but Ramsaran could not be seen on various business videos.

• The follow-up of the phone data on the victim’s phone led law enforcement to notice an unopened message in a messaging app that was sent at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2012. “It indicated that Jennifer was probably not able to open that message,” said Cobb.