David Prevatte murder trial: What happened during the first days of testimony

David Prevatte murder trial: What happened during the first days of testimony

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — Nearly nine years after 5-year-old Paitin Fields suffered fatal injuries inside a Pender County home, her uncle, David Prevatte, is on trial facing murder and sexual assault charges. The trial is taking place at the Pender County Judicial Annex, where jurors have heard testimony and seen evidence concerning what happened to Fields on Nov. 13, 2017. Fields was found unresponsive inside a home on Blackwater Drive in the early m…