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Jazzmin's twin testifies about abuse at Antioch foster mother's murder ...

MARTINEZ -- The twin brother of a 15-year-old Antioch girl who starved to death in 2008 testified Wednesday about the horrific abuse he and his sister suffered at the hands of the aunt who had raised them as foster children since they were infants.

The now-18-year-old brother admitted that he initially downplayed the abuse to investigators in the days after his sister Jazzmin Davis' Sept. 2, 2008, death of malnutrition exacerbated by long-term physical abuse.

"At the time I was scared that I would still have to got back to Shemeeka," the twin said at 40-year-old Shemeeka Davis' trial on charges of murder, and two counts each of torture and child abuse. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The twin appeared in court wearing makeup and a woman's light gray top, designer skinny jeans and black, stiletto-heeled suede boots. His long, straight hair fell past his shoulders, with side-swept bangs, and he rested his chin in the hand of a tattooed arm throughout his afternoon testimony.

He rarely glanced in Shemeeka Davis' direction as he gave short answers in a soft voice. Attorneys addressed him by his male birth name, though his appearance is of a stunning young woman.

Bay Area News Group is not naming the man because he was a minor when the abuse occurred.

The twin testified for three hours about the abuse that included days and nights locked in a small closest with his sister and such as with household items like carpet tack strips. He spoke of being denied food, clothing, health care and schooling. He remembers watching his sister, who was 5 feet 7 and 78 pounds when she died, spiral into madness.

He said that at one point, Jazzmin would no longer cry or get upset during beatings, and that upset Shemeeka Davis.

The twin said that on the day of Jazzmin's death, his aunt had him fetch two plastic bags and then ordered him to take a shower while she punished his sister. He got out of the shower upon hearing Shemeeka Davis crying for help because Jazzmin lost consciousness.

He said he tried to go to his sister, but his aunt ordered him to get a bucket of ice, which she put on Jazzmin's chest.

When asked about how he felt immediately after Jazzmin's death, the twin said he was confused.

"I was like, sad and like, I don't even know," he said. "I was just depressed."

During opening statements Tuesday, Shemeeka Davis' attorney said she would be calling mental health experts to testify that the defendant suffers from severe mental illnesses and could not recognize the harm she was causing the children. She was delusional and believed that Jazzmin was evil and out to harm her and her 7-year-old birth daughter.

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