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Other witnesses who were on the trail remember Johnson running towards them while pleading for a phone.
Sharon Callison was having a morning walk with a friend when Johnson put on a red sweatshirt. Something about her presence frightened her when she said "hello" and he ignored her, she told the jury.
"He looked at me with the worst eyes," she said. "I have never felt such a presence of evil."
Johnson then ran to Callison and her friend and begged to use a phone. He was no longer wearing the sweatshirt but a blue shirt and jeans, she said. He escaped when they refused to give him a phone and the friends discovered Stevens' body a few moments later.
Defense attorney Paul Johnson asked witnesses on Monday that they thought Thomas Johnson appeared to have a mental illness when they met him.
Thomas Johnson was declared incompetent to stand trial in 2016 and was sent to North Texas State Hospital in Vernon. Last year, he was found fit to stand trial, according to court records.
His attorney stated that there was not a lot of "whodunit" in this case and that the evidence indicated his client, but evoked the mental state of Thomas Johnson during the murder.
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