Defendant’s dad looms large over Albemarle murder trial [Video]

The father of Kevin Moore has been dead for nearly a year, but he has loomed over his son’s murder trial, particularly on Wednesday, the fifth day of testimony, when a witness revealed that Glenn Spradlin had pushed him out of the Spradlin family’s Albemarle County hunt club despite a leadership role and more than 20 years as a member.

Fluvanna County hunter Brian Jordan told the court about a 2018 confrontation with Spradlin, then the club’s president.

“I was told I had testified and I was no longer a member,” said Jordan

Jordan said he didn’t volunteer to testify to the multijurisdictional grand jury investigating the disappearance of 47-year-old Jesse Hicks but had been compelled by a subpoena.

Jordan was the vice president of the Woodridge Sportsmen’s Association in southern Albemarle County at the time his membership was terminated. But the Spradlins, who founded and ran the club, typically …