FRONT ROYAL — The alleged victim in an attempted murder charge filed against Clay Marshall Curtis — in addition to the first-degree murder charge Marshall is facing — testified on Monday about his version of the December 2014 case.
Jeff Sisler — who lived across the street from Curtis’ sister, where the body of Front Royal cab driver Simon Funk was found — testified that on the night of the fatal shooting, while Curtis was in Funk’s van, Curtis attempted to hit and drive over Sisler with the van.
Sisler testified that Curtis’ sister had called Sisler and asked him to investigate a disturbance on her property the night of Dec. 9, 2014. He said that he saw the van at the base of her estimated 150-foot driveway, and did not see anyone inside. He said he walked up to Curtis’ sister, who was standing at her front door with a phone in one hand and a gun in the other.
He then saw a flashlight from the woods next to the residence going toward the van. Sisler, who was wearing dark clothing on what he described as a pitch-black night, tried to sneak up on the van after telling Curtis’ sister to contact the police. Sisler said he saw Curtis behind the steering wheel and asked who he was, and Curtis then identified himself.
“I’ve come to pay my sister a visit,” Curtis responded, according to Sisler, in a “nasty tone.”
Briahnna M. Brown 