HUNTINGTON - A trial date has been set for a girl accused of fatally stabbing her husband, who she stated fell on a letter opener, earlier than shortly making an attempt to obtain cash from his life insurance coverage coverage in 2017.
Jennifer Lynn By way of, 49, was charged with homicide 10 days after she referred to as 911 at about eight p.m. Nov. four, 2017, to report her husband, Thomas By way of, had been stabbed within the again at their residence within the 900 block of 28th Road in Huntington.
On the evening of her husband's dying, By way of advised 911 the stabbing instrument had been a letter opener, however police stated he had been stabbed with a 14-inch-long ornamental dagger that's believed to have penetrated seven inches into his again, hanging his coronary heart and inflicting him to bleed to dying internally.
Cabell Circuit Choose Gregory Howard on Monday set the trial date for Might 14. A listening to previous to trial might be held April three to find out whether or not Cabell County Prosecutor Sean "Corky" Hammers and protection attorneys Kerry Nessel and Abe Saad can introduce at trial previous allegations about home violence between the couple.
The protection has argued By way of was a battered girl, however detectives beforehand testified neighbors had seen By way of because the aggressor within the relationship.
Police discovered By way of had allegedly given a number of tales of how her husband was stabbed and tried days after his dying to gather an $80,000 life insurance coverage coverage that had been elevated weeks earlier than the incident.
The various tales included that he had slipped on water and fell into an outdated knife or screwdriver. Huntington Detective Chris Sperry stated he had been advised that By way of had been mimicking a ninja superhero film and by chance stabbed her husband as he stood up from a bent-over place.
Nessel requested By way of be transported again to Western Regional Jail from Southwestern Regional Jail in Logan County previous to the listening to date, as a result of he stated journey was hindering his capacity to talk together with his shopper. By way of was transported there beforehand attributable to points with different inmates and her being a doable witness to a different crime.
In an interview previous to her husband's dying, By way of spoke to The Herald-Dispatch concerning the murder investigation of a person discovered deceased in his car within the 2800 block of Hite Avenue in October 2017.
Nessel additionally requested his shopper be launched from custody on lockdown house confinement, however Howard denied the request. Hammers stated nothing had modified since her final request, which was additionally denied, and she or he shouldn't be launched.
Observe reporter Courtney Hessler at Fb.com/CHesslerHD and by way of Twitter @HesslerHD.
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