APPOMATTOX, Va. — A man charged with killing eight people at his Appomattox home will not go to trial next month as planned.
Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney Darrel Puckett tells the News & Advance (http://bit.ly/KQElnX ) that attorneys are still waiting for mental health exerts appointed in the case to submit their evaluations of Christopher Speight, whose trial had been set to begin June 11. A new trial date has not been set.
Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney Darrel Puckett tells the News & Advance that attorneys are still waiting for mental health exerts appointed in the case to submit their evaluations of Christopher Speight, whose trial had been set to begin June 11.
The 41-year-old Speight is charged with attempted capital murder of a Virginia State Police helicopter pilot and three counts of capital murder in the slayings of his sister, her husband and his niece and nephew in the home they shared. A neighborhood couple, their teenage daughter and a teenage friend were also found dead at Speight's home on Jan. 19, 2010.
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Information from: The News & Advance, http://www.newsadvance.com/