Hearing in Double Murder Case Delayed
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Updated: 12:59 PM Jan 9, 2009
Hearing in Double Murder Case Delayed
Staunton, Va.
A hearing in the case against a woman recently charged with murdering two Staunton women 41 years ago was continued Wednesday.
Posted: 5:53 PM Jan 7, 2009
Reporter: Michael Hyland
Email Address: mhyland@whsv.com
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Sharron Diane Crawford Smith - Charged for 1967 double murder in Staunton
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There's a development in the case against a woman recently charged with murdering two Staunton women 41 years ago.

Sharron Diane Crawford Smith was scheduled for an advisement hearing Wednesday to determine her counsel.

Staunton Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond C. Robertson says he got a letter from Crawford's doctor stating the woman is too sick to appear in court.

Robertson says the woman is dying of heart disease and kidney failure.

The hearing is delayed until March 11, but there is looming doubt about how long the woman will survive and if the case will ever go to trial.

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Posted by: Rusty Location: Shenandoah, VA on Jan 7, 2009 at 09:23 PM

I say bring the trial to her, we have the technology. She needs to answer for what she did in a court of law.
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