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Exford Murder Trial Start Postponed to February 28 at
Request of District Attorney’s Office
Published: September 02, 2021
at 03:30 p.m.
By: Nick
Altmire
Lowville, NY- The murder and
arson trial for Shawn L. Exford, 30, of Lowville, scheduled to begin on
September 20th, has been postponed.
Attorneys for
both the prosecution and defense were in Lewis County Court this afternoon,
where the request was made by Lewis County District Attorney Leanne Moser
to postpone the start of the trial due to a “family situation” at the
District Attorney’s office. With no objection from defense attorney John
Hallett, Judge Daniel R. King granted the request, rescheduling the start
date for the trial to February 28, 2022.
A Lewis County grand
jury indicted Mr. Exford on a number of charges in
March of 2020, including multiple counts of second-degree Murder
and first-degree arson, top count felonies, in connection to a double fatal apartment house fire at 7525 S.
State St. in Lowville on November 30. Two women were killed in the fire,
Catherine A. Crego, 58, and Saratina R. Kilbourne, 42.
On Monday, Mr. Exford was released from Lewis County Jail after
bail was posted on his behalf.
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