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Hutson murder trial enters second week
Emotional testimony from the children of Tia Hutson opened the second week of the murder trial of Gregory Bell being tried for her beating death in August, 2022.
The murder trial of Gregory Bell for the death of Tia Hutson entered its second week Monday after an opening week that saw witnesses from law enforcement and forensics appear, plus the medical field.
Bell, 58, Saint Jo, was jailed in November 2023 accused in the beating death of a former girlfriend Tia Hutson, 50, also of Saint Jo. The suspect was arrested on Nov. 14, 2023 by Texas Rangers and charged with first-degree murder.
The grand jury indictment that led to arrest stated Hutson’s death was caused by “striking on her head with a hard object.” It was the first murder in Saint Jo since 1986.
She was found severely beaten and raped in her home on Aug. 5, 2022. Six days later she died from her injuries.
Jury selection began the morning of April 22 and where an eight-man four-woman jury was seated with testimony set to begin the next day. Judge Trish Byars is presiding with Paige McCormick, first assistant district attorney, and DA Katie Boggeman, prosecuting the case. Bob Estrada is representing Bell in his trial.
Read more on this story in the May 1 Bowie News.
Top photo – Gregory Bell leaves the courtroom last week during this murder trial. (Photo by Josh Hoggard KFDX/KJTL TV)
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The Montague County Commissioner’s proclaimed June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month during its Tuesday session.
The court faced a brief agenda following the Memorial Day holiday. Kimberly Davis of the Adult Protective Services team for Montague and Clay County presented the proclamation. Working and living in Montague County, she said they handled 1,756 total cases last year and of those 162 were investigated in Montague County.
Davis explained elder abuse comes in many forms both physical, mental and financial, impacting men and women, old and younger and from all ethnic and economic backgrounds. Commissioners approved the proclamation and thanked Davis for her work.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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