Thursday, July 29, 2010
Boy 7, Will Testify Against Father
KENTUCKY...
A judge has ruled to allow the testimony of a young boy whose father is charged with killing the boy's mother and grandmother in 2007. U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke is charged with killing his estranged wife, 31-year-old Tracy Burke, and her former mother-in-law, 53-year-old Karen D. Comer, in Hardin County. Two boys and a younger sister were found hiding in a closet of the Rineyville home after the slayings. Senior Judge Janet Coleman ruled Monday that one of the boys, who is now 7, is competent to take the witness stand. Coleman reversed her own ruling from last year.
Police have said the boy is the only person claiming to have seen Burke shoot his mother. Two attempts to try Burke for murder have ended in mistrials. He faces a third trial in August.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:51 PM 
