Wednesday, July 28, 2010
New Trial In Hardin County Murders
KENTUCKY....
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 in 2007. Two boys and a younger sister were found hiding in a closet of the Rineyville home after the slayings. Senior Judge Janet Coleman has reversed her own ruling from last year and has ruled that one of the boys, who is now 7, is competent to take the witness stand. Police say he is the only person claiming to have seen Burke shoot his mother. Two prior attempts to try Burke for murder have ended in mistrials, but he awaits a third trial in August.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:16 PM 
