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Trial starts in lawyer’s death

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Criminal Cases, Roanoke

A man charged with murder and hit-and-run in the death of Roanoke lawyer Tom Farrell goes on trial today.

The defendant, Jeffrey Young, has a long history of mental illness, reports WDBJ.

Young is also the defendant in another case where he’s accused of hitting a woman in a Floyd County grocery store parking lot just two days after Farrell was hit and killed.

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