Portage murder trial delayed
NWI Times
March 26, 2012 - 11:15 pm
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/portage/portage-murder-trial-delayed/article_e18b39e6-67f3-53ec-879f-15b934d0fff9.html
Fredrick Cashner. Photo provided by the Porter County sheriff's department.
VALPARAISO - An April 16 trial has been postponed for Fredrick Cashner Jr., accused of killing his estranged wife by firing at least eight bullets into her with a high-powered semiautomatic rifle.
Porter Superior Judge Roger Bradford set a hearing for June 11 after defense attorney Paul Stracci said he is waiting on work by a defense expert.
The delay has held up progress on the case, he said.
The move marks the second delay in the trial. It had been set for trial the first week of November, but was derailed when Stracci said he would not be available.
Cashner, of 371 E. Tratebas Road in Jackson Township, has pleaded not guilty to the single charge of murder, which carries a potential sentence of 45 to 65 years in prison.
Cynthia Cashner, 50, was found dead April 24 after police received a 911 call about 10:25 p.m. from the Mystic Moon Herbal Shoppe, 5830 U.S. 6, Portage, which she owned.
Dispatchers reportedly heard faint breathing on the line and nothing else, though on second review, detectives later heard a male voice in the background say, "It's too late," followed by three or four gunshots, police said.
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