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After less than two hours of deliberation Tuesday afternoon, an Orange County Circuit Court jury found Eric Abshire guilty of first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2006 death of his wife Justine...
- Abshire gets life in wife's killing
ORANGE — Convicted murderer Eric Abshire, 36, of Greene...
- Abshire gets life in wife's killing
Abshire, 37, was found guilty last October of first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Justine Swartz Abshire. The jury reached a verdict in 90 minutes and quickly recommended life...
ORANGE — Convicted murderer Eric Abshire, 36, of Greene County will spend life in prison for killing his wife, Justine Swartz Abshire, five years ago. Orange County Circuit Court Judge...
ORANGE – Eric Dee Abshre is guilty of killing his bride Justine Elizabeth Swartz Abshire, a kindergarten teacher at Culpeper’s Emerald Hill Elementary School. A jury of four men and eight women returned the verdict Tuesday in less than two hours, finding Abshire, 36, guilty of first-degree murder.
A two-week trial ended after a jury deliberated for two hours, convicting Eric Dee Abshire of the first-degree murder of his wife, Justine Swartz Abshire, in 2006.
The beautiful young woman from Barboursville, Va., was living her dream of teaching a kindergarten class full of children who adored her; a newlywed, she had hopes of having her own children. But this picturesque life met a mysterious death in early November 2006. Ever since, her family has been seeking one thing: justice for Justine.
Justine Abshire, a kindergarten teacher at Culpeper’s Emerald Hill Elementary School, was found dead along rural Taylorsville Road near Barboursville on Nov. 3, 2006 in what was initially reported as a hit-and-run.
