Former Va. Principal Accused of Killing Estranged Wife

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Updated: 8:56 AM Mar 22, 2010 Former Va. Principal Accused of Killing Estranged Wife A former high school administrator accused of killing his estranged wife is finally expected to go to trial. Posted: 4:30 PM Mar 21, 2010 Reporter: Carlos Vergara Email Address: carlos.vergara@newsplex.com

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March 21, 2010

A former high school administrator accused of killing his estranged wife is finally expected to go to trial. Thirty-nine-year-old Wesley Earnest's case has been delayed four times, but now is scheduled to start Monday.

Earnest was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in a felony after the death of Jocelyn Earnest of Forest on Dec. 19, 2007. He was an assistant principal at Chesapeake's Great Bridge High School when he was arrested.

Jocelyn Earnest was a graduate of West Virginia University, where she was a four-year letter winner starting in 1989.

Prosecutor Wes Nance predicts public interest will make it tough to pick a jury from an 80-person pool of potential jurors.

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Posted by: Toni Location: Charlottesville on Mar 23, 2010 at 09:29 AM

Ask for a change in venue if u think it will be hard to pick from the jury pool. Why does everything have to become so difficult? Knowing that he is well known to this small community.

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