A Charleston woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s 20-year-old daughter in Jan. 5, 2023 is competent to stand trial, her attorney said in Kanawha County Circuit Court on June 3, 2024. Amber Kay Wymer, 43, has already pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the death of Abigail Marcinkowsky, 20.
Charleston had seven homicides in 2023, down from 13 in 2022. In December alone, Sherry Jean Russell, Ritchie Hancock, 10, and Beverly Hensley were killed in City of Charleston. Kanawha County Sheriff s deputies investigated eight homicides, up from seven last year. South Charleston also had a homicide.