ASHLAND A 38-year-old man acquitted last year in the case of setting a blaze that killed his mother in 2018 is behind bars after police said he set fire to
ASHLAND A 38-year-old man acquitted last year in the case of setting a blaze that killed his mother in 2018 is behind bars after police said he set fire to
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CATLETTSBURG After five hours of deliberation, a Boyd County jury found an Ashland man not guilty in a three-day arson-murder trial.
Christopher Childers, 36, was on trial accused of setting his mother, Ruby Childers, on fire inside her home in the 1200 block of Gallaher Drive in Ashland on Sept. 6, 2018. Childers was facing a charge of murder (and lesser counts of first- and second-degree manslaughter and reckless homicide) and first-degree arson.
Due to Childers mental health diagnosis â testimony at trial revealed he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and methamphetamine abuse â jurors had the option of finding him guilty, not guilty or guilty but mentally ill.