Local woman continues fight for answers in brother’s death
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH — Last week’s arraignment of a former Scioto County Sheriff’s corrections officer initiated the court proceedings of the alleged 2020 murder of one county jail inmate. It is also the beginning of what one area woman hopes to be justice.
Since June, Karen Skaggs has been asking why, how, and who caused her brother to die following the May 26 altercation. Now with charges read and a not guilty plea from defendant Billy Thompson, answers could become a possibility.
“I feel like there’s finally being some justice brought forward,” she said in a Thursday interview. The charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, and reckless homicide were pleasing to her, but not the fact that Thompson could sign-on to his own bond set at $100,000. “Overall, I am very happy that charges were brought, and somebody is being held accountable for this.”