Man found not guilty of murder
Close up detail of the scales of justice Shutterstock 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 testimon...
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