Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The jury has decided the fate of a former Elkridge resident accused of killing his wife more than 20 years ago.
After hours of deliberation, a jury has found Robert Jarrett Jr. guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Christine Jarrett, the Baltimore Sun reported. Prosecutors had been seeking a first-degree murder conviction for Robert Jarrett, who reported Christine Jarrett missing in 1991. At the time, a detective on the case said that he thought she had run away. More than 20 years later, in April 2012, police found a body later identified as Christine Jarrett buried in concrete under a shed in the back yard of the Claire Drive house the couple had shared. Neighbors told Patch that for 21 years, they had suspected that Christine Jarrett was buried in the yard in Elkridge. "All the kids said she was under there," one …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Both recounted abuse in the Jarretts' marriage.
Robert Jarrett Jr.’s son reportedly testified Thursday that as a child he had twice watched from the kitchen as his father knocked his mother, Christine Jarrett, down to the ground. But 33-year-old Robert Jarrett III, who was 10-years-old when his mother went missing, told a Circuit Court jury that his father had only once discussed the case with him, the Baltimore Sun reported. His father handed him a newspaper article about the case, the younger Jarrett testified, “He told me to read it and if I had any questions, to ask him,” according to the Sun. Robert Jarrett Jr. is on trial for first–degree murder in the death of his former wife, Christine Jarrett, who went missing in 1991. In April 2012, police found a body later identified as …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The former Elkridge resident is accused of killing his wife and burying her under a shed more than 20 years ago.
The trial began Wednesday for a man accused of murdering his wife and burying her body under a shed in their yard. Robert Jarrett, Jr., formerly of Elkridge, was indicted in May for the 1991 murder of his then-wife, Christine Jarrett. After getting permission to search the Elkridge property from Jarrett’s second wife, police found Christine Jarrett’s remains on April 18, 2012, under concrete, under a shed in the yard. Jarrett and his second wife have since divorced. According to a spokesman for the State’s Attorney’s office, during opening statements in court Wednesday, prosecutor James Dietrich told the court that Robert and Christine Jarrett’s marriage was marked by infidelity and abuse. Jarrett’s attorney, George Psoras, told jurors not…
Monday, December 3, 2012
Jury selection should begin Wednesday in the case of an Elkridge man accused of murdering his wife, burying her under the shed.
Remains found buried in concrete underneath a shed in an Elkridge backyard can be used as evidence in the state’s trial against Robert Jarrett Jr., a judge ruled Monday. The remains, according to the medical examiner, were those of Christine Jarrett, Robert Jarrett’s wife in January 1991 when he reported her missing. In April 2012, Jarrett’s second wife – from whom he was separated at the time and who later filed for divorce – allowed police to search the property behind their house. It was the same home Jarrett shared with Christine when she was reported missing. Jarrett was indicted on first-degree murder in May. Read full coverage of the Jarrett case on Elkridge Patch In court Monday, Jarrett’s attorney, George Psoras Jr., revived …
morgan gale
8:28 am on Monday, April 29, 2013
Lawyer-"Sympathy and skeletal remains", " never said anything to the contrary other than he's innocent". Sounds like the attorney and the defendant are perfect for each other. more ›