Judge sends Hutchinson murder case to grand jury

Hutchinson

The woman accused of killing 89-year-old Jim Roberts at his Marion home in July told police that another man did it. Cindy L. Hutchinson, 50, of Marion allegedly made statements to a Kentucky State Police detective, claiming that another man hit Roberts in the head with a skillet.

Hutchinson's statement and other evidence was presented during more than an hour of testimony Wednesday at a preliminary hearing in Crittenden District Court.

Following the hearing, District Judge Daniel Heady said there was probable cause to bind the case over to the Oct. 1 meeting of the Crittenden County Grand Jury. Hutchinson is accused of theft and capital murder. She remains held at Crittenden Detention Center on a $1 million cash bond.

See next week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press for more details.