Ford trial delayed until 2009
NORWICH – Jury selection in the murder trial of a New Jersey man accused of murdering a 12-year-old Otselic girl was supposed to begin this morning, but the case was rescheduled earlier in November for an unspecified date in 2009.
“The case has been rescheduled with no determined date at this point,” said Senior Assistant Clerk Rose Grady from the Chenango County Court Clerk’s Office.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin today for the trial of George Ford Jr., 42, of Piscataway, N.J., who is charged with second degree murder for allegedly causing the intentional death of Shyanne A. Somers, 12, South Otselic, on July 8, 2007.
First Assistant Stephen M. Dunshee said the case was postponed by Broome County Court Judge Joseph Cawley at the request of the defense. Cawley took over the case after County Court Judge W. Howard Sullivan recused himself.
Defense Attorney Randel Scharf of Cooperstown represents Ford; he also recently represented convicted murderer Peter M. Wlasiuk. A jury found Wlasiuk guilty for the second degree murder of his wife in September and he was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life. District Attorney Joseph A. McBride and Scharf will again face each other in another murder trial when Ford has his day in court.
Ford appeared at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich at 5 a.m. July 8, 2007 and told police he had accidentally driven over the girl with his pick up truck the while showing her his horses five hours earlier. Ford said he was taking Somers home after plans for her to babysit for him and his wife fell through and that on the way, the girl asked to get out of the car to look at the horses that were fenced in along the roadway. Ford said he was attempting to turn his truck around and accidentally ran over her.
Ford said he was too shocked by the condition of her body to move it for over an hour and became lost on his way to the hospital in Norwich, resulting in a five hour delay between the time of the accident and authorities being alerted.
Police charged Ford with murder after the information retrieved from the global positioning system in his truck “contradicted his entire story,” said Thomas J. Loughren at a press conference later that July.
Police claim the information shows the vehicle parked behind an abandoned house in Otselic for over three hours. During that time, police also contend that the 12-year-old victim may have escaped from Ford. Police believe she fled the scene and she was pursued by Ford in his pick-up truck and that he deliberately ran her over at around 3:20 a.m. Police inquired into why Ford did not have any socks or underwear on at the time of Somers’ death and he denied having any sexual contact with the girl to investigators.
“The case has been rescheduled with no determined date at this point,” said Senior Assistant Clerk Rose Grady from the Chenango County Court Clerk’s Office.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin today for the trial of George Ford Jr., 42, of Piscataway, N.J., who is charged with second degree murder for allegedly causing the intentional death of Shyanne A. Somers, 12, South Otselic, on July 8, 2007.
First Assistant Stephen M. Dunshee said the case was postponed by Broome County Court Judge Joseph Cawley at the request of the defense. Cawley took over the case after County Court Judge W. Howard Sullivan recused himself.
Defense Attorney Randel Scharf of Cooperstown represents Ford; he also recently represented convicted murderer Peter M. Wlasiuk. A jury found Wlasiuk guilty for the second degree murder of his wife in September and he was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life. District Attorney Joseph A. McBride and Scharf will again face each other in another murder trial when Ford has his day in court.
Ford appeared at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich at 5 a.m. July 8, 2007 and told police he had accidentally driven over the girl with his pick up truck the while showing her his horses five hours earlier. Ford said he was taking Somers home after plans for her to babysit for him and his wife fell through and that on the way, the girl asked to get out of the car to look at the horses that were fenced in along the roadway. Ford said he was attempting to turn his truck around and accidentally ran over her.
Ford said he was too shocked by the condition of her body to move it for over an hour and became lost on his way to the hospital in Norwich, resulting in a five hour delay between the time of the accident and authorities being alerted.
Police charged Ford with murder after the information retrieved from the global positioning system in his truck “contradicted his entire story,” said Thomas J. Loughren at a press conference later that July.
Police claim the information shows the vehicle parked behind an abandoned house in Otselic for over three hours. During that time, police also contend that the 12-year-old victim may have escaped from Ford. Police believe she fled the scene and she was pursued by Ford in his pick-up truck and that he deliberately ran her over at around 3:20 a.m. Police inquired into why Ford did not have any socks or underwear on at the time of Somers’ death and he denied having any sexual contact with the girl to investigators.
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