Justine Swartz Abshire


Investigating murder: Dateline covers Abshire case Published on Jun 19th, 2012 26 comments Eight months after sometime-dump-truck driver Eric Dee Abshire was convicted of first-degree murder in Orange County Circuit Court, national news show Dateline NBC will air a two-hour special on the...
'110 percent sure': Jurors say no doubt in Abshire's guilt Published on Oct 31st, 2011 17 comments "There's a verdict!" The cry at the Orange County Circuit Court at around 4:20pm on Tuesday, October 25 brought family and friends of the late Justine Swartz Abshire racing up to the third floor...
Jury: He did it. Abshire murder trial Published on Oct 25th, 2011 46 comments As the jury weighed its decision in the first-degree murder trial of the Greene County dump truck driver accused of killing his wife for a $1.5 million in insurance payout in a crime so shabbily...
Day 7: What the jury won't hear Published on Oct 20th, 2011 4 comments Following early morning testimony from a handwriting expert who concluded that Eric Abshire forged his then-fiancée's signature on a million-dollar vehicle insurance policy, day seven of the first-...
Day six: All about the money Published on Oct 20th, 2011 1 comments Did Eric Abshire know he stood to collect $1.5 million if his wife died in a hit and run, and did he attempt to collect that money? Those questions were the subject of testimony on Wednesday, October...
Day five: Abshire expressed marriage regret Published on Oct 18th, 2011 11 comments Speaking in a soft– at times shaking– voice, Eric Abshire's high school sweetheart, Allison Crawford, testified unwillingly today and revealed that on the night of Justine's death,...
Day three: Prosecution suggests strangulation Published on Oct 14th, 2011 7 comments In addition to dozens of abrasions, bruises, and broken bones, Justine Elizabeth Abshire suffered another type of injury before her death, a medical examiner testified today. "These findings are what...
Day two: Trial opens with gruesome details, timeline emphasis Published on Oct 13th, 2011 11 comments A shoe, two gold earrings, and a cell phone were among the items found along Taylorsville Road near the lifeless body of kindergarten teacher and 1997 Western Albemarle High School graduate Justine...
'Women and money': Prosecutors suggest motives in Abshire pretrial hearing Published on Oct 7th, 2011 7 comments If Eric Abshire were a grieving widower, he had a strange way of showing it. According to information presented by prosecutors Thursday, between the death and burial of his wife, the Orange County...
Trial set: Eric Abshire pleads not guilty to wife killing Published on Mar 3rd, 2011 9 comments The Greene County man accused of killing his wife and staging her death as an automotive hit-and-run pleaded not guilty to first degree murder at his arraignment Thursday, March 3 in Orange County...
History of strangulation? Abshire denied bond after allegations of violent past Published on Feb 10th, 2011 2 comments Although his court-appointed attorney argued that his client poses neither flight risk nor danger to the community, accused wife-killer Eric Abshire will remain behind bars without bond, a judge...
No bail: Abshire pleads poverty in first court appearance Published on Jan 7th, 2011 10 comments Eric Abshire made his first court appearance Thursday in the Orange County Circuit Court. Inset: Abshire at a November 3, 2007 vigil for Justine. PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART/INSET BY JAY KUHLMANN...
Fight for justice: Justine Swartz Abshire's family wages war on widower Published on Nov 10th, 2010 53 comments Hook cover image. Since their daughter's mysterious death on a winding country road, the parents of Justine Swartz Abshire have made no secret about who they believe is responsible. But four years...
Remembering Justine, as Abshire accused of more abuse Published on Nov 4th, 2008 4 comments Justine Swartz Abshire danced with her father, Steve Swartz, at her May 2006 wedding to Eric Abshire. She died less than six months later. FILE PHOTO COURTESY SWARTZ FAMILY Two years after Justine...
Family abuse? On Primetime's eve, woman files on Abshire Published on Jul 18th, 2008 35 comments Justine Swartz Abshire was left to die on an Orange County roadside five months after her May 28, 2006 wedding to husband Eric Abshire. COURTESY OF HEIDI AND STEVE SWARTZ A year and a half after...
Father's Day plea for Justine Published on Jun 16th, 2008 5 comments Father's Day should be a celebration, but for the father of Justine Swartz Abshire, a young woman who died on a winding country road in Orange County in November 2006, the apparent victim of a hit...
Justine's vigil brings comfort, questions Published on Nov 6th, 2007 2 comments On Saturday, November 3, dozens of people flocked to Taylor Park on Main Street in downtown Orange for a vigil to remember Justine Swartz Abshire, a 27-year-old kindergarten teacher and animal lover...