A 44-year-old Louisiana man is on trial for charges he first tried to kidnap his estranged wife then tried to hire a fellow inmate to kill her while in the Hamilton County Jail.
Shannon Ory faces charges of attempted murder, attempted especially aggravated kidnapping and identity theft charges based on arrests in 2010.
The trial was scheduled to begin more than a year ago but a week before its November 2011 start date Ory’s ex-wife, Kristina Speights, 42, called police when he showed up at her Nashville workplace. Ory fled to Texas where he was later arrested and brought back to Tennessee.
For more see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Todd South covers courts, poverty, technology, military and veterans for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper since 2008 and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Todd’s hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Contact ...
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