In this file photograph from Jan. 17, 2012, Samantha and Thomas Wallace listen as their attorneys set a new trial date in Judge Rebecca Stern’s courtroom for criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of their 3-year-old daughter Cameron in 2010.Two Marion County, Tenn., parents charged with negligent homicide in the shooting death of their 2-year-old daughter have asked for an earlier trial date.
Samantha Wallace, 28, and Thomas Wallace, 25, face charges of criminally negligent homicide in the accidental shooting death of their daughter Cameron by her 5-year-old stepbrother.
The children found a loaded .45-caliber pistol that Thomas Wallace kept in his bedroom nightstand and the boy shot Cameron in the chest, according to police reports.
Samantha Wallace’s attorney, Dan Ripper, said after a hearing Monday that his client has other children “not in her custody pending this case” and wants the case resolved so she can have them back.
The case is set for trial on July 30. Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern agreed to set March 19 as a tentative date in case another trial scheduled on that day doesn’t happen.