Bauduin trial continued to June
The trial of a Jefferson Township man charged in his brother’s 2013 death was delayed until next month to allow an expert to analyze blood patterns.
Robert Jay Bauduin, 48, faces a charge of criminal homicide. His brother, Richard Bauduin Jr., 47, of Colliers, W.Va., was fatally shot Nov. 30, 2013, at the home on Bethel Ridge Road where Robert Bauduin lived with their father.
Bauduin’s trial was scheduled for next week.
Washington County Judge John F. DiSalle signed an order Wednesday granting a continuance of trial until June 20. In asking for the continuance, Assistant Public Defender Rose Semple, who represents Bauduin, requested “time to produce an expert opnion with regard to blood pattern analysis.”
Semple said in court papers last month she planned to consult with an investigative scientist to help determine the location of a shotgun that was found at the scene of the alleged homicide but isn’t the weapon believed to have been used in the shooting.