TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEW FLORENCE WOMAN

A trial date was set for a New Florence woman and two men that Westmoreland County prosecutors say she enlisted to kill her mother.  The Trib reports that jury selection for the trials of Melissa Fox-Beacom, Robert Jack and Matthew Bates will begin February 2nd.  They are charged with first-degree murder for the December 2023 shooting death of 71-year-old Alice Robson.  Prosecutors say that Fox-Beacom directed Jack and Bates to kill Robson in response to disputes over the custody of a child.