By Seamus McGraw
July 31, 2006
MATHEWS, Va. (Crime Library) — With just two-and-a-half weeks to go before testimony begins in the trial of Ben Fawley, the part-time photographer charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Taylor Behl, authorities have not yet released a detailed version of the slain co-ed's autopsy.
A complete version of the report could be finished this week, nine months after Behl's body was found dumped on a rural farm, miles from the city of Richmond where the teenage student was last seen alive.
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| Ben Fawley |
But despite a vigorous protest from defense attorneys, a judge last week ruled that Fawley's trial will proceed without it.
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| Chris Collins |
Chris Collins, one of two attorneys defending Fawley against charges that he strangled the 17-year-old in September and dumped her body in a ditch in rural Mathews County, had argued in court last week that the trial should be delayed until the autopsy results were ready.
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| Taylor Behl |
The state medical examiner has said that the office is awaiting additional evidence before making a final determination regarding the cause and manner of Behl's death.
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