WURTLAND, Ky. — The murder trial of Beryl W. Smith, charged with killing former Chimacum resident Chadd E. Miller, has been scheduled for Jan. 13 in this tiny Ohio River town of about 1,000 residents.
A pretrial conference is set Jan. 9 in Greenup County Circuit Court, County Deputy Clerk Melinda Lawson said Tuesday.
Smith, 34, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and first-degree wanton endangerment in connection with Miller’s death.
A Class of 2000 Chimacum High School graduate, Miller, 27, was killed Aug. 7, 2010, in the bedroom of his new girlfriend, Amber Nolan.
Nolan, 33, was Smith’s former girlfriend, and the two had a child.
Smith was arrested without incident standing outside Nolan’s house, holding a handgun.
Miller, who had an elementary-school-age son, had moved to Wurtland 11 days earlier after meeting Nolan on the social networking site MySpace.
Grayson, Ky., lawyer Jennifer Barker, who is representing Smith, did not return a call for comment Tuesday morning.