Janet L. Anderson is shown her seat in Lewis County Superior Court.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Lawyers checked in with a judge yesterday to gauge progress towards the trial for a Centralia woman accused of fatally shooting her husband.
Janet L. Anderson, now 40, is charged with second-degree murder for the December death of 41-year-old Ty Anderson.
Her trial is scheduled for the week of May 8, but neither attorney expects it to take place that soon.
Centralia defense attorney Shane O’Rourke said a significant amount of discovery – materials prosecutors intend to use at trial – has been exchanged, but they are still awaiting the results of DNA testing from the state crime lab.
O’Rourke told the judge he will be asking to postpone the trial date, but doesn’t want to do it yet because he wants to make sure the crime lab keeps the case as a high priority.
Lewis County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Will Halstead said there are lots and lots of items to be tested.
Outside the courtroom, O’Rourke said among the blood to be tested, is his client’s.
“She sustained some injury as well, and was bleeding,” he said. “From our position, she was hurt during an altercation.”
Lewis County Superior Court Judge James Lawler agreed the parties should return to court in two weeks, and on that date they could address a new trial date.
Anderson remains held on $1 million bail.
She was arrested Dec. 17, after she turned herself in to police and told them she and her husband had been arguing at their home off of West Oakview Avenue and he grabbed his gun and pointed it at her. Her husband’s body was found in their bedroom with a bullet hole in the back of his neck and another in his lower back.
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For background, read “Centralia wife’s murder trial postponed” from Thursday January 19, 2017, here
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