Butler Woman Accused of Shooting Husband Headed to Trial
Amalia Mirasola allegedly shot her husband six times while he was sleeping in 2010.
A Butler woman accused of shooting her husband six times, killing him while he slept, in 2010 is scheduled for trial in December, according to NJ.com. Forty-seven-year-old Amalia Mirasola, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, allegedly told Butler police, "I think I shot my husband," when they arrived on the scene on May 22, 2010 and found Carl Mirasola, 43, dead. But that statement, and others, should not be allowed as evidence in court, according to defense attorney Kalman Geist, because they were made before Mirasola was read her rights, as reported by NJ.com. Amalia Mirasola was indicted by a grand jury in March of 2011. A hearing to discuss dismissing the statements has been scheduled for Oct. 24 and Mirasola …
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Dory Degen
3:27 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
amen. how embarrassing for butler. abd poor kid! more ›