No Verdict Yet in Donachy Trial

Jurors in the case of a man accused of raping and murdering a St. Marys hairdresser have ended their first full day of deliberations without a verdict.

Jurors got the case in the Lawrence Donachy trial at about noon on Tuesday and deliberated for about 5 ½ hours before the judge sent them back to their hotel. They returned to the courthouse at 9 o’clock this morning and deliberated until just before 6 o’clock.

Donachy is charged with raping and murdering Irene Challingsworth in her home after breaking in to steal a lottery ticket in 1999. Police charged Donachy nearly 10 years after the murder when DNA evidence at the scene was linked to him.

Jurors will continue their deliberations at 9 a.m. Thursday.

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