Friday, October 2, 2009

Former boyfriend sued in W.Va. State student's death


A Kanawha County man is accused of holding his former girlfriend against her will, and later contributing to the circumstances that led to her death last year.

Timothy Joseph White is accused of contributing to the wrongful death of Shana Brianne Cowley following an apparent argument they had last October. The suit was filed on Sept. 14 in Kanawha Circuit Court by Cowley's mother, Leetta Beachum, the administratrix of her estate.

For more on this story, go to The West Virginia Record