SPOKANE – Jury selection and initial proceedings began Monday (March 9) in the murder trial of a Cheney-area man who allegedly poisoned his wife with pain-medication laced ice cream.
David L. Pettis, 58, has pled not guilty in Spokane Superior Court to charges originally filed in October 2018 but dropped in December and then refiled in June 2019.
On June 25, 2018, Pettis called police to report his wife, 64-year-old Peggy Pettis was “blue and wasn’t breathing.” Responders arrived at the house in the 21400 block of South Beckley Lane near Tyler but didn’t see any signs of trauma and administere...
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