Man Accused Of Murdering Brackenridge Neighbor Waives Extradition Hearing
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (KDKA) -- The man accused of killing his neighbor in Brackenridge and then stealing her car went before a judge in West Virginia Tuesday afternoon.
KDKA's Amy Wadas: "Are you sorry for what you've done?"
Justin Bartlett, 25, didn't say a word when he was asked some questions before entering the courtroom in the Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia Tuesday afternoon.
HAPPENING NOW:Justin Bartlett just entered courtroom in Marion Co. WV 4 extradition hearing.Charged w/ homicide 4 Brackenridge woman's death pic.twitter.com/e6X2QHmDyN
— Amy Wadas (@AmyWadas) January 10, 2017
He appeared in front of Judge Patrick Wilson at the Marion County Courthouse for an extradition hearing and sat next his attorney, David DeMoss, holding his head down and appearing very emotional the entire time.
When the judge asked Bartlett if he wanted to waive extradition, he said yes. He will now come back to Allegheny County to face multiple charges including homicide, burglary, theft and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of his next door neighbor 63-year-old Linda McGinnis, of Brackenridge.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner ruled that McGinnis died from a chop wound to head and stab wound to the neck at the end of December. She was initially reported missing by her parents who also said her car was gone.
Her car was later found in a grocery store parking lot in Mannington, West Virginia.
Turns out, Bartlett fled to West Virginia and was later taken into custody near a Rite Aid in Fairmont after fleeing on foot in nearby woods. When he was taken into custody, that's when police say he eventually admitted to killing McGinnis and stealing her car.
He also told police he did not mean to kill her and she didn't deserve what happened to her.
KDKA's Amy Wadas: "You held your head down the whole time. Do you have anything to say?"
Bartlett also has a pending charge out of Pennsylvania for terroristic threats.
The judge ordered that officials with Allegheny County must pick up Bartlett within the next 30 days and take him back to Pennsylvania. Allegheny County sheriff's deputies will pick up Bartlett, but it's unclear when they plan on doing that. Until then, he remains in a West Virginia jail.
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