Second Jashawn Ray retrial begins in murder of Sydney Horton of Akron

After two mistrials, jury selection will begin Dec. 9 in the third murder trial of Jashawn Ray, 31, of Youngstown. He is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Sydney Horton inside her Kenmore home in January 2023.

By the time police discovered Horton’s decomposing body on Feb. 3 during a welfare check, she had likely died about nine days earlier, according to investigators.

Ray is charged with murder, felony murder, felonious assault, having weapons under disability and three sets of firearm and repeat violent offender specifications…

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