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WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough has scheduled a status conference today for homicide suspect Anthony Dion Shaw, 47, charged with fatally stabbing Cindy Lou Ashton inside her Wilkes-Barre Township residence in May 2018.
Appeals to state appellate courts regarding alleged evidence found in Shaw’s East Orange, N.J., apartment have delayed Shaw’s trial on a single count of criminal homicide.
Shaw’s trial is scheduled to begin later this month.
A status conference allows prosecutors and defense lawyers to update the presiding judge about the case. The proceeding can also involve a plea agreement.
Ashton’s body was found inside her Nicholson Street residence by a Wilkes-Barre Township police officer conducting a welfare check when she failed to report to work on May 2, 2018.
Several witnesses who reside in other apartments in the building previously testified Shaw was with Ashton in the hours before she was found deceased.