COURTLAND, Va. (WAVY) — The murder trial of James Goodwyn, Jr. is underway in Southampton County Circuit Court. He faces one count of first-degree murder in the 2019 death of Cynthia Carver of Newsoms.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Cooke admonished the jurors to be prepared to see graphic images that were gathered as evidence from both Carver‘s home and a swampy area in the southern region of Suffolk, where her body was recovered.
In her opening statement Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Toni Colvin told the jurors that Carver‘s home on Everett Street in Newsoms had blood in almost every room…