ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — Andarius McClelland was scheduled to be sentenced Monday inside an Isle of Wight County courtroom after pleading guilty in the death of 18-year-old Aonesty Selby in January 2023.
However, McClelland’s attorney, Stephen Plott, asked for, and received, a continuance so McClelland can get a mental health evaluation, upsetting Selby’s family. McClelland, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Selby’s death, has been charged with several crimes in Suffolk, including prisoner escape and participating in a riot. He also has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on law enforcement.
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“We’re tired of hurting,” said Terry Bailey, Selby’s grandmother. “It’s not fair to us as her family. The only place we get to go see her is the cemetery, or where he killed her.”
Selby was found dead Jan. 13, 2023, on a remote logging path on Blue Ridge Trail as the result of a single gunshot wound…