OREGON CITY, Ore. (KPTV) – A scheduled court hearing for Lynn Benton was canceled after an hour-long wait, with neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys explaining the delay.
Benton was expected to submit a plea before his trial was set to begin in July.
The case has been high profile from the start. In 2011, Debbie Higbee-Benton was found dead in a hair salon that she owned. Prosecutors alleged her spouse Lynn Benton hired two friends to kill his wife to avoid domestic violence allegations…