Suspect In Slaying Of Marshall Field`s Department Store Heiress Found Innocent
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A man accused of killing a department-store
heiress was found innocent today by jurors who deliberated for more
than seven hours.
Troy James Wilson was tried on a capital murder charge in the
death of Bettine Reisky de Dubnic, a great-granddaughter of
department store founder Marshall Field.
The 54-year-old heiress was found shot to death March 21st,
1999, in bed at her home near Bull Shoals.
Wilson and his wife Janet were arrested last year in New Mexico,
and were later returned to Arkansas. Janet Wilson had been accused,
but prosecutors withdrew the charge in September with the option to
refile it.
Officials alleged de Dubnic was slain after asking the couple to
leave a home on her property in which the Wilsons were staying
rent-free.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
