A judge Wednesday set a $350,000 bond for a Cordova woman charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the November death of her husband.
Patricia Matting, 51, who is a postal worker, and her brother, James Smith, 47, of Milwaukee are accused in the shooting and beating death of Fredrick Matting at about 4:30 a.m. last Nov. 2 near the Matting home in the 9100 block of Ashton Grove.
Fredrick Matting, 51, was shot and wounded as he arrived home from work and then was chased, stabbed and had his skull fractured by the butt of a gun, said state prosecutor Neal Oldham.
His brother-in-law, Smith, was indicted in December and extradited to Memphis from Milwaukee in March.
He is being held on $1 million bond.
Defense attorney Joseph Ozment said the case against Patricia Matting is circumstantial and that her brother has said she did not know her husband was going to be killed.
Criminal Court Judge James Lammey Jr. set her bond after a short hearing.
No trial date has been set.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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