A motions hearing is scheduled today for Charles Cook, the 64-year-old drifter accused of killing 76-year-old Myrtle McGill at her home along South 6th Street in Indiana in December of 1991. Attorney Robert Manzi Jr. made an omnibus pretrial motions filing last month and also filed a motion for a subpoena.
Cook was found in Minnesota in 2016 and extradited to Indiana County in February of last year. He had evaded capture since being identified as a suspect in 2007 after investigators identified his DNA on a cigarette butt found in McGill’s car. Cook is accused of stealing and later abandoning the car at the Pittsburgh Greyhound Bus terminal after the shooting.
Cook is charged with criminal homicide and robbery, and is being held without bond at the Indiana County Jail. He’s served time in eight states for a variety of crimes, including burglary, drug dealing, rape, and assault.
Today’s hearing is scheduled before Indiana County President Judge William Martin.
