Checking in on a homicide case that’s now before State Superior Court, the Indiana County District Attorney’s office this week asked for and was granted an extension of time to file a brief explaining why certain evidence should be admissible in the trial of Charles Cook, the drifter accused of murdering 76-year-old Myrtle McGill at her Indiana home in December 1991.
In March, Indiana County President Judge William Martin denied some of the prosecution’s evidence while accepting other evidence with limitations. The D.A.’s office is asking the appellate court to rule as admissible Cook’s statements upon his arrest in Billings, Montana on December 10th of 1991, three days after McGill was killed. The court is also being asked to allow the reconsideration of some of Cook’s mental health records.
Cook is charged with criminal homicide and robbery. He was identified as a suspect in 2007 and finally located and arrested in Minnesota in 2016. His case is currently listed as closed pending the decision by Superior Court.
