Winchester Man Charged with Murder has case bound over to Grand Jury

Almost a year to the day after a Winchester man shot and killed his estranged wife in the head at a Fairfield home where she had spent the night with a male friend, his case has been bound over to the Bedford County grand jury following a preliminary hearing.
James Tim Hall, now 49, is charged with first degree murder, reckless endangerment and burglary. His attorneys admit he shot Kristal L. Hall, 46, after forcing his way into the house on State Highway 64 in Fairfield early March 14, 2015.
The attorney attempted to claim that encountering a spouse in that situation “is not first degree murder, it is voluntary manslaughter.”
Hall will be arraigned at the grand jury’s March 21 session.