Halifax County Sheriff’s Office arrests husband for the “senseless murder” of Emma Compton Layne in 2017
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office in Virginia announced on their Facebook page on Wednesday, November 27, that an arrest had been made in relation to Emma Compton Layne's murder.
According to the HCSO Facebook post, Sheriff Fred Clark has arrested Russell Wayne Layne, 67, of Nathalie, Virginia, for the homicide of his wife, Emma Compton Layne, in June 2017. Sergeant Jeff Burton issued Layne with a murder indictment after he was arrested by police earlier this evening.
In October 2017, Emma's story was highlighted on Dateline. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, Emma had left her Cody, Virginia convenience store after shutting it. She never showed up for her scheduled visit to her mother in the hospital the next day.
After discovering Emma's credit card, clothes, car keys, c...