Fayette County prosecutors will attempt for a second time to convict a 76-year-old woman for the murder of her husband in a jury trial scheduled to begin Monday.
The first trial of Carol Ann Hignite, 76, ended in a mistrial in December 2022 amid national attention, including a broadcast by Court TV . After eight hours of deliberation, the jurors said they were “hopelessly deadlocked.”
Hignite is charged with murder, abusing or neglecting an elderly person and arson after prosecutors say she killed her husband, Leon Dewayne Hignite, with a hammer, left him lying dead for days, and then set their home on fire…