Woman's manslaughter conviction overturned

The family of a woman strangled to death by her best friend may have to endure a retrial after the Court of Special Appeals overturned the involuntary manslaughter conviction.

“The victim?s family is broken hearted about the reversal of the conviction, and they feel terrible about the prospect of all the trauma that goes with any retrial of this case,” said Howard County State?s Attorney Timothy McCrone. “You hate to have to do these twice, because it?s so emotionally challenging.”