Husband arrested for 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne

Halifax County Sheriff’s Office arrests husband for the ‘senseless murder’ of Emma Compton Layne in 2017
The 52-year-old vanished in June of 2017. Her remains were found in November of that year. Now, seven years later, her husband is in custody.
Husband arrested and charged with the 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne
More than seven years ago, a woman named Emma Compton Layne was murdered in Halifax County. Now, her husband is charged with her death.
Emma Compton Layne’s sister reacts to murder arrest
On Wednesday night, the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 67-year-old Russell Wayne Layne for the murder of his wife Emma Compton Layne in June of 2017. On Friday WDBJ7 caught up with Emma’s sister Shawna Krohn to get her reaction to the arrest after seven long years of fighting for justice.
Arrest made in 2017 Halifax County murder
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the death of Emma Compton Layne. She was killed in June 2017. Sheriff Fred Clark announced that her husband, Russell Wayne Layne, was arrested and charged with murder.
'I just want him to pay for it:' Emma Layne's friends react to arrest in her murder case
One of Emma Compton Layne’s best friends is speaking out after the Halifax County Sheriff announced that her husband was arrested in connection to her murder.
Husband arrested in connection to murder of Emma Compton Layne
HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - An arrested has been made in the murder of Emma Compton Layne, whose remains were found in the woods near her home in Halifax County five months after she went missing in June of 2017.
Husband arrested for 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne
HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. – The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne. The victim’s husband, 67-year-old Russell Wayne Layne, of Nathalie, VA, was taken into custody Wednesday evening and charged with her murder.
'The world has not been right without her': family reacts to arrest in Emma Layne's case
Moments after finding out the officials had an investigation update in the death of Emma Compton Layne, ABC13 exclusively spoke to her sister.
Husband charged with murder seven years after hunters found his wife dead in a shallow grave
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