Husband arrested for 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne

Halifax County Sheriff releases statement on Emma Layne murder case
Days after the husband of Emma Compton Layne was arrested and charged with her murder, the Halifax County sheriff released a statement about the case now.
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.
Sister of murder victim Emma Compton Layne reacts to arrest
WDBJ7 caught up with Emma’s sister to get her reaction to the arrest after seven long years of fighting for justice.
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.
Husband arrested for the 2017 murder of Emma Compton Layne
Emma Compton Layne went missing in June 2017. Her remains were found in November of that year. Her husband, Russell Layne, was arrested for her murder the day before Thanksgiving 2024.
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. November 27, Sheriff Fred Clark announced that her husband, Russell Wayne Layne,
'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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Wife’s body found by hunters in Virginia woods in 2017, cops say. Now, husband arrested
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