On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 52-yearold
Darryl Elmore’s indictment
was presented to the grand jury
with a trial date set with his
attorney, M. Kevin Bailey.
Elmore is currently charged
with second-degree murder
of John “Jay” Robles, 46, of
Mechanicsville.
Elmore was originally charged
with voluntary manslaughter
before being amended to
felony murder and finally to
second-degree murder.
Elmore is also charged with
reckless handling of a firearm
and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon.
Robles was found dead in a
construction trailer at Lancer
Park on April 6 from a gun
shot wound. The 911 call came
in to the Longwood Police
Department at approximately
7:45 p.m. on April 6. At the time,
Elmore worked for English
Construction as a subcontractor.
The initial investigation was
done in conjunction with the
Virginia State Police and the
Longwood University Police
Department.
Chief of the Longwood
University Police Department
Bob Beach said that he believed
the gun that was used in the
shooting was a .9 mm semiautomatic
handgun.
Elmore is currently being held
in the Piedmont Regional Jail.
On Nov. 5 at a preliminary
hearing at the Prince Edward
County Courthouse, Bailey was
appointed to Elmore.
Bailey reported that Elmore
has not confessed to murdering
Robles, saying, “[There is] not
a whole lot of evidence in the
case.”
“It’s a case where it’s going to
come down to the experts who
are testifying on ballistics, on
the proximity of the weapon and
those types of things,” Bailey
said.
He added, “What it will come
down to is whether it was an
accident or whether it was a
malicious killing.”
The investigation is still
ongoing by the Virginia State
Police Department.
More information will be
available as it becomes open to
the public.