CASTLE ROCK, Colo.—Prosecutors are asking to delay the death penalty trial of an inmate charged with killing a prison guard because of questions raised about his original conviction.
In a court filing Wednesday, District Attorney George Brauchler said his office needs more time to respond to questions about whether Edward Montour actually killed his 11-week-old daughter. On Tuesday, a coroner changed Taylor Montour’s manner of death from homicide to unknown. Montour was serving a life sentence for her 1997 death when prosecutors say he killed corrections officer Eric Autobee.
Brauchler said another doctor’s initial assessment of the girl’s death is at odds with defense experts’ findings, and prosecutors need a matter of months to re-analyze medical information from that case. The request came as jury selection continues in the trial.
