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Grand jury indicts Lovingston woman for 2009 arson, murder

Chris Graham

policecar3A special Nelson County grand jury has indicted Linda Campbell Blackwell of 18 Creekview Lane, Lovingston, on charges of arson, obtaining money by false pretenses, and felony murder relating to a house fire that occurred on Aug. 2, 2009, killing James Shelton Sr.

The indictments were handed down on Tuesday.

Blackwell was also indicted for arson and obtaining money by false pretenses in connection with two more house fires on the same property at Creekview Lane, one in February 2012 and the other in May 2013.

The indictments follow a Virginia State Police and Nelson County Sheriff’s Office investigation spanning several years.

Blackwell is currently being held without bond in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. An advisement hearing in the Circuit Court has not yet been scheduled.

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