Cincinnati Pilot's Wife Jailed in His Slaying
Maggie
Sunday, July 23, 2000
Wife remains jailed
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Still few details in pilot's slaying
By Jeff Carlton
The Cincinnati Enquirer
EDGEWOOD — A day after the wife of the Delta Air Lines pilot was
charged with his death, those closest to the case declined to discuss its
details.
Adele Craven, 37, was arrested Friday on charges of murdering her
husband, Stephen Craven, who was found dead Aug. 12 with multiple gunshot
wounds to his head.
The investigation is continuing, Commonwealth Attorney Don Buring
said, in a Saturday telephone interview. Mrs. Craven will remain in Kenton
County Jail until a Monday morning arraignment, when bail may be set.
Under Kentucky law, an accomplice to a crime is subject to the same
charges as the person who commits the offense, Mr. Buring said. He would not
say if police considered Mrs. Craven an accomplice or the person who actually
pulled the trigger and declined to discuss anything specific about the case.
“At this point in time, let's just say she's been charged with
murder,” he said.
Arraignment is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Kenton County
Justice Center. Mrs. Craven, however, will not actually leave the Kenton County
Jail. She will participate in her arraignment via closed-circuit television,
Mr. Buring said.
Her attorney, Deanna Dennison, could not be reached for comment.
A pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Florence, which the
Cravens attended, declined to comment Saturday.
Delta employees at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
Airport also declined to comment on the case.
Mr. Craven was found shot to death in his Edgewood home by a
neighbor on Aug. 12. Mrs. Craven told police she returned with her two children
from a day of shopping at about 8:30 p.m. She saw her front door was open and
went to a neighbor's because she thought her home was being burglarized, she
told police.
Members of the Cravens' church rallied to support Mrs. Craven in
the days after the murder.
The Cravens' two sons, ages 6 and 8, are staying with area
relatives, a neighbor said.
“'It's a shock. None of us could believe it,” said Julie Boyce,
18, who lives two doors down from the family's Carimel Ridge home. “I never
would have expected anything like this from a family like the Cravens.”
Maggie
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