Justice has been put on ice in a 2010 local murder case.
The Crown had a year to resume criminal proceedings against its original suspect in the homicide case of 39-year-old Randy Cromarty, who was found dead at the former Inntowner Hotel in May of 2010.
But the year the Crown had has come and gone .
Thea Gliddy, 31, was charged the day after Cromarty’s body was discovered. She was eventually charged with second-degree murder. Her jury trial was set to begin on May 14 2012, but the Crown apparently did not have enough evidence to have a reasonable chance for a conviction, so the jury was told to stay home.
The murder charge against Gliddy was stayed, and she was released after nearly two years in custody.
The stay had a one-year time limit, which expired Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the Crown attorney's office says there have been no new developments in the case, so the proceedings have not been recommenced.
That means the case is essentially at a dead end, and Thunder Bay Police will not be looking for another suspect.
Police spokesperson Chris Adams says they "remain confident and stand behind the charges that were laid" against Gliddy. And he says the lack of a trial or a conviction is "due to a court process, which has nothing to do with policing."
(Jonathan Wilson, Thunder Bay Television)
