Jay Clark murder trial postponed again

Published 2:49 pm Friday, August 21, 2009

Assistant District Attorney C.C. Walker said this week that scheduling was impossible to try the case next week, but that a special session will likely be made to hold the murder trial, possibly between now and the next superior court session in October.

Clark&squo;s sister, Ida Hayes Clark was also charged with accessory after the fact of murder, but was released on bond.

The Polk County Sheriff&squo;s Office found the body of Jay Clark, V, in September, 2006 buried beside the home of 200 Possum Trot Lane in Columbus where Hayes Clark and Miller lived.

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The autopsy showed that Clark, V was shot and then his body dismembered and burned prior to being buried.