WARREN Niles woman's attorneys seek time in murder trial

WARREN -- Attorneys representing a Niles woman accused of killing her children 30 years ago asked a judge to grant them additional time to find a pediatric forensic pathologist.
James Lewis and Anthony Consoldane of the Ohio Public Defender's Commission told the judge Tuesday they need an expert to look over the evidence in Gloria Greenfield's case.
The judge set another pretrial hearing for July 2.
Greenfield, 52, of Robbins Avenue, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. She is accused of killing her three infant children, Melissa in 1969, Theodore II in 1970 and Regina Woods in 1971. Greenfield has pleaded innocent.
At the times of their deaths, the coroner ruled the children died of natural causes.
The Trumbull County coroner's office changed the causes of death earlier this year: Regina and Theodore's are now being attributed to asphyxia and Melissa's is listed as undetermined. All three have been ruled homicides.
Greenfield also is charged with two counts of assault with intent to kill, accused of trying to kill another daughter, Gloria Bennight, when Bennight was 44 days old and again when she was 80 days old.