Trumbull grand jury indicts Christopher Moore on manslaughter charge

WARREN — Christopher P. Moore, the city man accused of killing a neighbor while robbing him of two guns, will not face a murder charge.

A Trumbull County grand jury today added two additional charges to what he faced before — involuntary manslaughter, a third-degree felony, and using weapons while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.

Chris Becker, an assistant county prosecutor, declined to comment on whether he had asked the grand jury to indict on a murder charge.

“They were given the evidence and what the law was, and that’s what they chose to indict,” he said.

Barbara Eschman of Howland, the victim’s sister, said she felt a murder charge was warranted. A murder charge could have carried with it a possible life sentence without parole or the death penalty.

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