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Conviction in Monongalia County murder case

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County jury took 70 minutes Thursday to convict a woman in an April 2018 shooting death.

Elizabeth Chinn

Elizabeth Ann Chinn, 34, of South Point, Ohio, shot and killed Timothy Pahl, 67, during a burglary at Pahl’s home on Old Stewartstown Road near Morgantown on April 22, 2018.

Pahl arrived home to find the crime in progress. He was shot several times in the stomach.

The sentencing phase of the trial began Thursday evening soon after the guilty verdict was returned.





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