Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 11, 1990 TAG: 9007110187
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: RON BROWN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Troy Wayne Malcom, 19, faces murder, robbery and grand larceny charges in a grand jury indictment handed up Monday, said Covington Police Sgt. Kenneth Lane.
Authorities say Malcom and Rocky Dale Rogers planned to break into a house and rob Dorothy Balsey, who was found stabbed, raped and beaten Jan. 9.
Rogers is awaiting a Sept. 10 trial for capital murder, which could lead to a death penalty sentence. Both men are from the Covington area.
Malcom was in Alleghany County Jail at the time of his murder indictment, according to Lane. He was convicted last month for eight breaking and enterings, two grand larcenies and five petty larcenys.
In January, Malcom was charged on 21 counts resulting from break-ins in the neighborhood where Balsey lived. Rogers was charged on four counts.
According to police, Rogers admitted raping and robbing Balsey, but denied sticking the white-handled knife in her back. He did not say who killed the woman, authorities said.
Garnette Bryan, Balsey's neighbor, testified at a preliminary hearing that she saw Rogers rushing away after sobs and sounds of crashing were heard from Balsey's house.
"She's been taken care of," she quoted Rogers as saying as he fled.
by CNB