HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) -Charges have been dropped against a former Memphis police homicide detective held in the death of his wife.
Seventy-two-year-old Brooks Kelton Green of Nesbit was charged with murder in the death of his wife inside their home in Nesbit, Mississippi, two years ago.
Authorities said Charlotte Green was shot as she sat at a computer in the couple's DeSoto County home.
District Attorney John Champion said Tuesday that prosecutors do not have enough evidence to move forward with the charges.
Green had been scheduled for trial on September 24 in DeSoto County.
Court records show Green told investigators he was asleep when she was killed and was awakened by her screams.
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