He was acquitted of killing his wife. Now, prosecutors are appealing

A Sarnia courtroom erupted with emotion Dec. 20 after a jury found Shawn Trowbridge, 54, not guilty following two days of deliberations at the end of a grueling six-week trial. Several family members of the late Cheryl VanHuizen, Trowbridge’s partner of eight years before she died from external neck compressions on Dec. 31, 2020, gasped and shouted as the jury foreperson announced their decision while Trowbridge’s adult children wept and exchanged hugs. Read More

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