Jury gets toddler murder case

After both prosecution and defense presented their closing arguments in a packed courtroom Wednesday, Judge Fred Gibler gave the jury its final instructions.

After three weeks of observing evidence and testimony in the Heather Crawford murder trial, jurors were given the OK to deliberate.

Now the waiting begins.

Crawford is charged with first-degree murder in the August 2014 death of 22-month-old Ezra Wilson, the daughter of Crawford’s former live-in ex-boyfriend, Hiram Wilson. The 28-year-old woman allegedly suffocated the child in the couple’s Kingston home.

Because Shoshone County couldn’t establish an impartial jury, the trial is being held in Kootenai County with Coeur d’Alene-area jurors/ Ryan Collingwood , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.