The sentencing of Melissa Fox-Beacom and Matthew Bates was scheduled for last Friday, but Westmoreland Couty Judge Megan Bilik-DeFazio re-scheduled it for next Monday, the 11th of May, and now has re-scheduled it again, to the 19th.
In February, Fox-Beacom and Bates were both found guilty of first degree murder along with felony conspiracy and solicitation to murder, and misdemeanor abuse of a corpse in the shooting death of 71-year-old Alice Robson at her home in St. Clair Township, outside of New Florence, in December 2023.
The victim was the mother of Fox-Beacom, whose own daughter was the girlfriend of Bates.
A third defendant, 20-year-old Robert Jack, testified against Fox-Beacom and Bates. He has already admitted that he was the actual gunman. Jack’s trial was originally scheduled for April 13th. It has been moved to an undetermined date, with a status hearing scheduled for July 21st.
