Man accused of murder in Forest woman's death extradited to Virginia
Trenton David Mills Frye, 28, is charged with second-degree murder accused of murder in Forest woman's death extradited to Virginia connection with the death of Katlyn Lyon Montgomery.
By Edward Era Barbacena
The defendant in a Bedford County murder case who is accused of strangling a Forest woman in October has been extradited to Virginia from North Carolina.
Trenton David Mills Frye, 28, is charged with second-degree murder accused of murder in Forest woman's death extradited to Virginia connection with the death of Katlyn Lyon Montgomery.
Bedford Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance confirmed the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office transported Frye on Nov. 30 to Virginia, and Frye is held without bond at Blue Ridge Regional Jail’s Amherst facility.
Frye is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 4 in Bedford General District Court, jail and court records show.
Search warrant affidavits filed Oct. 17 in Bedford Circuit Court state law enforcement, in the course of investigating the death of Montgomery, 28, became aware she recently was in a relationship with Frye, of Greensboro, North Carolina. Montgomery was found unresponsive in an apartment at 1060 Madison View Drive in Forest on Oct. 7 and Lynchburg General Hospital physicians noted markings on her neck consistent with being strangled, according to search warrant documents.
On Oct. 13, investigators interviewed Frye’s employer, who advised he did not work the night of Oct. 6 or Oct. 7, according to court documents. Frye was identified as a suspect through a joint investigation between the sheriff’s office and the FBI and was taken into custody without incident Oct. 20 in Greensboro, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has said.
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