THE TRIAL FOR A BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN NEARLY 21 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN CONTINUED, YET AGAIN. 38 YEAR OLD JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF 85 YEAR OLD ODIE DUFF. DUFF WAS STRANGLED AND STABBED TO DEATH IN NOVEMBER OF 1986. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE MOTIVE WAS ROBBERY. TERRY WASN’T ARRESTED AND CHARGED UNTIL 2002 AFTER DNA FROM THE CRIME SCENE WAS PUT INTO A PRISON DATA BASE AND SHOWED TERRY AS A MATCH. HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME. WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE TAMMY MCELYEA RECENTLY GRANTED A DELAY TO TERRY’S DEFENSE TEAM, TO ALLOW TIME FOR THEM TO COLLECT TRANSCRIPTS AND PREPARE FOR TRIAL. A NEW TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR JANUARY 7TH.