MURDER TRIAL DELAYED BY PENDING MOTIONS
Chad Westerlund
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN Editor
The trial of Chad Westerlund on first-degree murder charges had been scheduled to get underway last week, beginning with jury selection on Tuesday, Jan. 17, was delayed because of pending motions in the case. It is expected that the case will be reset on the court’s calendar for trial in the next couple of months. It is not a death-penalty case. Westerlund is charged with the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his children, Chelsea Bramblett, back in January 2020. The couple were arguing in their King Bee Drive home, Westerlund was heavily intoxicted and went outside to calm down. When he re-entered the home, he saw a shotgun and on impulse allegedly picked it up and fired at Bramblett, killing her. She was nursing a baby when she was shot, though the child was unhurt.