The widow of slain Mingo County, W. Va. Sheriff Eugene Crum, who replaced her husband as interim sheriff after he was killed in April, resigned the post Wednesday, the Charleston Gazette reported.
Rosie Crum wrote in her resignation letter that assuming her husband’s responsibilities had been “quite an undertaking” and that the sheriff’s post needed to be filled by “a qualified person” who could dedicate time and attention to the office, according to the newspaper. She made no reference to her husband’s shooting in the letter.
Eugene Crum was shot at point-blank range on April 3, allegedly by Tennis Melvin Maynard, 37, whom Crum had coached when Maynard was a high school boxer. It recently emerged that a 2002 accusation of rape against Crum was slated to be used as evidence in Maynard’s trial, although it was unclear how the defense would employ that evidence. No charges were ultimately filed against Crum in the case of alleged rape.
After a hearing in the trial on Tuesday, however, a member of Maynard’s family told reporters Crum had sexually assaulted Maynard when the alleged shooter was a teenager, according to the Gazette.
