Homeland Man Sentenced for Murder of Woman 33 Years Ago
A Homeland man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of a Hemet woman 33 years ago. Shelby Glenn Shamblin, 49, ...
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A Homeland man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of a Hemet woman 33 years ago.
Shelby Glenn Shamblin, 49, was convicted in June of first-degree murder in the 1980 death of 67-year-old Elizabeth Crossman in her home in Hemet. He was sentenced today by judge Patrick Magers in Riverside Superior Court.
According to a press release by the District Attorney's Office, Shamblin was 17 years old when he murdered Crossman inside her home on Florida Avenue on Jan. 17, 1980. The victim died of strangulation. At the time of the murder, detectives had biological samples taken from the victim's body.
The victim's husband told detectives he had hired the stepson of an employee to do odd jobs around the house and identified that person as Shamblin. Detectives were unable to gather enough evidence to connect Shamblin to the murder at that time.
In 2002, Hemet detectives forwarded biological samples in the murder to the Department of Justice for analysis. Results were entered in a national database of DNA profiles but did not result in any suspect for murder.
In 2011, Hemet police detectives were notified that the sample submitted in 2002 had produced a match to Shamblin. His DNA had recently been entered into the national system for the first time following a drug arrest at his Homeland residence in 2010. Shamblin was arrested in connection with the Crossman murder on Feb. 2, 2011.
Shelby Glenn Shamblin, 49, was convicted in June of first-degree murder in the 1980 death of 67-year-old Elizabeth Crossman in her home in Hemet. He was sentenced today by judge Patrick Magers in Riverside Superior Court.
According to a press release by the District Attorney's Office, Shamblin was 17 years old when he murdered Crossman inside her home on Florida Avenue on Jan. 17, 1980. The victim died of strangulation. At the time of the murder, detectives had biological samples taken from the victim's body.
The victim's husband told detectives he had hired the stepson of an employee to do odd jobs around the house and identified that person as Shamblin. Detectives were unable to gather enough evidence to connect Shamblin to the murder at that time.
In 2002, Hemet detectives forwarded biological samples in the murder to the Department of Justice for analysis. Results were entered in a national database of DNA profiles but did not result in any suspect for murder.
In 2011, Hemet police detectives were notified that the sample submitted in 2002 had produced a match to Shamblin. His DNA had recently been entered into the national system for the first time following a drug arrest at his Homeland residence in 2010. Shamblin was arrested in connection with the Crossman murder on Feb. 2, 2011.
