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ANGOLA — An Angola woman sat calmly in jail as she was being arraigned Friday afternoon for murdering her husband.
The demeanor of Norma Jean Mote, 44, as she appeared before Magistrate Randy Coffey belied the charge she was facing and the horrible nature of what she allegedly did early Friday in the Angola home she shared with her husband, Kevin Conway Mote, 56, and their two teenaged sons.
Mote allegedly killed her husband with an ax in the upstairs bedroom of the home in the 900 block of Fox Lake Road. She phoned 911 at about 12:30 a.m. Friday to report to police that she had killed her husband, court documents said.
Steuben County Coroner Rodney Snyder ruled that Kevin Mote died of trauma to the head, court records said. There was very little detail in the charging documents against Norma Mote.
Coffey ordered Mote be held without bail. He appointed attorney Anthony Kraus as her public defender. Her trial is set for March 18 at 9 a.m. in Steuben Superior Court. A pretrial conference is Jan. 25 at 8:30 a.m.
The felony murder charge carries a prison term of up to 65 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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