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YOUNGSTOWN -- The Robert L. Moore murder retrial, which was supposed to begin this morning, has been postponed again, this time because a key state's witness was arrested over the weekend.
The parties appeared this morning before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and talked about the arrest in open court. Defense attorney Lou DeFabio said it is necessary for him to obtain information about the arrest so that it can be possibly used during the Moore trial for "impeachment" purposes, meaning undermining the witness's credibility.
Moore, 53, of Alliance is charged with murder in the 2009 disappearance and presumed murder of Glenna J. White, 16, from a Smith Township home. Moore was the last person known to have been with her.
The trial also was postponed for two weeks earlier this month over an issue that arose over a witness who took a polygraph test in 2014 regarding the girl's disappearance. The parties later agreed to what testimony would be allowed regarding the test, resolving the issue.