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Cold-Case Murder Trial of Missing Tenant's Former Landlord Reaches Jury Stage

A jury is set to consider charges against a former landlord accused of killing Christopher Jarvis two decades after he vanished.

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Updated 19 Oct 2026, 5:40 pm UTC · 1 h ago
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Key points

  • Christopher Jarvis went missing after departing for his job in 2006 and was never located again.5
  • The former landlord of Jarvis faces murder charges in a cold-case trial after twenty years.5
  • Jurors are scheduled to begin evaluating the evidence to reach a verdict in the case.5

A court case concerning the disappearance and alleged killing of Christopher Jarvis has moved toward deliberations, according to ABC News. Jarvis vanished in 2006 after leaving home for his workplace, and he was never seen subsequently.5

Twenty years after Jarvis went missing, his former landlord has been placed on trial on charges of murdering him. A jury has now been tasked with deliberating the evidence presented during the cold-case legal proceedings, ABC News reported.5

How the coverage differs

  • ABC News was the sole source within the provided reports to cover the trial of Christopher Jarvis's former landlord, noting the timeline spanning two decades from the disappearance to jury deliberations.5

Sources · the original reporting

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