Eddie "Marie" Youngblood
Man accused of Coldspring postal worker’s murder facing second indictment
James Wayne Ham, 36, has been indicted in San Jacinto County for the May 17 shooting death of postal carrier Eddie “Marie” Youngblood.
Ham also faces a federal indictment for Youngblood’s murder. He is currently being held in prison without bond for the federal indictment.
“I followed up with an indictment for murder to be certain he’s put away for the rest of his life,” said Richard Countiss, District Attorney in San Jacinto County.
Ham is alleged to have murdered Youngblood after she delivered mail to his home in Holiday Shores #4 Subdivision.
She was shot multiple times at close range and then set on fire inside her Jeep Cherokee, which was found a short distance from Ham’s home.
According to documents from the subsequent law enforcement investigation, Ham was angry with Youngblood because he felt she was holding his mail and rerouting it to his estranged wife, who is also a mail carrier.
Ham’s federal trial is not expected to take place prior to February 2014. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, according to Countiss.
The federal court has set a trial schedule that has final motions filed by Jan. 7, 2014; a pretrial conference on Feb. 3; jury instructions filed by Feb. 4; and jury selection and trial to begin on Feb. 11, 2014.
“If something goes wrong with the federal case, then we have an indictment under which we can seek a life sentence,” said Countiss.
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