Pittsburgh, PA - The trial has been canceled for an Allegheny County man accused of killing the mother of his child because prosecutors say they don't have enough evidence to convict him.
The third trial for 49-year-old Ulysses Cager, of Mount Oliver, was to have begun Wednesday. But county prosecutors dismissed homicide and burglary charges against him in the shooting of 26-year-old Tonya Rodgers at her townhouse in the 6800 block of McKinley Court.
Two previous juries had deadlocked and Cager maintained his innocence. County Judge Anthony Mariani signed off on the request to dismiss the charges.
A young mother was shot to death Dec. 23, 2003 while her 4-year-old daughter was home. Tonya Rodgers, 26, was shot around 2:30 a.m. at her townhouse in the 6800 block of McKinley Court. Allegheny County police say the killer kicked in the back door of Rodgers' townhome and shot the woman twice in the back.
Authorities said the couple's 4-year-old daughter hid upstairs during the killing on Dec. 23, 2003. Authorities said the girl told a psychiatric worker, a relative, and a preschool teacher that "Daddy killed Mommy."
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