A 59-year-old Marion, Virginia man has been sentenced in Clinton County Court to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
James Pruitt is accused of dumping the body of 46-year-old Charity Greene of Louisville, Kentucky on the side of new US 50 near the Trenton exit in August 2020. State Police say the two were traveling in Pruitt’s semi-truck when she became unresponsive while using drugs. He reportedly dragged her out of the truck and dumped her body and belongings in a roadside ditch.
After meeting Greene in Indiana, the two were reportedly in the truck together for eight or nine days before the incident occurred near Trenton.
Judge Mark Stedelin was told after Pruitt dumped her body he drove away without telling anyone.
After getting out of prison, Pruitt will have to complete one year of parole.
Pruitt had entered a negotiated plea to the involuntary manslaughter charge in May.
