Judge delays Lowell murder trial upended by revelations about investigator’s role in crash

Judge delays Lowell murder trial upended by revelations about investigator’s role in crash

The judge presiding over the planned retrial of three brothers accused of a fatal shooting in Lowell in 2020 indefinitely delayed the trial, which had been rocked by revelations that one of the lead investigators into the killing may have been drunk when he crashed into a van in Woburn in December 2023.Judge Christopher Barry-Smith also scheduled a Friday morning bail hearing for Billoeum, Billy Lee and Channa Phan, all of whom are charged with …