A former Pennsylvania mayor acquitted of murder in the killing of a Black woman during racial unrest in 1969 has died.
Former York Mayor Charlie Robertson was 83.
His adopted son, Chhayrong Chhum (CHAY-rong chum), says Robertson died early Thursday at a nursing home after being diagnosed with cancer about a month ago.
Robertson was a police officer when Aiken, South Carolina, resident Lillie Belle Allen was shot to death during a period known as the York race riots.
He was the Democratic mayor of York in 2000 when authorities reopened an investigation into the unsolved killing, which occurred while Allen was visiting family in York.
He was charged with murder in 2001 but acquitted the next year. Nine others were convicted in the case.
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