A Williamson County judge has granted a gag order in the Mark Norwood case. The order means that lawyers, witnesses and law enforcement involved in the murder case may not talk about it outside of courtroom proceedings.
Norwood has been charged with capital murder in connection with the 1986 beating death of Christine Morton. Her husband, Michael Morton, was wrongfully held in prison for 25 years in her death until he was freed in the fall through DNA evidence.
A blood-stained bandanna had DNA on it that matched Norwood’s, and blood and hair on it belonging to Christine Morton, according to an arrest warrant for Norwood. The bandanna was found about 100 yards away from Morton’s house in southwestern Williamson County.
District Judge Burt Carnes granted the gag order Feb. 22 after it was requested by prosecutors. A trial date has not yet been set.
