The trial for a Tilbury woman charged with first-degree murder in the killing of her Tilbury roommate is underway in Chatham.
Kimberly Price, 55, is charged with murdering Henry Neudorf of Tilbury.
The judge alone trial got underway on Monday and is expected to last three weeks.
The court heard that Neudorf and Price's son, David Trealout, had an argument on January 10, 2024 at their house in downtown Tilbury that involved Neudorf getting struck in the head several times and threatened by Trealout with a broken bottle held to his throat.
Chatham-Kent police responded to a 911 call made by Treatlout after the argument, but no charges were laid and police left, the court was told. The court also heard that Trealout threatened to kill Neudorf with a knife.
The court was told that Neudorf was killed on January 11, 2024 and his cause of death was blunt force trauma with Trealout's DNA found on a cast iron frying pan put inside a garbage bag.
Neudorf's sister Margaret Froese and daughter Rachel Neudorf started the testimony telling the court they were worried about Neudorf because he had gone missing and filed a missing person's report with Chatham-Kent police.
Chatham-Kent police and the man who found the body also testified on Monday. Neudorf's body was discovered at the side of Townline Road, north of Maple Line in Dover Township on January 12, 2024.
Price was released on bail in November 2025 and was under house arrest living with her surety, her cousin, in Sudbury.
Trealout was sentenced in September to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in September 2025.
The trial continues on Tuesday.
