ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Elkton woman who is accused of murdering an elderly man back in January will appear before a grand jury.

According to online records, Tabitha Nicole Taylor had her first-degree murder charge certified to a grand jury during a preliminary hearing recently in Harrisonburg/Rockingham Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

The 38-year-old Taylor was charged with first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of 84-year-old Winfred Thomas Shiflett after a domestic disturbance turned into a violent altercation early Sunday morning, January 4th, in the 16-hundred block of Lawson Lane.

Taylor remains in custody.