ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A lawyer representing double homicide suspect Andrew Isaac Griffin on Friday indicated there are plans to file an affidavit of indigency on his behalf.

Lawyer Kate Clark of the Columbus-based Samuel H. Shamansky law firm declared that intent in Belmont County Common Pleas Court during a pretrial hearing. The filing would indicate that Griffin does not have the funds to hire the necessary expert witnesses for his case.

Griffin is accused of double homicide in the deaths of Thomas and Angela Strussion in their Trails End Drive home near Belmont in September 2021. He was arrested in Hawaii by Belmont County Sheriff’s Department detectives in February. Following his arrest, he was transported to the Belmont County Jail, where he has been held since.

During the hearing, Com

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