The trial for Erik Sparre, the man accused of killing a husband and wife in a Camden County church 40 years ago, ended in a mistrial on Wednesday, according to the Camden County Clerk’s office.

The trial started on Tuesday with testimonies, and it wasn’t immediately clear what led to the decision because News4JAX did not attend the trial.

The mistrial marks another development in a case that began in 1985 with the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain inside the Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Camden County, involved a conviction that was later overturned, and continues to raise more questions than answers.

Here is a timeline of critical events that led up to Wednesday’s mistrial: • March 11, 1985: Harold and Thelma Swain are shot and killed in their church. Witnesses describe a white

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