In the quiet paper trail of online court records, a single motion filed on March 31 reopened a wound that never had the chance to heal.
Duncan Robinson Jr. formally asked the court for bond, months after police say he killed his wife, a request that now forces a community to look again at what happened, what was ignored, and what can never be undone.
According to court documents, the motion does not indicate whether a hearing has been scheduled, or when a judge might decide whether Robinson could be released while awaiting trial.
For the family of the woman at the center of this case, the request is not a routine legal step, but another chapter in a story that already carries unbearable weight.
Police say Robinson was arrested in January and charged with the murder of his wife, Taylor McFadden Robinson, at her home on Rice Planters Lane in West Florence.
Along with the murder charge, Robinson also faces charges of burglary and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, a combination that underscores the severity of the allegations against him.
Since that January arrest, Robinson has remained behind bars, while the legal system moves forward at a pace that often feels detached from the speed at which lives are destroyed.
