(Halifax VA) - An alleged south Virginia wife killer caught makes this a weekend of closure. Halifax Co. deputies arrested 67 yr old Russell Layne Wednesday for murdering his 52 yr old wife Emma Layne in 2017. Her best friend Mechelle Pollard tells ABC-13 the arrest is stunning.....Preview: Russell Layne is in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond. No cause of death, yet, but authoritie are calling it violent.