Arizona Rancher Considers Moving After Murder Trial on Border

People close to the case say George Alan Kelly and his wife have lost nearly everything, including a sense of belonging in the community they considered home.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

NOGALES, Ariz.—Observers say it took 75-year-old Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly just 15 months to lose nearly everything he worked for: his life savings, the home that was his paradise, and his good name.

Despite a deadlocked jury resulting in Mr. Kelly’s acquittal on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, his life is all but ruined.