The murder trial of Steve Molin begins tomorrow in Snow Hill, Maryland. I'll be heading down there shortly to cover it.

Molin, of Darby, is accused of intentionally killing his 85-year-old mother, Emily, by running her over a couple of times with his truck. Steve claims it was a "horrible, horrible" accident.

Much will depend on the physical evidence in the case and whether Molin's story (if he testifies) makes sense to the jury. Many people who know him don't believe he would ever, in million years, kill his mother. His devotion to her was known to many who knew the both of them well.

Still, he was distraught that she was put in a nursing home against his wishes. And he admits to saying she would be better off dead than living there.

Over the course of the last several months, Molin has written me numerous letters, about prison life, about how hard he worked to take care of his mom when she came down with Alzheimer's. He also wrote about people he thought were trying to steal from him and his mother. His letters show him to be a loving son and a sweet guy but also a bit deranged, paranoid and obsessive.

Did he intentionally kill his mother that night last August? I don't know. I'll be very interested to hear the case the Md. prosecutors put on.