BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - An Upshur County man accused of hiring someone to kill another man is asking the court to move his trial to another county.
Rodolfo Villagomez Correa is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy in the death of 29-year-old Joshua Oberg.
The Inter-Mountain (https://bit.ly/1iFXNUOV ) reports that Correa’s attorney told a judge last week that Correa can’t get a fair trial in Upshur County because of extensive media coverage.
Co-defendant Jesse Lee Heater of Buckhannon is awaiting trial.
Another co-defendant, Robert Eugene Siron III of Weston, pleaded guilty last December to voluntary manslaughter and conspiracy to conceal a body. He was sentenced to a total 16 years in prison.
Oberg’s body was found in a shallow grave in a remote area of Upshur County in 2012.
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Information from: The Inter-Mountain, https://www.theintermountain.com
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