Prosecutors won’t seek death penalty in Searcy cold case



SEARCY, Ark. (AP) _ Prosecutors say they won’t seek the death penalty for a man
charged in the death of a Searcy man who disappeared more than 20 years ago.Brandon Lee Wheeler is charged with capital murder and abuse of a corpse in the
death of Jarrod Green.

Police say Green was reported missing in October 1994. A court affidavit says
that detectives received information late last year about the possible location
of Green’s body, and Wheeler was arrested last month in Ohio.

The Daily Citizen reports that a judge set Wheeler’s
bond at $100,000 at a hearing Thursday. Wheeler’s attorney had argued that his
client had no criminal history and that he believed a conviction was unlikely in
the case.

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