Murder trial set for Calvin D. Pettey June 18

There must be a wedding in the spring.A beautiful, happy and memorable.The choice of April 17, 2010, was simply Sandra Fugate. The mother of 32 years old, had met, finally, the man of her dreams and pleasant season after a winter of freezing would be the perfect time to tie the knot with his long time friend of 40 years, Duane Calvin Pettey.Call it a sweet love story. Both had children from previous relationships, and worked at General Mills plant in Hannibal. They began dating, and then by what many consider to describe a long period, they finally reached the point of wanting to spend the rest of their lives together.But family and friends in the wedding dresses day is expected to visit never happened. Only two days before Michelle Fugate Sandra Sandra Michelle Pettey became his mother was killed in the basement of his home in 3611 Iowa Avenue.After a thorough investigation in the amount of first-degree murder filed the next day.  

 

The man accused of the crime - Calvin Duane Pettey.I was not in court Monday morning. A change of venue was granted and the trial was moved from the courthouse in Marion County, Audrain County Courthouse in Hannibal, Mexico, and the only ones who have faced the judge Keith Sutherland, Marion County District Attorney Tom Reddington and Marion County Public Defender Todd Schulze.The lawyers spent less than five minutes with Sutherland and when all was said and done a trial date of June 18, was decided. Reddington said it was "difficult to predict" time of the study, however, Sutherland courtroom for the proceedings until June 22 reserved. Reddington said he expects jury selection, only half of the day when the process begins to take place in the afternoon.At first, it seemed, was in mourning for a lover Pettey. He has published on its Facebook page, and Fugate, said it looked like a "queen" in her wedding dress. Also called "thoughts and prayers." However, the information revealed during the preliminary investigation, pleaded not guilty to the questions can be raised Pettey.Rebecca Kirk took the floor during the preliminary hearing and after testimony from Pettey knew in high school and again in Facebook. Their relationship was intimate revived and Fugate, had no idea he was caught in a love triangle that ends in her death in a cold basement.Kirk said Pettey has developed three different scenarios, such as alibis. They ranged from the "plausible deniability" for Kirk Pettey Fugate shot after shot, if the incident was a robbery gone wrong. The third scenario includes anonymous letters to his current marriage scare Fugate."I could not do it," Kirk said. "He asked me what I would do if he went to extremes to be with me. I asked him what he meant and he said he had killed her."Schulze, Kirk said "knowledge" and "opportunity" had to kill Fugate, but was never collected.