VISTA
A 29-year-old Fallbrook man arrested last week after a body was found buried on a property where he lives pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Wednesday.
Nicholas Andrew Burg is also charged with two auto-theft related counts, according to the criminal complaint filed in Vista Superior Court.
He faces 33 years to life if convicted of all charges, Deputy District Attorney Nikki Estrada said.
No new details of the case were revealed during the arraignment, and the victim’s name has not been released.
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Prosecutors allege in the complaint that the victim was killed July 12 or 13.
Sheriff’s deputies found the body July 14, buried on the property where Burg lives on South Ridge Drive, south of Live Oak Park Road.