A grand jury will hear the murder case against a Calloway County man charged in connection to the fatal shooting of a Murray State University student last month.
During a preliminary hearing in Calloway District Court Wednesday morning, the Murray Ledger & Times reports Judge Randall Hutchens found enough evidence to send the case of 22-year old Julius Sotomayor, Jr., of Almo, to a grand jury. Calloway Commonwealth’s Attorney Dennis Foust reportedly said the next grand jury is scheduled to meet next week.
As previously reported by the News Edge, Kentucky State Police arrested Sotomayor in connection to the death of MSU student 21-year old Sarah Townsend of Farmville, Virginia after finding her car at his home on March 27 during the investigation.
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A Calloway County grand jury will hear the case against the man accused of murdering a Murray State student last month who had family in Hopkinsville.
The body of 21-year old Sarah Townsend of Farmville, Virginia was found early in the morning on March 26 on Fox Road near McCuiston Drive in Calloway County. An autopsy determined Townsend died from multiple gunshot wounds.
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Calloway District Court, KSP Detective Trevor Pervine testified Townsend had been at a party in Murray with 22-year old Julius Sotomayor of Almo the previous night and friends said he was the last person she was seen with.
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