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Wilberger suspect refuses plea deal
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CORVALLIS (AP) — The man accused of murdering Brooke Wilberger has refused a plea deal that could have spared him the death penalty.
Prosecutors offered Joel Courtney the deal if he would lead investigators to the body of the 19-year-old Brigham Young University student who disappeared in 2004.
A trial is expected in 2009.
The 42-year-old Courtney has already been sentenced to 18 years after pleading guilty to kidnapping and raping a 22-year-old University of New Mexico student in 2003.
In Oregon, he’s charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse, rape and sodomy.
He’s also accused of attempted murder and other charges in incidents involving other young women in Corvallis the day Wilberger disappeared.
Prosecutors offered Joel Courtney the deal if he would lead investigators to the body of the 19-year-old Brigham Young University student who disappeared in 2004.
A trial is expected in 2009.
The 42-year-old Courtney has already been sentenced to 18 years after pleading guilty to kidnapping and raping a 22-year-old University of New Mexico student in 2003.
In Oregon, he’s charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse, rape and sodomy.
He’s also accused of attempted murder and other charges in incidents involving other young women in Corvallis the day Wilberger disappeared.
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