Michael Vaughan murder case: Legal expert lays out how prosecutors can pursue a murder charge without a body

Michael Vaughan Case: Judge sets date to hear Wondra's motion to dismiss

CALDWELL — Stacey Wondra, the man accused of killing missing 5-year-old Fruitland boy, Michael Vaughan, appeared in a Canyon County courtroom on Tuesday. Wondra has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and destruction of evidence charges tied to Michael’s disappearance from Fruitland in July 2021. Michael’s body has never been found. RELATED | […] The post Michael Vaughan Case: Judge sets date to hear Wondra’s moti…

Michael Vaughan murder case: Legal expert lays out how prosecutors can pursue a murder charge without a body

Michael Vaughan vanished from Fruitland in 2021, and Idaho News 6 has followed the case ever since.Now, the defense for the man charged with Vaughan's murder is expected to ask a judge Tuesday to dismiss the case, arguing prosecutors don't have enough evidence.Investigators spent days excavating Stacey Wondra's backyard after receiving a tip that Michael's body was buried there. They found nothing. But that doesn't necessarily mean prosecutors d…