OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - First-degree murder charges
have been dropped against two men accused of killing a 19-year-old
Oklahoma woman whose dismembered body was found in a duffel bag.
Oklahoma County prosecutors filed a motion on
Friday to dismiss charges against Jimmy Lee Massey Jr. and Luis Ruiz
pending further investigation into the death of Carina Saunders. The
motion states charges can be re-filed in the future pending the outcome
of the investigation. The motion was signed by District Judge Ray
Elliott.
Saunders' dismembered body was found Oct. 13, 2011,
behind a grocery store in the Oklahoma City suburb of Bethany.
Prosecutors filed the motion less than one month after Bethany police
asked the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to take over the case.
Investigators have said Saunders' death involved human trafficking and drugs.
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