Trial for Idaho man accused of killing 5-year-old boy moved ‘to avoid bias’

The high-profile trial of an Idaho man accused of killing a 5-year-old boy who disappeared from his front yard almost five years ago will be moving 30 miles down the road.

Third Judicial District Judge Brent Whiting granted a change of venue request to move the case to Canyon County from Payette County “to avoid bias in the community.”

Stacey Wondra’s public defenders, along with the Payette County Prosecutor’s Office, asked the presiding judge to relocate the case because a “fair and impartial jury cannot be found in Payette County,” according to a two-page request for a venue change that was filed Monday…

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