COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A murder trial is beginning Tuesday for a man accused of forcing his wife into a car and then shooting her execution-style on a rural road last year.
The body of Jian Chan was found lying along Walsen Road on Sept. 1, 2024, still dressed in pajamas with her hands bound and mouth gagged. Stephen Chan, 80, allegedly called 911 on the morning of the discovery and confessed to killing her, even going so far as to turn himself in to police.
He has since changed his plea to not guilty after the prosecution in April declined to take a plea deal offered by the defense, which would have had Chan taking a manslaughter charge…