Jury trial underway for Tulsa man charged with murdering wife; hiding her body in car along Highway 412

The trial has started for a Tulsa man accused of murdering his wife and hiding her body in the back of her car along the side of Highway 412.

Chris Morland married Cassidy Ritchie weeks before she went missing last year.

Trial Day 1

The trial started with Morland’s attorney telling the jury Morland did kill his wife, Cassidy Ritchie, but says it wasn’t a pre-planned murder. He says the two did get into a fight.

Prosecutors say Ritchie was beaten to death and had 55 different injuries to her body…

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