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NEW INFO: Cold Case Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

By: WSAZ News Staff Email
Posted: Fri 2:40 PM, Apr 12, 2013

UPDATE 4/12/13 @ 2:40 p.m.
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The suspect in a cold case murder made his first appearance in a Kanawha County courtroom Friday morning.

Daniel Turner pleaded not guilty to killing Terry Clark back in 1999.

Police say Turner strangled Clark and then left her naked body along Route 119 near Walton in Roane County.

Turner's trial has been set for July 22.



UPDATE 2/1/13 @ 9:45 p.m.
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The suspect in a West Virginia cold case murder was a no show in court Friday morning.

Daniel Turner is in a federal prison in Tennessee on gun and drug charges.

Prosecutors had not filed the proper paperwork to bring Turner back to West Virginia.

Police say in 1999 Turner strangled Terry Clark in Charleston. Her body was then found naked along Route 119 near Walton in Roane County.



ORIGINAL STORY
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man has been indicted on a murder charge in a cold case that's more than 10 years old, police say.

Daniel Turner, who is currently in federal prison in Tennessee on gun and drug charges, is suspected of killing Terry Clark in 1999.

Clark's body was found naked along Route 119 near Walton in Roane County, W.Va. Police say she had been strangled.

Investigators were able to charge Turner after matching his DNA with evidence from the crime scene.

Turner is expected to be extradited for arraignment in Kanawha County on Feb. 1.


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