OTTAWA — A Pittsburg State University professor who has researched news coverage of sensational murder trials testified this morning that he believed that Kyle Flack wouldn’t be able to get a fair trial in Franklin County. Flack’s attorney Tim Frieden questioned communications professor Troy Comeau as part of his request to move Flack’s murder trial from Franklin County. District Judge Eric Godderz said he would consider Frieden’s motion and issue a ruling later. Godderz is hearing several pre-trial motions today in Franklin County District Court. Frieden has also requested that Flack’s murder trial be delayed from its projected start date in September. Godderz decided to schedule another hearing for July 17 on the request. In other motions, Godderz rejected a request by the Ottawa herald to open certain sealed court documents. Flack faces charges of capital murder in the 2013 slayings of Kaylie Bailey and her toddler daughter Lana-Leigh Bailey, and murder charges in the deaths of Andrew Stout, and Steven White at a farmhouse north of Richter.
Tuesday, June 30, noon
