A court case continues against a Morgantown man on trial for murder, after 35-year-old Teresa Childress was found shot to death more than nine-years ago.

Opening statements from both sides were made Tuesday in the trial of Dennis Childers, as new information was brought to light of what could've been the motive behind the murder of Teresa Childress.

Commonwealth Attorney Tim Coleman says Childress knew Childers was involved in illegal drug activity, and wanted to help authorities, in hopes of them helping her son who was in jail.

"I had met with her maybe a year before her murder at the sheriff's office," said Scott McIntosh, a former Butler County deputy sheriff.

McIntosh, the man who allowed Childress to become a drug informant for the sheriff's department, took the stand Tuesday.

"She said she knew him (Childers) well and could provide us with information to arrest him," he said.

Tim Coleman alleges a tape recorder given to Childress became exposed during a taped conversation involving Childers.

That, he says, is the motive behind Childers allegedly kidnapping and murdering Teresa Childress.

"At the end of this case, we're going to ask you to find this defendant guilty of murder, kidnapping and tampering with physical evidence," Coleman said

In testimony today, McIntosh said Childress had told him she felt her life could be endangered by Childers.

"She said, 'They're going to kill me, they're going to kill me,'" he said.

But Gary Logsdon, defense attorney for Childers, says the evidence in the case just doesn't stack up against his client.

"I want you to pay close attention to the evidence, because hold me to my word, what I'm telling you is true," Logsdon said.

Two other men took the stand including Gene Moneypenny, a rabbit hunter who found Childress' body back in 2000.

The other, Dr. William Ralston, a former state medical examiner, who testified Childress was shot within close range.

Still, Logsdon said even though Ralston can prove it happened, he could not prove who did it.

"You will not hear, or see or feel any evidence that links Dennis Childers in any way to the death of Teresa Childress," Logsdon said.

The trial resumes at 9am on Friday, when Detective Scott Skaggs is expected to take the stand.