URBANA, Ohio (AP) -- Media outlets report 25-year-old Matthew Puccio entered the not guilty plea on Tuesday in Champaign County court in western Ohio. Puccio was indicted on aggravated murder and other charges in the March death of 21-year-old Jessica Rae Sacco. He could face up to life in prison if convicted.
A couple from Fenton, Mich., and two people from Urbana, Ohio, also are charged in the case. They have also entered not guilty pleas. Investigators say they failed to intervene in the killing, and helped Puccio cut off or transport limbs to southern Ohio and Kentucky.
The county prosecutor and attorneys for the defendants have not returned messages seeking comment.
