A West Virginia man who is accused of murdering a woman and throwing her body in a well heads to trial this week after being indicted on new charges this year.

Michael Wayne Smith, 46, was charged with the murder of 35-year-old Cheyenne Johnson, whose body was found in a deep well days after she was reported missing in April 2021. As Law&Crime previously reported, Michael Smith apparently admitted to police that he shot Johnson in the head and disposed of her body in a well. Michael Smith was interviewed after police received a tip from his girlfriend, 33-year-old Virginia Smith.

Virginia Smith was charged as Michael Smith's co-defendant in connection with Johnson's homicide and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, concealment of a dead body, and use a firearm during the commission of

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