Stacey Wondra

Stacey Wondra

CALDWELL — The trial for a man accused of kidnapping and killing a Fruitland boy has been moved.

District Court Judge Brent Whiting on Wednesday, June 10, signed an order to move Stacey Wondra’s jury trial to Canyon County, online court records show. Wondra’s trial was originally set to take place in Payette County, where his alleged crimes occurred.

Wondra has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence related to the disappearance of Michael Vaughan, a 5-year-old boy who disappeared from his Fruitland home in July 2021 and has not been seen or located since.

Wondra has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Wondra is one of four people named as suspects in the case but is the only one who has been charged.

His trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 30 in Caldwell.

Madison Guernsey is the News Editor at the Idaho Press.

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