Prosecutors rest case in Reed homicide trial


January 30, 2008 at 4:05p.m.

Prosecutors rest case in Reed homicide trial

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Prosecutors rested their case in Dennis Reed’s homicide trial in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

Reed, 36, could face the death penalty if convicted in the shotgun death of his estranged girlfriend Wendy Miller, 28, who died in December 2002. Prosecutors offered nearly 20 witnesses this week before resting their case this morning.

The defense was expected to begin its case Thursday morning. District Attorney John Bongivengo and Tom Minnet, assistant district attorney, are handling the prosecution. Randy Hetrick of Mercer is Reed’s attorney.