WENGNews writes, "TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, MICHAEL KING’S ATTORNEY PLED NOT GUILTY FOR HIS CLIENT THURSDAY IN THE MURDER OF DENISE LEE BACK IN JANUARY. THE TWENTY MINUTE HEARING BEGAN WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ASKING FOR THE CASE TO BE THROWN OUT ON THE GROUNDS OF MEDIA PUBLICITY TAINTING THE GRAND JURY POOL. PROSECUTORS ARE SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MICHAEL KING, AS AUTHORITIES SAY HE KIDNAPPED DENISE LEE FROM HER NORTH PORT HOME BACK ON JANUARY 17TH, THEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, THEN SHOT HER IN THE HEAD AND BURIED HER NEAR TOLEDO BLADE BOULEVARD AND I-75. HER BODY WAS FOUND TWO DAYS LATER. IN ADDITION TO THE MURDER CHARGES, KING WAS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL BATTERY. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL. "
