Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for an Iowa man a Wellston woman charged in the connection with the death of a Carney man.
Each faces three felonies. Each is being held in the Lincoln County Jail in Chandler without bond.
Clyde Dean Clayton, 42, of Sioux City, Iowa and Janelle Berthna Brown, 39, Wellston, were formally charged July 14 in Lincoln County District Court.
The felony charges each faces include accessory to murder in the first degree, unlawful removal of dead body and desecration of a human corpse.
Each made initial appearances before Associate District Judge Sheila Kirk on July 17. She ordered them to make further initial appearances on July 27.
The preliminary hearings are scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 15 for the two.
Special Judge Emily Mueller originally scheduled their pre-preliminary hearings for 1:30 p.m. on Sep. 21. She has rescheduled Brown’s for 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 12.
In Count 1 each is accused of on or between June 2 and July 7 of 2023 of actively aiding after the murder of Brian Corey, cleaning up blood and burning and/or destroying evidence with knowledge that Brian Corey had been murdered and with the intent that the offender avoid arrest and/or punishment.
Count 2 charges each on or between those same dates of removing the body of a deceased human being from inside a residence in Carney within Lincoln County without authorization from the district attorney or medical examiner or either of their authorized representatives and without circumstances to justify the removal.
In Count 3 each is accused of on or between June 2 and July 7, 2023 of desecrating the body of Brian Corey, after his death, by burning and/or scattering his remains for the purpose of tampering with the evidence of a crime, disposing of a dead body and/or impeding or prohibiting the detection, investigating or prosecution of a crime.
Supplemental information filed in the case by Assistant District Attorney Kelly Trimble shows Brown has a prior conviction on May 1, 2018 in the District Court of Dakota County, Neb., for the felony offense of theft over $5,000.
Clayton and Brown have been in jail since their arrest on July 7, 2023.