Murder trial begins; body of victim never found

10/07/2008

 

Associated Press

Prosecutors face a difficult task this week in trying the man accused of murdering a 51-year-old Fort Worth woman.

Glenda Gail Furch's body has never been found.

"It's pretty unusual," Tarrant County prosecutor Bob Gill said in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story. "This is the first one I've handled."

Rodney Owens, 41, is accused of killing Furch, a former neighbor. She has not been seen since Sept. 28, 2007, when she clocked out at midnight from her job at the General Motors plant in Arlington, police said.

Owens is linked to her disappearance by a thumbprint on some duct tape found in a trash bin outside Furch's apartment. Also found in the same trash bag were electrical and telephone cords tied in unusual knots, a towel, clothes and other items belonging to Furch, police said.

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