SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A judge in Puerto Rico has ruled the island is too small to justify moving a high-profile murder trial involving the son of a U.S. federal court judge to another location in the territory.
An attorney for Pablo Casellas Toro has said that negative publicity about the case could influence its outcome. Casellas is charged with killing his wife last year at their upscale home, as well as destroying evidence, making a false report and weapons violations.
The insurance broker has denied the charges and said he came home to find Carmen Paredes Cintron dead and a man he didn't know escaping over a fence.
Casellas is the son of U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Casellas, a former Puerto Rico treasury secretary.
Justice officials announced the ruling on Saturday.
