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bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Dominick McClung, 18, along with his attorney Matthew DeVore, were in Wood County Circuit Court Thursday where McClung was sentenced to life in prison for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) PARKERSBURG A Parkersburg man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager. Dominick McClung, 18, was sentenced before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton in Wood County Circuit Court for the first-degree murder of Yeager, 68, whose body was found under the Fifth Street Bridge a day after being reported missing. He was also sentenced to one to five years for the concealment of a deceased human body. Both sentences are to run consecutively. ....
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG A man charged for helping to get rid of evidence in the murder of a Parkersburg woman in the Fall of 2019 has entered into a plea agreement. Eric Dillon, 30, in custody at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, recently pleaded guilty before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton to a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the case of the murder of Karen Yeager. He was charged with helping to hide or dispose of evidence in Yeager’s murder. Under the agreement, he will serve one year on state prison with 302 days credited for time served. According to the West Virginia Division of Corrections website, Dillon is already serving one to 15 years for charges of burglary by breaking and entering as well as grand larceny. ....
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Dominick McClung, 18,, is led from a courtroom after pleading guilty to murder. He was sentenced Thursday to life with mercy and 1-5 years for concealing a corpse. PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager. Dominick McClung, 18, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton for the first-degree murder of Yeager, whose body was found under the Fifth Street Bridge a day after being reported missing. He also was sentenced to 1-5 years for the concealment of a deceased human body. Both sentences are to run consecutively. ....
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com In this Nov. 5, 2019, photo, Billy Ray Johnson Jr. is escorted out of Wood County Magistrate Court by Wood County Sheriff’s Department Detective C.P. Nichols following his arraignment before magistrate Jody Purkey. (File Photo) PARKERSBURG A number of murder trials are pending in Wood County Circuit Court as the COVID-19 pandemic and other concerns continue to impact scheduling. Wood County Prosecutor Pat Lefebure recently told the Wood County Commission that all three circuit judges had murder trials set in the coming months. Officials said the courts were going to need larger venues to accommodate a lot of people while maintaining social distancing guidelines and other health concerns during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. ....