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Preston Pierce Trial Pushed to 2027 | Charleston News
The trial for Preston Pierce, the former officer accused in the 2022 kidnapping and murder of Gretchen Fleming, is now set to stretch into next year after a judge granted more time for prosecutors and defense to review years of evidence. Last seen with Fleming before she vanished from a Parkersburg bar, her remains were found in Wirt County in 2025 — and the case has since become a grueling, multi-year investigation. With no trial date yet set and lawyers estimating they won’t be ready by September, the family of the victim, who’s waited over three-and-a-half years for justice, braces for a…
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