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Homicide suspect seeks charges thrown out

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The defense is expected to seek a Wausau man's homicide charges be thrown out today.

Chase Boruch is accused of staging his mom's death last year. Defense attorney John Voorhees argues in court documents that criminal complaints don't show he acted with intent to kill his mother or explain how, why, when or where she suffered the brain injury.

Judge Glenn Hartley refused to dismiss the case during a hearing back in February.

Boruch has been ordered to stand trial in the death of his mother Sally Pergolski. Prosecutors say Boruch staged the 63-year-old woman’s drowning death in Moraine Lake on June 6, 2010, to collect on more than $1 million in life insurance.

Voorhees also wants Hartley to throw out evidence police took during searches of Boruch’s and Pergolski’s homes last summer, including maps of the lake and life insurance policies. He claims the search warrant did not show probable cause, was overly broad and left out some key facts of the case.

But prosecutors argue that there was evidence suggesting Pergolski’s death was intentional and that police would find evidence related to the case in her home.

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