Chico Man Arrested in Food Maxx Murder
A 48 year-old Chico man will be in a Butte County courtroom today
facing murder and attempted murder charges
Timothy Wayne Wiechert is suspected a killing 61 year-old
Daniel Niles and stuffing his body in a shopping cart and leaving
it near (the entrance to the Food Maxx store in Chico) a Chico supermarket.
Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey
says suspect was already in police custody after the attempted murder
of a 28 year-old woman last week.
Police arrived to find Wiechert strangling a woman and
fending off a neighbor Wiechert was arrested and police discovered he was
driving a truck owned by Daniel Niles....police discovered
the body of Niles two days later.
Ramsey says forensic evidence also tied Wiechert to the
murder.
He faces two life terms if convicted.