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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.