Dispatch: Jurors assembled to hear 2015 Soddy-Daisy murder trial

Age at Arrest: 30
Date of Birth: 10/14/1985
Arresting Agency: Soddy Daisy

Last Date of Arrest: 01/31/2016
Charge(s):

    CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
    AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Age at Arrest: 30 Date of Birth: 10/14/1985 Arresting Agency: Soddy Daisy Last Date of Arrest: 01/31/2016 Charge(s): CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

Jurors have been assembled to hear the case of a 31-year-old Soddy Daisy man accused of murder in a 2015 graveyard slaying.

Authorities believe Chad Massengale participated with Dekota Burchard and Roy Henderson in the 2015 beating and stabbing of 51-year-old Tony Rector.

Police found rector's body at the Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery on Dec. 29 and used a series of interviews to trace the beating back to a house on Dallas Hollow Road. All three men face first-degree murder charges and life in prison.

Massengale is the first to go to trial, and attorneys spent the morning selecting a jury to hear his case.

The next step is opening statements, in which jurors will hear the evidence that prosecutors and defense attorneys intend to present throughout the week.

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