ommonwealth’s Attorney Chris Cohron said he doesn’t plan to pursue any additional suspects in the criminal case.
But there are still other legal issues to be resolved in other areas regarding the death of Pellville freshman Melissa “Katie” Autry in May 2003.
Stephen L. Soules, 22, of Scottsville is expected to be sentenced next month.
Soules pleaded guilty and accepted life without the possibility of probation or parole under a plea agreement. He was expected to testify against Goodrum.
Cohron said Soules fulfilled his part of the bargain.
There is also a lawsuit pending in circuit court against the Student Life Foundation, former Poland employees, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and Pikes, Inc.
The Autry estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Sept. 18, 2003 against those parties and Western.
But Western was dismissed from the suit because the university has governmental immunity.
The co-administrators of the Autry estate, Virginia White and Donnie Autry, alleged that the defendants’ negligence in failing to provide adequate security caused Autry’s death.
Virginia White is Autry’s aunt. Donnie Autry is her mother.
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