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Accused wife killer Paul Kovacich Jr. was working the phone in the Placer County Jail at mid-week in the hope of raising the $50,000 he needs to bail out of the place.
The money he’s trying to scratch up would be the 10 percent fee on the $500,000 bail bond he needs to complement the nearly $1 million worth of relatives’ and friends’ properties that were put up as security several months ago. Now his bail is $1.5 million, thanks to Superior Court Judge Robert McElhany’s ruling last week
Kovacich, 58, a pensioned Placer County sheriff’s sergeant and onetime
Tracy policeman, has been in jail since late March when he was
re-indicted by the Placer County Grand Jury.
He initially was arrested last September on an indictment accusing him
of murdering his wife Janet, 28, a quarter-century earlier. There’s
been no trace of Janet Kovacich, although investigators are claiming
that a piece of skull with what might be a bullet hole in it that was
found in Rollins Reservoir near Colfax in 1995 is likely from her body.
Kovacich has pleaded innocent to the charge. A case status hearing will
be held in October and his trial is tentatively set for next March,
although this will probably change. .
Kovacich’s lawyers are expected to seek a change of venue for the trial
on the grounds that seating an impartial jury in Placer County will be
difficult because of the extensive publicity given the case. A gag
order prohibiting the principals in the case from talking publicly
remains in effect.
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