Update: June 27, 2023: Brad Cournaya has been found guilty of First Degree Murder in the homicide of Krista Lueth. His sentencing is currently scheduled for August 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Due to Cournaya's conviction of First Degree Murder, the statutes require a mandatory life without parole sentence.
In November 2008, Krista Lueth, a Michigan State University student, disappeared. Now, almost 15 years later, a man suspected of murdering Lueth will stand trial in Lansing Tuesday, June 13.
Brad Cournaya, who was Lueth's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, is suspected of murdering the MSU student based off of evidence that was found along Interstate 127 belonging to Lueth. While her body was never found, Cournaya's truck was spotted broken down near the same area. Cournaya was charged in connection to Lueth's murder in 2020.
Cournaya, a 56-year-old man who was originally from Mason, will stand trial at the Ingham County 30th Circuit Court in Lansing. The criminal case will be presided over by Judge Joyce A. Draganchuk.
According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, Cournaya is currently serving a sentence at the Carson City Correctional Facility for one count of human trafficking of a minor for commercial sexual activity and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.
This is a developing story.
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