Murder Trial Starts Today in Death of 5 Year old Girl

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — The trial is scheduled to begin Monday for a man accused of killing his former girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.

Casey Frederiksen is charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault. Prosecutors say the 35-year-old was watching Evelyn Miller for her mother in July 2005 when he sexually abused the girl and then stabbed her to death.

The body of the Floyd girl was found in the Cedar River a few days after she was reported missing.

The trial is being held in Webster City in Hamilton County because a judge granted a change-of-venue request to move the trial out of Floyd County.