Two men charged in Vermont murder-for-hire case to go on trial in September

Two men charged in Vermont murder-for-hire case to go on trial in September

Two men facing federal charges connected to a murder-for-hire plot that led to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man are scheduled to go on trial in September.

Two men charged in Vermont murder-for-hire case to go on trial in September

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The two men from facing federal charges connected to a murder-for-hire plot that led to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man will go on trial in September, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford set Sept. 23 as the start date for the trial of Serhat Gumrukcu, of Los Angeles, and Berk Eratay, of Las Vegas. They pleaded not guilty in 2022 to a charge of wire fraud as part of an…