Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against one of the men accused of killing a Santa Maria teenager last year.
Ty Michael Hill, who some of the defendants told investigators was the leader in carrying out the killings, will face the death penalty if convicted of killing 15-year-old Dystiny Myers.
Prosecutors have not yet decided if they will seek the death penalty for Rhonda Maye Wisto, who Hill said ordered the killing. Prosecutors said they reserve the right to seek the death penalty once more evidence is gathered.
The other three defendants in the case, Frank Jacob York, Jason Adam Greenwell and Cody Lane Miller, will not face the death penalty.
The lawyers for Hill and Wisto will have to show qualifications that they can handle death penalty cases, or will have to get assistance for a lawyer who is qualified.
The defendants are next scheduled to appear in court March 17.
All five of the defendants have been identified as participants in some capacity in the attack on Myers, who was beaten, bound and partially burned before her body was discovered in a remote Santa Margarita field Sept. 26.
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