Man Accused Of Killing Chelsea Bruck In 2014 Due In Court

MONROE (WWJ) - Two years after a 22-year-old woman disappeared during a Halloween party in rural Monroe County, the man accused of her murder will find out if he's heading to trial.

A Monroe County District Court judge on Wednesday will decide if there's enough evidence for 28-year-old Daniel Clay to stand trial on charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a body in the 2014 death of Chelsea Bruck.

Bruck was last seen alive at a massive party at a rural property on Post Road in Frenchtown Township early in the morning of Oct. 26, 2014. Her remains were discovered, several months later — on April 24, 2015 — in a wooded lot on Briar Hill Road in Ash Township, about 12 miles away from her last known whereabouts.

Clay was arrested in July this year. He allegedly told his girlfriend following his arrest that he'd accidentally killed Bruck while choking her during rough, but consensual sex. During police questioning, he reportedly admitted to having a hand in Bruck's death.

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The Wayne County Medical Examiner concluded Bruck died from blunt force trauma to the head.

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