HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Cabell County criminal jury deliberated for just more than an hour Friday evening before convicting a Huntington man for killing a woman and dismembering her body.
The 12-member panel convicted Argie Jeffers on two criminal counts including first degree murder.
Jeffers took the stand in his own defense Friday and denied murdering Carrie Jo Worrell Wood in September 2017.
Jeffers raised his right hand during his testimony and swore he didn’t kill Wood. In fact, he said she was the most important person in his life.
Huntington police detectives found buckets full of human body parts near the mouth of the Guyandotte River and at a car wash on 17th Street in Huntington shortly after Wood’s death.
Jeffers will face life in prison when he’s sentenced at a later date.