MADISON - Jurors from outside
Juneau County will decide whether a self-styled bishop
helped hide a corpse on a follower's toilet.
Alan Bushey's attorney,
Thomas Steinman, argued publicity makes it impossible to
select an unbiased jury in Juneau County. District
Attorney Scott Southworth countered media coverage has
been more intense elsewhere.
Judge John P. Roemer
granted the request for change of venue Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Bushey told
his follower, Tammy Lewis, to keep 90-year-old Magdeline
Alvina Middlesworth's body on Lewis' toilet. Middlesworth
was another member of their sect.
Bushey allegedly told Lewis
God would bring Middlesworth back to life. Prosecutors say
the pair wanted Middlesworth's Social Security.
