LISBON Prosecutors are fighting to prevent the dismissal of key cell phone location evidence from the upcoming trial of William Long Jr., who is accused of murdering his former wife and Leetonia High School Teacher Michelle Long.

Long is accused of fatally shooting Michelle Long in November 2023 as she got mail from her driveway in Butler Township. In a court filing submitted last week, the prosecuting attorneys objected to the defense's request to exclude cellular location data and the use of a mapping tool called Trax.

The defense for Long filed a motion on November 5 arguing that the Trax program, which law enforcement used to map his movements on the day of the homicide, is unreliable and the evidence should be excluded. The defense asked the court to hold a separate hearing to tes

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