The Utah Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Eric Millerberg for causing the death of his family’s 16-year-old baby sitter by injecting the teen with a lethal mix of methamphetamine and heroin, then dumping her body after she died.
In a 3-0 ruling issued Friday, the court rejected an argument that the North Ogden man’s trial attorney was ineffective for not properly supporting a motion for a change of venue from Weber County to Summit or Salt Lake counties.
The motion centered on coverage of the case in the Standard-Examiner in Weber County, and said 56 articles had been written about baby sitter Alexis “Lexi” Rasmussen and at least 34 mentioned Millerberg — who had a criminal history and tattoos covering much of his hands, arms and head.