Hearing held about body found in Fredonia cemetery in 2020

A South Carolina man charged in connection to the death of his wife whose body was found in a Fredonia cemetery in 2020 appeared for a hearing in Caldwell County Circuit Court last week.

Joseph Florentine is charged with murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of his wife, 36-year old Nichole Renee Florentine of Rock Hill, South Carolina.

WPKY reported that during a pretrial conference last week, Florentine’s attorneys provided requested reports and the judge scheduled another hearing for next month.

Detectives investigated a dead body found at Hill Cemetery in Fredonia in June 2020 that was later identified as Florentine’s wife. Florentine was arrested in Denver, Colorado a few days later and extradited back to Kentucky.

He remains lodged in the Caldwell County Jail.



(Photo Caldwell County Jail)