LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A man accused of killing his mother has pleaded not guilty in Fayette County. Fayette County District Judge Joseph Bouvier scheduled a preliminary hearing for Feb. 9 for 27-year-old Mark Adam Cave, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported (http://bit.ly/AdEDQH ). He appeared in court Friday. Cave was charged Thursday with murder and tampering with evidence in the death of 54-year-old Sharon Cave-Howard of Lexington. Court documents indicate her badly decomposed body was found inside a trash container in a wooded area of an industrial park on Wednesday. The coroner's office said Cave-Howard died of blunt-force trauma to the head. Police have said the woman could have been in the trash can for about seven months and family members have not seen the woman since June. | 
