BETHANY, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri man whose son was found dead in their burned-out mobile home will not face the death penalty if he is convicted of killing the boy.

The Harrison County prosecutor said Monday that he won’t seek the death penalty against 28-year-old Tony R. King of Bethany.

King is charged with murder, arson and child abuse in the death of his 7-year-old son, Jeremiah Lamm. The boy’s body was found in the bedroom of the family’s burned mobile home on Jan. 11.

Buchanan County Circuit Court Judge Randall Jackson, who had been appointed to hear the case, agreed Monday to move the trial to St Joseph. The trial is scheduled to begin March 25.