WV MetroNews reported a Wood County jury did not recommend mercy for Gregory Casto.

No mercy is what WV MetroNews and WCHS reported the jury recommended. WTAP reported the family asked for that vote and printed January 15 at 9 a.m., and it did not print the result. A hearing on that date is not a term already imposed. Concealing a deceased human body, concealment of a dead body, and concealment of a human body are not the same count line.

WTAP, in a story by Shyla Florence and Hailey Johnson published Nov. 2, 2026, at 1:58 p.m. EST, reported that a verdict has been reached in the Gregory Casto murder trial in Wood County. It reported that after a weeklong trial Casto has been found guilty of first-degree murder and concealment of a dead body. It reported he is one of two people accused in connection with the death of Cindy Ball in 2014. It reported the court will reconvene this afternoon to determine Cato's sentencing. The dateline is Parkersburg, W.Va. Guilty of first-degree murder is the jury's finding on that count. The reconvening the station described is the next step it said was still ahead. A later read of the same page, when the update line said 15 minutes ago, still had that reconvene sentence and did not report a term. Cato, in the sentencing sentence, and Casto, in the headline and in the rest of the story, are not the same spelling.

A later read of the same WTAP page still carried the publish line Nov. 2, 2026, at 1:58 p.m. EST. The update line said 6 hours ago, which is a relative clock and not an absolute time. The update reported a jury found Gregory Casto guilty of first-degree murder and concealing a deceased human body in the October 2014 murder of Cindy Ball. It reported the jury reached a unanimous verdict in the State v. Gregory Casto trial after four days of witness and expert testimony. It reported jurors deliberated for over half the day and reviewed all of the evidence, including pictures and videos. It reported the verdict came 12 years after Ball's murder. It reported that after the guilty verdict, defense attorney Bill Merriman and prosecuting attorney Pat Lefebure gave statements to the jury, and that the jury then voted on whether to allow or reject mercy for Casto. It reported Ball's sister and son took the stand before the vote and asked the jury to vote no mercy. It quoted Barbara Catt, Ball's sister: "Some of my siblings will probably never recover from the impacts of Cindy's death, her son has lost his only parent." It quoted Seth Ball, Cindy Ball's son: "I think about it every day. It doesn't matter what I do or where I go." It reported Casto will be sentenced at a hearing January 15 at 9 a.m. That update does not print whether the jury allowed or rejected mercy. The reconvene sentence, the Cato spelling, concealment of a dead body, and the weeklong trial are still lower on the same page. Concealing a deceased human body, in the update, and concealment of a dead body, in the earlier text on that page, are not the same count line. Four days of witness and expert testimony, in the update, and a weeklong trial, still on the page, are not the same length. Over half the day, in the update, and about four hours from 9 a.m., in the News and Sentinel, are not the same deliberation.

WV MetroNews, in a story by MetroNews Staff published November 2, 2026, at 6:01 p.m., with no zone printed on that clock, reported the jury did not recommend mercy for Casto. It reported he will face a lifetime in prison with no chance for parole when he is sentenced on January 15 at 9 a.m. It reported a 12-member jury found Gregory Casto, 57, guilty on Monday of first-degree murder and concealment of a dead body. It described the case as his girlfriend's 2014 murder and printed the name Cindy Ball Dilo. The WTAP update does not print girlfriend, and it prints Cindy Ball. WCHS, in a staff report published Monday, November 2, 2026, at 4:10 p.m., with no zone printed, reported jurors have recommended no mercy and that sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 15 at 9 a.m. It reported he faces a lifetime in prison. It reported the Wood County Circuit Court Clerk's Office said Gregory Casto, 57, was found guilty of first-degree murder and concealment of a human body. The photo caption prints Gregory A. Casto. Gregory Casto, in the WCHS body, and Gregory A. Casto, in the caption, are not the same form of the name. Concealment of a dead body, in WV MetroNews, concealment of a human body, in WCHS, and concealing a deceased human body, in the WTAP update, are not the same words. Did not recommend mercy, and recommended no mercy, are not the same sentence. A recommendation is what those two outlets reported. January 15 at 9 a.m. is the hearing all three print. It is not a term the court has imposed. The manner of death in the WCHS lede is not repeated here. WV MetroNews's account of a grave and of a gun is not repeated here.

The News and Sentinel reported Nov. 2, 2026, that a jury found a Wood County man guilty of a murder that happened in 2014. A later read of that page used those words. It does not print unsolved. It reported Greg Casto, 57, was convicted of both counts against him for the murder of Cindy Ball, 36, whose body was found Oct. 24, 2014, near Sugar Camp Road in Wirt County. It reported she was last seen alive two days earlier leaving the Overtime Sports Bar in Parkersburg. It reported jurors reached a decision after about four hours of deliberations that began at 9 a.m. that day, and that closing arguments were on Friday. It reported Casto was charged with murder and concealing a dead body. The photo caption, by Evan Bevins, calls him Greg Casto, 57, and says deputy sheriffs handcuffed him upon his conviction. WTAP's Nov. 2 story does not print his age, her age, the four hours, 9 a.m., Friday's closings, Sugar Camp Road, Wirt County, or the Overtime Sports Bar. The News and Sentinel does not print first-degree. Concealment of a dead body is WTAP's count. Concealing a dead body is the News and Sentinel's. Both counts, in the News and Sentinel, are the conviction. A later read of that page still does not print a mercy recommendation or January 15. A term is not in the News and Sentinel story.

WTAP's Oct. 26, 2026, story, by Hailey Johnson, published at 5:14 p.m. EDT, reported the trial of Gregory Casto was to start Tuesday, that he is one of two people accused in connection with the death of Cindy Ball in 2014, and that jury selection took all day Monday with more than 70 people called. It reported opening statements were to begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. It reported he faces charges of murder and concealment of a deceased human body in the 2014 death of Cindy Ball Dilo. Cindy Ball, in the Nov. 2 story, and Cindy Ball Dilo, in the Oct. 26 story, are not the same name on the page. Concealment of a dead body and concealment of a deceased human body are not the same count line. It reported she was found in the woods of Wirt County on October 24, 2014. The manner in that sentence is not repeated here. It reported Martha Jane Stephens has also been indicted for one count of accessory after the fact to murder. The Nov. 2 story says he is one of two people accused and does not print her name. An indictment for accessory after the fact is a charge. It is not Monday's verdict. The Nov. 2 stories do not report that an appeal has been filed. He retains the right to appeal. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.