ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Pam Hupp's murder trial has been moved to St. Louis County.

Hupp is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Elizabeth  Betsy  Faria.

In court on Monday, the move to transfer Hupp's trial to St. Louis County was approved. Earlier this year, Hupp waived her right to a jury trial and elected to proceed with a bench trial.

Faria was stabbed 55 times inside her Troy, Missouri home in December 2011. According to a probable cause statement, Faria's husband Russell dialed 911 after coming home to find her dead in the den. He initially told dispatchers that she had previously contemplated suicide after discovering she had breast cancer.

First responders noticed puncture wounds and lacerations to Faria's head, face, neck, torso, and arms. Hupp became a key figure in the case as she was the last person to see Faria alive. Four days before the deadly stabbing, Hupp became the sole beneficiary of Faria's $150,000 life insurance policy. Court documents state Hupp promised to distribute the money to Faria's two daughters and mother since she was having  marital problems . She later backtracked to investigators and claimed the money belonged only to her. Despite this evidence, Hupp was never considered a suspect by the initial investigators.

On the day of the murder, Faria was scheduled to receive chemotherapy. Detectives learned Hupp stalked her every move and repeatedly offered to take her to therapy and other stops. At one point, Hupp arrived unannounced at the doctor's visit as well as Faria's mother's home. During the evening, Hupp was able to convince Faria to let her take her home. The pair made it to the Troy home around 7 p.m. Around 7:20 p.m., police said Hupp texted Faria's phone stating she was at her own house. Cell phone data pinged Hupp's phone at a tower near the Faria home, documents said.

In 2013, Russell Faria, Betsy's husband, was convicted in the killing despite what Wood called overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Faria's conviction was later overturned, and he was acquitted at retrial in 2015. He pointed suspicion a
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