A man accused of stowing the gunshot-riddled body of his ex-mistress in a Colorado Springs storage unit before trying to flee to Hong Kong now has an attorney befitting those made-for-TV allegations.

James Takchuan Woo has hired Jose Baez, the Miami defense attorney who led the charge to win a 2011 acquittal for Casey Anthony.

Baez, who wasn’t available because of a pending case in Boston, will be lead counsel at Woo’s upcoming trial, scheduled for May 15, said Michelle Medina, an attorney who works at the Baez Law Firm. With less than three months to prepare, he is likely to request a trial postponement.

Woo, 39, who lives with his wife in San Francisco, faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Julie Tureson of Colorado Springs. Investigators responding to a missing person’s report lodged by one of Tureson’s four children found her body April 22 handcuffed to her van inside a unit at The Public Storage in the 4400 block of East Platte Avenue.

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