PUNTA GORDA — Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for either suspect charged with the 2001 murder of 19-year-old Tara Sidarovich.

Phillip Barr, 43, who is charged with first-degree murder, was arraigned Friday before 20th Judicial Circuit Judge Amy Hawthorne at the Charlotte County Justice Center, where Barr’s attorney, Mark DeSisto, submitted a plea of not guilty.