Organizations deliver letters to governor to stop death of Michael Tisius
Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will deliver letters to the governor Tuesday in an effort to stop the execution of Michael Tisius.
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Police say they have a second suspect in Columbia homicide
Police say a juvenile has been detained on a murder charge related to the deadly shooting of a woman in a south Columbia neighborhood.
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Questions remain in investigation into Columbia homicide, standoff
The suspect in a Monday homicide in a south Columbia neighborhood was found dead after a standoff with police Tuesday night.
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Three charged with murder in Columbia drug overdose death
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have charged three people with murder and another with drug distribution in connection with a December 2021 fentanyl overdose death, according to court records. Jonathan G. Shelley, Nicholas Grathwohl and Jeanne M. Hovis, all of Columbia, were charged this week with second-degree murder and drug distribution for the Dec. 26, 2021
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Violent crime in Columbia fluctuates over time, according to FBI data
Several high-profile shootings in and around Columbia have brought attention to violent crime in recent weeks.
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Kansas City man out on probation charged after high-speed Columbia chase
Boone County prosecutors on Friday charged a Kansas City man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase and tried to get rid of guns Thursday afternoon.
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Police: Columbia shooting suspect is ‘person of interest’ in homicide
A suspect in a March shooting in Columbia is also a person of interest in a homicide and “multiple recent shootings,” according to police.
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Man accused in crash that killed Randolph County pregnant mother due back in court May 11
Steven Garrett will be arraigned Monday afternoon in Huntsville on charges related to an April crash east of Moberly.
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Kansas City-area road rage suspect arrested in Mid-Missouri
A teenager wanted for allegedly shooting and killing another man Wednesday in a Kansas City-area road rage shooting was arrested Thursday in Saline County.
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Howard County manslaughter case moved to Cooper County
The trial of a man accused of killing a Central Methodist University football player last summer has moved from Howard County to Cooper County.
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Prosecutor to seek death penalty in Jefferson City murder case
Cole County’s top prosecutor said Wednesday that his office will seek the death penalty against a Jefferson City man charged this week with the murder of his child’s mother.
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Jefferson City man charged with murder after woman found dead
Jefferson City police say they’ve arrested a man after finding a woman dead with stab wounds Monday.
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Randolph County man charged with murder after drug overdose
A Randolph County man was charged Thursday with murder after a deadly drug overdose.
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Nashville school shooter had drawn maps, done surveillance
Nashville police identified the victims in the private Christian school shooting Monday as three 9-year-old students and three adults in their 60s, including the head of the school.
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Body of Mexico man suspected of murdering mother found in shed
Police in Mexico, Missouri, say a body found Sunday afternoon is likely that of a man wanted for arson and murder.
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Suspect in Hermann police shooting pleads not guilty to murder, other felony charges
The man accused of killing a Hermann police officer and gravely wounding another appeared Wednesday by video for his first court hearing on murder and four other felony charges.
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Suspect in Hermann police killing charged with murder, assault
A vigil will be held Tuesday for the Hermann police officer shot and killed late Sunday and he will be laid to rest over the weekend.
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Jefferson City man gets life in prison for 2019 Thanksgiving murders
A Jefferson City man was given two life sentences Monday in the shootings of a boy and a woman on Thanksgiving in 2019.
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Woman charged in Camden County killing
A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead last month in a home south of Camdenton.
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Missouri S&T custodian found dead; homicide investigation begins
A custodian at Missouri S&T in Rolla whose body was found this week was the victim of a homicide, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
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