PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said late Monday morning that the person of interest was found dead in South Carolina late Sunday. ORIGINAL: Investigators have located a man that’s a person of interest in a Pulaski County homicide investigation. Deputies and the Fort Leonard Wood Military Criminal Division (CID) responded
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An August murder trial was canceled for a Jefferson City man according to online court records.
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A man convicted of a 1996 double killing in eastern Missouri is scheduled to die Tuesday by lethal injection in the state prison at Bonne Terre.
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A Kansas City man accused in the death of a Boone County firefighter has a warrant out for his arrest after missing a court date.
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A Cole County judge sentenced a Jefferson City man to prison this week in the deadly 2018 shooting of a Lincoln University student.
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The trial for a woman accused of killing a 4-year-old Jefferson City boy is now expected to happen next year.
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has sentenced a Franklin, Missouri man for stabbing a woman to death in September 2020. Howard County Judge Scott Hayes sentenced Emmett S. Wood Jr. to a total of 32 years in prison on Monday. The judge gave Wood consecutive sentences of 25 years in prison for second-degree murder
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Investigators have taken a boy into custody following a deadly stabbing in Jefferson City last week. Police said officers responded to the 800 block of Montana Street just before 11:55 a.m. on Friday for reports of a domestic disturbance. Officers found a 23-year-old man suffering from stab wounds lying in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trial date is undecided for a Columbia man accused of taking part in a 2017 killing. Neither Jeffrey McWilliams nor his attorney appeared at a court hearing scheduled for him on Monday morning. ABC 17 News is told the trial could happen between the second or third week of August. The
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A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Miller County in February was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County jury convicted a Kirksville man Wednesday night for his role in a deadly 2020 Mexico, Missouri home invasion. Jurors found Sadiq Moore, 25, guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action in the death of 25-year-old Chance Davis. A judge is expected
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The driver in a November 2019 crash that killed another person was acquitted of manslaughter last week in a bench trial.
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A Columbia man acquitted of plotting to kill his ex-wife called his prosecution “malicious” Thursday.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County prosecutor has charged Dustin Pool with second-degree murder after an overdose death in Jan. 2022. The Moberly Police Department and the North Missouri Drug Task Force investigated the death of a Moberly resident. During the investigation, officials learned the resident died from an overdose of fentanyl which was allegedly
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A bench trial began Monday for a Columbia man accused of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in a plot to kill a judge.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury found a Fulton man guilty of a 2019 murder on Thursday, after a three-day trial and a little more than an hour of deliberation. Justin Witt, 50, was convicted of second-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, attempted possession of a controlled substance and attempted
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A jury has recommended a life sentence Tuesday against the man accused of shooting and killing a Jefferson City corrections officer.
Continue Reading A Kansas City truck driver accused in the death of a Boone County firefighter will make his first court appearance Monday afternoon.
Continue Reading The murder trial against Jahaun Whirley was placed in the hands of the jury Friday afternoon.
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Police arrested Samuel E. Brotherton, 21, on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after the shooting death of another man Sunday in the 3800 block of Pinecrest Drive, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
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