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Jury trial to begin Monday in 2018 Jefferson City murder case

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Published 8:43 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A jury trial is set to begin on Monday in a 2018 Jefferson City murder case

JaHuan Whirley is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the shooting death of 33-year-old Justin Kammerich in Dec. 2018. at an apartment complex off of West Atchison Street in Jefferson City. Whirley was 16 at the time of the shooting. A second 20-year-old victim survived the shooting.

Whirley is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree attempted robbery and unlawful use of a weapon.

Online court records indicate Whirley is defended by two public defenders, Justin Carver and Walter Stokely, and Sarah Johnson.

Cole County Prosecuting Attorney William Locke Thompson and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Scott Fox are presenting the case for the state.  

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