IBERIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iberia woman accused of poisoning her husband could head to trial later this year. The trial for Amy Murray is scheduled to start on October 4th at the Miller County courthouse. Joshua died from the antifreeze before Amy set fire to the bed Joshua’s body was lying on, according to court
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Boone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
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The US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Mid-Missouri State Representative on Wednesday in a case over her Twitter account.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has rejected a second appeal by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner challenging her removal as prosecutor against Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife, Patricia, pointed weapons at racial injustice protesters last year. Gardner argued the disqualification of her and her office from Mark McCloskey’s case
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RHINELAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hermann woman is accused of stealing $360,000 from the bank account for The Corner Restaurant Bar and Grill in Rhineland where she was a manager. According to the probable cause statement, the owner spoke to Katie Muenks about financial irregularities from the business’s bank account. The owner said that Muenks and
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The co-owner of a one-time Kansas City payday lending company has pleaded guilty to a bankruptcy fraud count related to his 2015 personal bankruptcy, in which prosecutors say he hid more than $1 million in assets. The Kansas City Star reports that 53-year-old Del Kimball pleaded guilty Tuesday and faces
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WARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) The father of a Benton County 4-year-old killed in December will have the chance to get out of jail ahead of trial. Judge Mark Pilley set a $500,000 cash or surety bond for James Mast, 28, at a Tuesday morning hearing. The bond allows Mast to pay just 10 percent of the
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KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Keytesville man is charged with multiple counts after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl. According to court documents, Phineas Schrock was staying the night in Nov. 2020 at a home in Keytesville when he entered the bedroom of the 15-year-old and got into bed with the victim. The victim told
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Most county prosecutors in Missouri are not following a new law that raised the age for being charged as an adult to 18. The law took effect on Jan. 1 but the Missouri Legislature did not provide funding for juvenile services to handle an influx of new cases caused by
Continue Reading SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A 27-year-old Clinton man will be sentenced in March for second-degree murder after a police chase ended with a bystander’s death. Westley Reid pleaded guilty this week in the death of 27-year-old Zachary Hancock Bottom of Sedalia on March 1. Police say Reid was driving a stolen vehicle out of Henry
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Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green sentenced Jeffery Millens to life in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted of murder in October.
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Justice Department to carry out the first execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades. The rulings, handed down just after midnight on Wednesday, allow the federal Bureau of Prisons to proceed with the execution of Lisa Montgomery.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former assistant coach for the University of Missouri football team claims the school still owes him money following his departure. Derek Dooley filed a lawsuit in Boone County claiming the university must still pay him a year’s worth of his salary under the terms of his contract. The university hired Dooley
Continue Reading MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A woman who killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for the only woman on federal death row are asking a judge to halt her execution and arguing she isn’t competent and can’t be put to death. Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her lawyers filed a petition Friday
Continue Reading O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has denied St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s appeal challenging the disqualification of her office from prosecuting Mark McCloskey who, along with his wife, drew guns on racial injustice protesters last summer. The decision Friday upholds Judge Thomas Clark II’s ruling last month that removed Gardner and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As cell phones and other forms of video become increasingly more common in investigations, law enforcement and legal experts say it can play a crucial role in finding out what truly happened. After an officer-involved shooting in Jefferson City left a Columbia man dead Sunday, a viewer sent ABC 17 News
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Three of the four people facing criminal charges for the death of a 4-year-old Benton County girl appeared in court Tuesday morning.
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Jefferson City Schools is appealing to the Missouri Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled last month that the district must rehire an administrator accused of putting private student information at risk.
Continue Reading MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County man is charged with multiple counts of harassment and stalking after multiple reports beginning in October. According to court documents, Jerry Fifer has allegedly repeatedly talked to the victims and accusing them of calling the police on him. Court documents state that Fifer also would park to intentionally try
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