A Boone County judge has scheduled July 8 as the next court date for a Columbia man jailed without bond for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a …
Read More »Jury in Columbia daycare operator’s involuntary manslaughter trial to be selected in Boone County
A Boone County judge has denied a change of venue request from a Columbia woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for the May suffocation death of a child …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia murder suspect to be arraigned this afternoon
A Columbia man accused of stabbing his father to death will make his initial arraignment this afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse, via video. Boone County prosecutors …
Read More »Columbia’s Achterberg murder trial set for April 2024
An April jury trial has been scheduled for a Columbia man charged with a 2021 murder. Boone County prosecutors have charged 38-year-old Mark Achterberg with first degree …
Read More »Columbia’s Achterberg murder trial expected to take place next spring
A Columbia man charged with killing a man and then fleeing to Iowa will go on trial sometime in 2024. Boone County prosecutors have charged 38-year-old Mark …
Read More »Columbia Achterberg murder trial likely to happen in near future
A trial date is expected to be set soon for a Columbia man charged with killing a man in 2021 and then fleeing to Iowa, before being …
Read More »Court documents: Columbia murder suspect urged witness “not to tell on him”
A Columbia man charged with shooting and killing a three-year-old child Sunday afternoon remains jailed without bond this (Wednesday) morning. A Boone County circuit judge describes 28-year-old …
Read More »Suspected Columbia killer Emma Adams will undergo a DMH evaluation
A Boone County judge has rejected a request from an attorney for accused Columbia murderer Emma Adams to have her committed to the state Department of Mental …
Read More »High-profile Columbia murder suspect to appear in court today
We may learn new details this afternoon about a defense attorney’s attempt to have his Columbia client committed to the state Department of Mental Health (DMH). Attorney …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia man admits strangling his wife to death in 2006; sentenced to 26 years in prison
A Columbia man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, after pleading guilty to second degree murder and abandonment of a corpse for the 2006 death …
Read More »June 12 jury trial date appears to be a go in Columbia’s Keith Comfort case
A Boone County judge has scheduled a June 12 jury trial for a Columbia man charged with strangling his wife to death in 2006 and placing her …
Read More »Guilty plea in high-profile Columbia fraternity hazing case; two felony charges dropped with plea deal
A former Mizzou fraternity member has pleaded guilty to supplying liquor to former Mizzou student Danny Santulli during a high-profile 2021 incident in Columbia. 22-year-old Thomas Shultz …
Read More »Accused Columbia murderer pleads not guilty; victim’s family in the courtroom
A Columbia woman charged with killing an autistic Mizzou student then setting his body on fire has pleaded not guilty. 20-year-old Emma Rose Adams appeared in court via …
Read More »Columbia woman charged in high-profile murder to be arraigned today
A Columbia woman charged with the January murder of an autistic Mizzou student before dragging his body through a yard and setting it on fire will be …
Read More »June trial scheduled for accused Columbia murderer
A Columbia man charged in the high-profile murder of his wife in 2006 will go on trial this summer. Boone County Circuit Judge Jeff Harris has scheduled …
Read More »UPDATE: High-profile Columbia murder trial is delayed
A highly-publicized Columbia murder trial will not start Monday morning in Columbia, after both sides learn that murder victim Megan Shultz was arrested on June 5, …
Read More »High-profile Columbia murder trial is a go for Monday
About 80 potential jurors will be called to the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia for Monday’s jury selection in a high-profile murder trial. 41-year-old Keith Comfort …
Read More »Comfort’s pre-trial conference is today in Columbia
A Columbia murder suspect set to go on trial next week will be in court Tuesday afternoon for a pre-trial conference. 41-year-old Keith Alan Comfort is charged …
Read More »High-profile Columbia murder suspect in court on Tuesday, ahead of February 27 trial
A high-profile Columbia murder suspect who’s scheduled to go on trial later this month will be in court Tuesday afternoon for a pre-trial conference. 41-year-old Keith Comfort …
Read More »High-profile Columbia murder suspect in court today; jury trial to begin in late February
A Columbia man who’s scheduled to go on trial in February for the high-profile murder of his wife will appear in court this (Thursday) afternoon. 41-year-old Keith …
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