UPDATE: Columbia man charged in 2024 double homicide to go on trial in August

By Brian Hauswirth
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An August trial date has been set for a man from Columbia charged with killing two women in 2024 and hiding their bodies in a closet.

Boone County Circuit Judge Joshua Calvin Devine last week scheduled a four-day jury trial for 52-year-old Randall Russell Fox, who is charged with two counts of second degree murder and three other felonies.

Court filings from Boone County assistant prosecutor Susan Boresi say 77-year-old Marcia Hess and 50-year-old Sara Fox were shot at least once. Prosecutor Boresi’s court filing says Randall Fox then wrapped the victims’ bodies in a tarp and hid them in a closet on Ridgemont drive.

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52-year-old Randall Russell Fox of Columbia is charged in Boone County with two counts of second degree murder and three other felonies (mug shot courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff Department’s website)

Marcia Hess was Sara Fox’s mother.